[nabs-l] Book help for college
Todd Orlowski
todd.orlowski11 at gmail.com
Sat Jul 30 17:04:06 UTC 2016
You can also rent you books from chegg.com
On Jul 30, 2016 11:47, "Todd Orlowski" <todd.orlowski11 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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