Out-of-Copyright Titles Now Available in DAISY

Just got word from our IT folk--all our classics titles are now available in braille and DAISY with links to our main web site for those who want to buy them ink on paper.

ReadHowYouWant Braille and DAISY website Launched!

See below for link to site and comments from developer. Due to DRM issues with our in-copyright books, we have not mounted them in DAISY, but they are available in braille. We will mount the out-of-copyright classics titles in DAISY format, soon. When we figure out how to handle DRM to preserve the intellectual property rights of our publishing partners, we will add the in-copyright titles as DAISY books.

Please try the site and let me know what you think.

We launched Braille and DAISY website according to plan.

http://www.readhowyouwant.com/braille/

Website Accessibility:

1. The website is made considering high level of accessibility standards.

2. It has been tested using screen reader "JAWS". Details of JAWS can be read from Wikipedia by clicking on the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAWS_(screen_reader)

Download link to JAWS: http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_downloads/jaws.asp#JAWSFullVersion

3. We also validated this website using W3C "Markup Validation Service".

Purchasing book from website:

When you order a book that says "On Demand" it means that your selection will be converted and available for download in 10 days. Our order processing service sends acknowledgements to customer and sends the information to operation department to start processing the books that are ordered. Once the order has been made, it will be uploaded on Amazon S3 service and an email will be sent to customer with download link.

When a title is marked "Available Now", after payment you will be given access to download your book immediately after transaction has been made.

Let me know what you think of the site.

California Library Association

We exhibited at the California Library Association, last week, and had a great turn-out at our booth. Nearly 100 librarians stopped to find out what we do and to get sample books to take back to their libraries. We offered a special 40% discount on orders for selected hot titles that libraries place within the 30 days following the show.

These titles included Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle, Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage for Dummies by Pat Barry, and Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins.

Why would libraries want these particular titles? Because they are sure to circulate! And we have the only large print, braille and DAISY editions.

• Stillness Speaks will be featured in O! Magazine, next month. Talk about driving high demand!
• Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage for Dummies is the definitive handbook that every senior needs to change or sign up for Medicare Part D coverage. This is the time of the year they need it if they want to change. The book will remain current until this time, next year. And we have the only large print editions.
• Confessions of an Economic Hit Man has sold over 170,000 copies in hardback, was on the NYT bestseller list for 7 weeks, and will be made into a movie starring Harrison Ford.

Email library@readhowyouwant.com if you need details on the 40% discount offer. You have until December 16 to place your order.