Sharon Perry in <[log in to unmask]>:
>This doesn't really answer the problem with obtaining a SAGE publication
>but you may already be aware that some text/study books are available in
>alternative formats from the following organisations:
>
>Benetech Bookshare.org (http://www.bookshare.org) - An American company
>that gives access to digital and embossed Braille books on payment of a
>subscription and meeting of certain eligibility criteria. Although the
>website states that the service is available for US residents, I
>understand that it is (or will soon be) available to non-US residents.
>They have also recently been given the go-ahead to provide all the
>O'Reilly publications in alternative format.
It should be noted that to date all contacts I have had with
bookshare.org regarding overseas customers is that they are working to
provide the O'reilly books to overseas customers only. The There are
no plans to bring the main service to overseas customers aparently at
present. There is also another similar organization in the US called
RFB&D, who are only allowing certain books to go out to overseas
customers.
>
>eBookLocator.com (http://www.ebooklocator.com/) - A powerful search engine
>for locating e-books.
This is interesting, but typing in all my course books for the past
three years yeilds nothing. When I have more time I will maybe dig
out the reading lists and see if any of the other books are to be
found there.
On a bright note, I have just heard from someone who has managed to
obtain a copy of an _accessible_ Ebook directly from the author. The
Ebook originally recomended was not accessible, being in the Adobe
Ebook format, and so the author provided a Microsoft Word version. A
good example to follow!
Andrew.
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