Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Top 50 Bestselling Classic Authors

When ReadHowYouWant first started, we did a little research on the bestselling classic authors in terms of worldwide sales. We found some lists from the BBC and other sources in publishing and then kludged them together to create our own. Occasionally, we now get a question from a librarian who wants to select some popular classic fiction titles for her collection. In answer to that question, I am posting a list of top-selling authors. We have the complete works of most of them available in large print, DAISY and braille.

Here is the list. At the end of the list, I will add a few authors who should also be considered by librarians who are looking for popular fiction in large print. I apologize for not putting it into alphabetical order. This is more in the order that we re-typeset the books.
In some cases we have all of their works available. In others, we have not yet completed all of them. If you search by author on our web site, you can find them. If you would prefer a spreadsheet that you can sort, please let me know so I can email it to you.

The Top 50 Bestselling Classic Authors
*Names with asterisks are sure-fire authors in terms of popularity.

Kenneth Grahame
R. D. Blackmore
*Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Tressell
*Victor Hugo
Wilkie Collins
Aesopus
Lucius Apuleius
John Arbuthnot
Honore de Balzac
Benito Perez Galdos
John Keats
*Bram Stoker
*Joseph Conrad
*Mark Twain
Aphra Behn
Anthony Trollope
Oscar Wilde
Charles Kingsley
*Charles Robert Maturin
Lewis Carroll
*Anne Bronte
*Arthur Conan Doyle
Samuel Butler
Ann Radcliffe
Alexander Pope
*Louisa May Alcott
Jules Verne
John Bunyan
*Thomas Hardy
*Jane Austen
*Charles Dickens
William Makepeace Thackeray
James Boswell
Henry Fielding
*Charlotte Brontë
Leo Tolstoy
*Alexandre Dumas
D. H. Lawrence
*Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Baring-Gould
Charlotte Lennox
Anna Sewell
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
George Eliot
Herman Melville
Jerome K. Jerome
Johanna Spyri
John Galsworthy

Some Additional Popular Authors


Horatio Alger
L. Frank Baum
Willa Cather
James Fennimore Cooper
Daniel de Foe
H. Rider Haggard
Bret Harte
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Henry James
Ring Lardner
Jack London
Captain Frederick Marryat
Guy de Maupassant
Sir Walter Scott
William Shakespeare

Read How You Want: Books in Formats to Suit Every Visual Need - Large Print Reviews - Article

Read How You Want: Books in Formats to Suit Every Visual Need - Large Print Reviews - Article

Excellent article about RHYW by someone who really understands what we are doing.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Microsoft Typography - Features of TrueType and OpenType

Microsoft Typography - Features of TrueType and OpenType

Thanks to Claudia Kelley, the excellent ergonomist of Washington State Labor and Industries, for telling me about MicroSoft's ClearType Tuner. It lets you fine-tune the screen fonts on your XP or later Windows computer so that they work best for your eyes. I installed and configured it in about 3 minutes, and it seems to be working correctly. The fonts actually do appear clearer on my screen. I can hardly wait to see how it works with TiresiasLP.

If anyone else tries this, please let me know how it works for you.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Florida Library Association Conference Special

We are offering a 40% discount on a selection of health-related large print books as part of our Florida Library Association exhibit. You do not need to attend the conference in order to use this discount. The special prices are in effect now and are good through the end of May.

Don't forget to visit us if you will be in Orlando for the Florida Library Association, May 6-8, 2009. We will be in Booth 513 and will be raffling off 50 of our books!

Click here for the complete list with special discounted prices.

Here are some of the titles we are featuring. Click on the titles for more information.

A Whole Foods Primer by BEATRICE TRUM HUNTER

Beatrice Trum Hunter has written numerous books on food issues, including Consumer Beware: Your Food Whats Been Done to It (Simon Schuster, 1971), The Mirage of Safety: Food Additives Federal Policy (Charles Scribners Sons, 1975), The Great Nutrition Robbery (Charles Scribners Sons, 1978), The Sugar Trap How to Avoid It (Houghton Mifflin, 1982), and Food Your Health (Basic Health Publications, 2003). As food editor for more than twenty years at Consumers Research Magazine, her monthly columns and feature articles brought cutting-edge issues before general recognition. Hunter has received many awards and recognitions for her work.

