The January 2011 issue of the DAISY Planet is published on the DAISY website

Dear Members, Friends and Supporters of DAISY,

The January 2011 issue of the DAISY Planet is published on the DAISY website
at: http://www.daisy.org/planet-2011-01.

This is the first issue of the year, the 15th anniversary of the DAISY
Consortium. We will be publishing an ongoing special series about our Full
Member organizations in celebration of the anniversary. There are of course
several additional articles which I hope will be of interest to all of you.

Many thanks to everyone who has contacted me with ideas and news for this
issue. I look forward to receiving emails from even more of you in 2011.

The "Story" this month is from Bernhard Heinser. Many of you will know
Bernhard as he has been involved with the work of the DAISY Consortium since
its inception. Thank you Bernhard for sharing your story with us.

Please forward this email to everyone you know who may be interested in
reading about DAISY, the DAISY Consortium and other topics of interest to
the DAISY community.

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Kind regards to all,
Lynn
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Lynn Leith,
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the DAISY Consortium Newsletter,
lynn.leith@gmail.com,
+1,905,304-9398,
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ReadHowYouWant Newsletter January 2011

January 2011 Inside this Issue 1. New Publisher Partners 2. RHYW at ALA Midwinter 3. Welcome to Jon and Margaret! 4. New Year, Healthy Year Suggestions 5. Things We Love Follow Us FaceBook Twitter

Happy New Year! New Publisher Partners RHYW is pleased to announce three new Australian publisher partners:Penguin Australia (Camberwell) is home to some of Australia's bestselling and award-winning writers and illustrators, such as Maggie Alderson, Robert Drewe, Michael Leunig, and many other household names. Penguin has been publishing in Australia since 1946. View their entire catalog atwww.penguin.com.au. Pan Macmillan Australia (Sydney) publishes commercial and literary fiction, children's and teenage fiction, picture books, Australiana, history, biographies, cookbooks, health titles, and more. Recent titles include My Life Story by Ben Cousins. Visit www.panmacmillan.com.aufor more information. University of New South Wales Press (Coogee) has a reputation for producing thinking books for thinking people—books that create debate and tackle social and intellectual issues. Founded in 1962, the press and its books have won numerous awards, including The Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History, the Ernest Scott Prize, and National Book Council Awards. Learn more about the press atwww.unswpress.com.au .  A number of publishers from Perseus Books Group and Constellationhave also joined the list of new publisher partners: Green Candy Press(San Francisco, CA), Rodmell Press (Berkeley, CA), Yeti Publishing (Portland, OR), Verse Chorus Press (Portland, OR), and Peter Glickman, Inc. (Clearwater, FL).  Back to top ALA Midwinter Conference Success!  ALA Midwinter in San Diego, CA was a huge success. RHYW met some very nice librarians, including Tim Mallory, the winner of our 10 book ALA giveaway! Tim will be sharing these large print books with his community in Turnwater, WA from the Timberland Regional Library. Thanks to Tim and all the other hard working librarians that share their love of books with so many people! Email bradi@readhowyouwant.com if you are interested in learning more about RHYW's distribution to libraries.  Back to top New Staff in RHYW's Australia Office Two new members have been added to the RHYW team! Jon Attenborough worked as the Managing Director of Simon and Schuster Australia for 20 years, and has been in the publishing industry for 38 years. Jon has joined RHYW as General Manager, and is reachable at jon@readhowyouwant.com. Margaret Howse is joining RHYW as the Sales & Marketing Manager. She has been a book buyer at Leading Edge, and has worked in the publishing industry since 1986. Margaret can be reached atmargaret@readhowyouwant.com.  Other changes at RHYW: In the U.S., Maureen Watts, former Director of Publisher Relations, is now focusing on Business Development. Maureen's email is mwatts@readhowyouwant.com. Bradi Grebien-Samkow, former Associate Publicist, is now a Publisher Representative. Bradi can be reached atbradi@readhowyouwant.com.  Back to top RHYW Suggests! Did you make a New Year's resolution to eat healthier? How about to save more money this year? RHYW has hundreds of books on physical and financial health in large print and accessible formats. Check out Marty Tuley'sBusting Your Butt and Gutt (Basic Health Publications)—a fitness program that shows results in 20 minutes a day! Wiley's for Dummies® series in large print and accessible formats provides answers on how to achieve financial health with titles such as Investing for Dummies by Eric Tyson, and Living Well in a Down Economy by Tracy L. Barr. View the entire RHYW catalog atwww.readhowyouwant.com . Back to top Things We Love  "Mountaineers Books Climbs Back" is the title of a recent Publishers Weeklyarticle on RHYW publisher partner The Mountaineers Books. "The Mountaineers Books has a lot to celebrate this year aside from its 50th anniversary...The past 18 months have been strong..." The article lists a number of bestsellers from the past year, including Babes in the Woods:Hiking, Camping, Boating with Babies and Young Children by Jennifer Aist. To read the entire article, click here.  Reviews of the following books appear at www.LargePrintReviews.com:Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy by Susan M. Reverby (The University of North Carolina Press), Italian Shoes by Henning Mankell (The New Press), and The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of Ancient Rome by Michael Parenti (The New Press). Thanks to Large Print Reviews for your continued support of RHYW.

