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New!
Finding eBooks on the Internet
by Anna Dresner
Available in braille (2 volumes) or Large Print, $14
Wondering where and how to download books from the Internet? In "Finding
eBooks on the Internet," author Anna Dresner, who is herself blind, tells
you how to obtain books in accessible formats from sites like Web-Braille
and Bookshare; public domain books from sources like Project Gutenberg and
the eText Spider; and commercially available accessible books from companies
like Baen Books and FictionWise.
This detailed how-to book also includes information about the Digital
Talking Book standard and instructions for accessing different file types,
like DOC and PDF. Keyboard commands are given for using Internet Explorer
with JAWS and Window-Eyes.
Read the Table of Contents for this book at:
http://www.nbp.org/ebookconts.html
To order, send $14 to:
National Braille Press
88 St. Stephen Street, Boston, MA 02115
Toll-free: (800) 548-7323 or 617-266-6160 ext 20
FAX (617) 437-0456
Email [log in to unmask]
($5 processing fee on all agency purchase orders; no charge if prepaid.
Major credit cards accepted.)
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