A Whole Foods Primer demonstrates the wisdom of selecting whole foods for optimal intake of the nutrients essential for good health. In this book, readers will learn about the basic nutritional components of each whole food group and their specific functions and beneficial roles in the body. The text presents nutrient profiles and surprising facts about some hundred whole foods, their historical uses as food and medicine, and the latest research that identifies their health-bestowing qualities.

Bursting With Energy by FRANK SHALLENBERGER
In this updated revision of his acclaimed book, Bursting with Energy, Dr. Frank Shallenberger makes a clear connection between the amount of energy you have and the amount of aging you do, pointing out that, in medical terms, aging refers to a loss of function, not chronology. A thirty-year old with no loss of function is identical to a twenty-year-old, he says. And the same is true for fully functional people in their sixties--they are the same as thirty-year-olds. According to Shallenberger, the loss of functions that result from aging are themselves the result of energy loss: more energy, less aging; less energy, more aging. When Dr. Shallenberger discusses anti-aging methods, he is actually talking about improving energy production. His work with patients over the years has proven that an energy deficit is the root cause of every disease and symptom, from cancer, to fatigue, to obesity.


Chinese Home Remedies by Lihua Wang


Lihua Wang began her career as a cardiologist in the China Academy of Traditional Medicine, in Bejing, China. In 1982, she was invited by Kaiser Permenante Research Center as a visiting scholar and later selected by the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine to teach acupuncture and Chinese herbology to American students. She has been in private practice, specializing in traditional Chinese medicine, since 1992 in Portland, Oregon.

More than 1,000 effective remedies, a treasure trove of information you can use every day. Chinese Home Remedies is a book that offers an intriguing blend of traditional Chinese medicine - as practiced today - and a wide variety of ancient Chinese folk remedies. You'll often be surprised how easily a problem that has lingered for weeks or months can be cured! This book is a distillation of Ms. Wang's 30 years of clinical experiences as both a physician in China and an acupuncturist and herbalist in the United States. It explains in simple-to-understand language how to treat yourself or a family member using a variety of techniques, including Chinese massage, food therapy, Chinese herbal formulas, and folk remedies that have been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Did you know that apple slices can ease itching skin, hooking your middle fingers together can stop a nosebleed, or that eating peanuts can lower your blood pressure? These are only a few of the more than 1,000 effective remedies that you will find in Chinese Home Remedies. By following just a few pieces of this book's advice, you will find yourself on a healthier life path.

Blind Citizens Australia - New Horizons Radio Program

Blind Citizens Australia - New Horizons Radio Program

Mark Tanner, our Publisher Relations person in Australia, was interviewed on New Horizons on March 30. Click through to the link to a recording of the interview.

New Publisher Partner: Bridge-Logos Publishing

Here is another new Publisher Partner in the Evangelical Christian Publisher Association (ECPA) group. They expect to be offering all of their titles in the standard formats and many as e-Books.
Bridge-Logos Publishing

Bridge-Logos Foundation is a Christian book publishing ministry based in Alachua, Florida. The company began in 1967 as Logos International Fellowship in Plainfield, New Jersey. Its first best-selling book was Run Baby Run by Nicky Cruz. Some famous titles published by Logos are Nine O'clock in the Morning by Dennis Bennett, Prison to Praise by Merlin Carothers, and Prayer Is Invading the Impossible by Jack Hayford. All of these titles are still in print.

The company was purchased by Mr. Raymond Stanbury in 1981. He was the President of Valley Books Trust in Chepstow, Gwent, Wales, the largest Christian book distributor in Europe. He changed the name of the company to Bridge Publishing, Inc. and moved its offices to South Plainfield, New Jersey.

In 1991, Mr. Guy Morrell joined Bridge Publishing. Four years later he purchased the company and changed its name to Bridge-Logos, Inc. Under his administration, the company began publishing a very popular series—Pure Gold Classics—Christian classics that have been sense revised into modern English. There are now more than thirty titles in this distinctive line, including works by Spurgeon, Moody, Tozer, Bunyan, Wesley, and many others. Bridge-Logos Publishers eventually moved to Florida. The company has published many books by well-known writers, such as Dr. David Yonggi Cho, Liberty Savard, Ray Comfort, Jack Hayford, Kirk Cameron, and Kathryn Kuhlman. One of its best-selling works is The Evidence Bible, which was developed by Ray Comfort to help believers share their faith. Guy Morrell died in May, 2007. His widow, Catherine Morrell, inherited the company and decided to change it into a not-for-profit foundation so that books could be given to pastors and believers in underprivileged areas and to prisoners, as well.