The Accessible Librarian, January 2011

January 2011 Inside this Issue 1. ALA Midwinter Conference Wrap Up 2. RHYW Suggests! 3. Staff Changes at RHYW 4. 40% Discount Offer

ALA Midwinter Conference Success! ALA Midwinter in San Diego, CA was a huge success. RHYW met some very nice librarians, including Tim Mallory, the winner of our 10 book ALA giveaway! Tim will be sharing these large print books with his community in Tumwater, WA from the Timberland Regional Library. Thanks to Tim and all the other hard working librarians that share their love of books with so many people! Email bradi@readhowyouwant.com if you are interested in learning more about RHYW's distribution to libraries.  Back to top RHYW Suggests!  Did you or one of your patrons make a New Years resolution to eat healthier? How about to save more money this year? RHYW has hundreds of books on physical and financial health in large print. Check out Marty Tuley's Busting Your Butt and Gut (Basic Health Publications)—a fitness program that shows results in 20 minutes a day! Wiley's for Dummies® series in large print provides answers on how to achieve financial health with titles such as Investing for Dummies by Eric Tyson, and Living Well in a Down Economy by Tracy L. Barr. View the entire RHYW catalog at www.readhowyouwant.com..  Back to top New Staff in RHYW's Australia Office  Two new members have been added to the RHYW team! Jon Attenborough worked as theManaging Director of Simon and Schuster Australia for 20 years, and has been in thepublishing industry for 38 years. Jon has joined RHYW as General Manager, and is reachable at jon@readhowyouwant.com. Margaret Howse is joining RHYW as the Sales & Marketing Manager. She has been a book buyer at Leading Edge, and has worked in thepublishing industry since 1986. Margaret can be reached atmargaret@readhowyouwant.com.  Other changes at RHYW: In the U.S., Maureen Watts, former Director of Publisher Relations, is now focusing on Business Development. Maureen's email ismwatts@readhowyouwant.com. Bradi Grebien-Samkow, former Associate Publicist, is now a Publisher Representative, and is handling U.S. library sales. Bradi can be reached atbradi@readhowyouwant.com. Back to top 40% Off All Health and Finance Titles in Large Print  Titles from Basic Health Publications, Berrett-Koehler, Wiley, and more are available at40% off to all libraries through February. Visit www.readhowyouwant.com, build a list of books that you would like to order in 16pt. large print, and email your order tobradi@readhowyouwant.com. Orders can be paid for by credit card, or RHYW can invoice your library. This special discount is available only by ordering from RHYW directly. All regular orders can be placed through Ingram. RHYW offers a different 40% discount each month, so feel free to suggest what genre or topic you'd like to see on special in the nextAccessible Librarian!  Back to top