[stylist] Formatting e-books

[Donna Hill]

Hi Justin,
Smashwords has .rtf versions, and they work on Victor Reader Stream &
Booksense. I use Booksense, and you just download the file to the Documents
folder. Some people are using Apple products with their Voice Over speech
synthesizer or the NFB Blio Reader, and they would buy the .epub version.
There is a Kindle for PC program with a screen reader for the text of the
book itself, which is free and works with Jaws, and if you're comfortable
with that, you'd get the .mobi version. There is an accessible .pdf, and
other than the Table of Contents which repeats itself, it works very nicely,
including the "go to page" feature. It takes a long time to load, however. I
never read a whole book on Open Book, but since it reads .pdf, txt and .rtf
files, you'd have a choice. I don't recommend the .txt version, because
although it works on almost everything, it doesn't have any formatting.
HTH,
Donna 

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of justin
williams
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 5:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Formatting e-books

What is the best to read ebooks say if you were to buy one?  Open book, or
something like that?  

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of P. Campbell
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 5:48 PM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: [stylist] Formatting e-books

Hello all,

I shivered listening to that horrible experience with the formatter!

My experience on the other hand was exceptionally good.  I picked someone
from the list that Mark from Smashwords will send on request.  The person I
chose guaranteed his work, and I must confess that sometimes I don't exactly
trust a guarantee this one was good.  My books, both passed the first time
on both Smashwords and Amazon.

At the time I was my husband's sole caregiver, without little time or energy
to spare, so it was worth the money.  You will get an online quote that, of
course, you can accept or reject.  

Just a report on the other side of the coin.

My hat goes off to those who successfully accomplish this for themselves!
Way to go!

Phyllis
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