[nabs-l] Book help for college

[Todd Orlowski]

It's per copyright law you have to have the physical book

On Jul 30, 2016 10:32, "Karl Martin Adam via NABS-L" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Sighted students have to buy the books, so it's really not unreasonable
> for you to need to buy them as well.  Though as a blind person you do have
> access to books on Bookshare, and if you know what your books are going to
> be several months in advance, you can request Bookshare to produce them for
> you.  Some books are also available as e-books through IBooks, GoogleBooks,
> etc., which are at least partially accessible.  The only problem with
> e-books, and many bookshare books that were provided by publishers, is that
> they often are not paginated, which makes them difficult to cite.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Emma Mitchell via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 09:33:36 -0400
> Subject: [nabs-l] Book help for college
>
> Dear all,
> What do you do for school books? My university converts them for me in to
> a word document but in order for them to be converted the physical book has
> to be rented or bought. My question since physical books are inaccessible
> how can I save money and get the access I need?
>
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