We look forward to providing large print, braille and DAISY editions of their books.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Senior Spaces

Senior Spaces


This innovative project is the work of Allan Kleiman. Analogous to a children's room or a teen room, the senior space is a special area of a library for seniors. Using principles of universal design and merchandising, the library has created a welcoming area for older readers and is supported by a full range of activities.

Allan's article in the ASCLA Interface explains the rational behind the project (13.5% of US population over age 60, and the number is growing) and gives more details.

ALA Buyers Guide Information and Special Offer

Save 40% on some of our bestselling large print books. Click here.

Save 20% and get free shipping on any US $500+ order shipped to an address in the contiguous 48 states placed between now and June 1. Call toll-free 866.428.5344 for details.

Visit our web site for a complete listing of our titles: www.readhowyouwant.com

If you order through B&T, then you can use Title Source 3 to order our books!

See us at FLA Booth 513 and ALA Booth 2027! Call 866.428.5344 to make a booth appointment.

Friday, April 10, 2009

ReadHowYouWant featured in Australian Technology Showcase Newsletter

To quote:

In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Louis Braille’s birth, accessible publishing innovator and ATS Alumni member Accessible Publishing Systems has released its braille and DAISY bookshop at www.readhowyouwant.com/braille. Accessible Publishing Systems began in 2008 to publish, in partnership with international publishers, large print book formats ranging from 16 to 24 point fonts, and to make it easy for them to service the visually impaired. Blind readers now have access to thousands of titles in braille.

“We’ve developed an XML software program that can mark up a book into a number of different accessible formats. This allows us to quickly and efficiently create braille and DAISY files and literally produce hundreds of books in the time it has taken others to just do a few titles,” says Christopher Stephen, Accessible Publishing System’s founder.

In other news, the company has announced that it has begun partnering with Random House Australia and Murdoch Books to create accessible editions of their best-selling titles.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

ReadHowYouWant is now available through Baker and Taylor

Our books are now available for purchase through Baker and Taylor's Title Source 3. You can search by our company name, by book title, etc. Please note that longer books and books in extremely large fonts may require several volumes, so pay close attention to volume numbers in the records. If the record does not show a volume number, then there is only one volume. But if it does show a volume number, then be sure to order the other volumes of the book.

Your discount will be determined by your contract with B&T. We will continue our program of aggressive discounting to direct customers.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

New publishing partner, Demos Health

Demos Medical Publishing 


DEMOS HEALTH

386 Park Avenue South 


Suite 301 
New York, NY 10016 


(212) 683-0072

www.demosmedpub.com

I am pleased to announce that ReadHowYouWant has a new Publishing Partner: Demos Medical Publishing, specifically their imprint, Demos Health.

For more than 20 years, Demos has filled a unique educational need for physicians and other health care professionals as well as for people with disabilities and their families. The company publishes world-class texts in neurology, rehabilitation medicine, growing lists in oncology, pathology, and cardiovascular medicine, and acclaimed patient books in multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, epilepsy, stroke, spinal cord injury, and many others.

In October 2007, Demos Medical Publishing LLC. embarked on a new and exciting venture: the launch of its first health and wellness imprint, Demos Health. This imprint furthers the company’s mission of bridging the gap between consumers and the healthcare community, and help to fully distinguish between Demos’ existing professional and patient lines.

This move solidified Demos’ position among the leaders in patient health care publishing. Among the highlights in the Demos Health program are 101 Accessible Vacations: Travel Ideas for Wheelers and Slow Walkers, Mental Sharpening Stones: Manage the Cognitive Challenges of Multiple Sclerosis, Arthritis: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier, Women, Work, and Autoimmune Disease, and Reduce Your Cancer Risk: Twelve Steps to a Healthier Life. Demos Health will continue to publish new editions of the company’s bestselling titles on such subjects as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, and epilepsy.

“We are committed to keeping the standards and quality that Demos is known for in our patient publications, while making the content and topic areas more accessible to a wider audience,” said Noreen Henson, Director of the new imprint.

As of April 8, 2009 there are 98 titles on the growing list of Demos Health books; they plan to load an initial batch of 60 titles in our system during the next few weeks. We should have them available for sale in our editions beginning in May.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Autism Spectrum Disorders and Visual Impairment: - American Foundation for the Blind

Autism Spectrum Disorders and Visual Impairment: - American Foundation for the Blind

FYI -- This looks like worthwhile reading for anyone working with kids on the spectrum, especially if there is a vision problem involved.