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- From: patth@panix.com (Patt Bromberger)
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- Subject: Re: BOOKS ON DISK
- Message-ID: <25782@handicap.news>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 04:43:58 GMT
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- Index Number: 25782
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- In article <25618@handicap.news> mwgordon@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Gordon) writes:
- >Index Number: 25618
- >
- >>
- >> I'm thinking of putting popular books on computer disk.
- >> They will include paperbacks, romances, novels, erotica,
- >> etc. I'd appreciate knowing if there is any interest in
- >> this medium.
- >
- >Definately!!! I'd be more than interested. But, how would you
- >handle the publishers? My thoughts are that most publishers would
- >balk at giving permission to put their books in computer readable
- >format. They would worry about piracy. (eg. seeing copies of their
- >best-seller on a BBS.) Just look at how wide-spread the scanning
- >(and uploading) of nasty pictures from adult magazines is.
- >
- >The only easy way to provide this service is to scan books in for
- >individuals that send you the book. (on a one-for-one basis) I
- >believe that this would fall into the acceptable use catagory.
- >(ie. translateing)
- >
- >Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer. Don't take my statements as fact,
- >just opinion.
-
- There are several efforts already under way and they have put books
- on disk; The Gutnberg Project makes them available via ftp; the
- Center for Electronic Text is just starting to acquire information
- and Recording For the Blind makes textbooks and computer manuals
- along with nonfiction and fiction books available on disk.
-
- You can contact Barry Shein at
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- bzs@world.std.com
-
- about his efforts to put electronic text online for easy access.
-
- Anyone interested in pursuing a college degree totally online without
- ever appearing on campus can contact Dr. Levinson at:
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- 72517.3107@compuserve.com
-
- Dr. Norman Coombs (named teached of the year) teaches online from RIT
- through to Gallaudet; he is preparing his book "The Black Experience
- in America" for distribution online via The Gutnberer Project. You
- can contact him using this email path:
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- nrcgsh@ultb.isc.rit.edu
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- Jason Ohler, editor and founder of The Online Journal of Distance
- Education and Communication, probably has a lot of information of
- books available on computer disk after oganizing online schools for
- the rural areas of Alaska; contact him using this email path:
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- jfjbo@alaska.bitnet
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- Dr. Tzipporah BenAvraham received an NSF grant for her handicapped
- computer lab at Brooklyn College; she's got the info on adaptive
- technology and can also tell you the best way to get a book on a
- computer disk really fast! Contact her at this email address:
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- zippy@bklyn.bitnet
-
- To get a catalogue of the books already available on computer disk you
- can access the Recording For the Blind E-Kit available via ftp
- for The Handicap BBS.
-
- Good luck!
-
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- Patricia Ann Bromberger patth@panix.com
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