The DAISY Planet: DAISY Consortium Newsletter, March 2009

The DAISY Planet: DAISY Consortium Newsletter, March 2009

Without a doubt, this is the best summary of the Kindle 2 TTS issue to date. It's a matter of basic accessibility to content.

ReadHowYouWant's new catalog for libraries

We have just released a new catalog of our in-copyright titles as a printable PDF file that can be downloaded from our web site. The new catalog includes cover images of the books and hundreds of more titles than our last catalog had. At over 200 pp, it shows how quickly ReadHowYouWant is growing.

Click here to view it, now.

ASCLA InterFace Pre- ALA 2009 Edition Banner Ad Special Offer

We are offering several special 40% discount promotions to encourage libraries to try our books before ALA. You can also order any of our books through Baker & Taylor or other wholesalers at your negotiated discount. All of these are good through the end of June, except for the FLA health book promotion, which is good through the end of May. We will have entirely new specials for the ALA conference and the month following.

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success and Creating Affluence by Deepak Chopra will soon be available in large print, braille, and DAISY from RHYW. With over 2 million copies sold, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success was on The New York Times bestseller list for over a year. Publisher New World Library has previously partnered with RHYW on such titles as The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle and Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain. (click here to see all titles available from New World Library)

Random House Australia has recently partnered with RHYW to create accessible editions of the following best-selling memoirs: Salvation Creek by Susan Duncan won the 2007 Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award, and was shortlisted for the Dobbie Award, which is part of the Nita B Kibble awards for women writers. It is a story of loss, survival, and finding paradise. Making the Cut: A Surgeon’s Stories of Life on the Edge, by former professor of surgery Mohamed Khadra, documents the damaging politics in the Australian healthcare system as well as featuring stories about his training and career as a surgeon. (click here to see all titles available from Random House Australia)

As a way to celebrate these great books, all titles from New World Library and Random House Australia will be available at a 40% discount through June. Please contact me to place your orders.

Interactive Publications is another outstanding Australian publisher. The Herald Sun said of Another, “…in a word, compelling.” Joel Deane’s novel follows teenagers Toby and Suzie through their aimless wanderings, ghosts of the past, and violences with “unflinching and gritty realism and a sophisticated lyric beauty,” according to Charles Wilmoth of Intersection for the Arts. Easter at Tobruk by Michael O’Sullivan explores the changing values in Australia since WWII by focusing on two Easters, one in 1941, and another 50 years later. The novel combines historically accurate details about battles with fictitious characters. The Judges for the IP Picks Best Fiction Award 2006 called it, “An enticing work peppered with a glistening sense of magic realism…”

To support Interactive Publications’ goal of reaching new audiences, RHYW is offering their accessible additions at 40% off through the end of June. Contact me to place your orders. All Interactive titles available from RHYW may be viewed at here.

The Florida Library Association Conference special is going on through the end of May. Any library can take advantage of this special offer. These health-related books will be popular with all health-conscious seniors. Order any single title, or combinations of titles from our discount order form, and get 40% off. Click this link for details.

To place your order or for more information, please contact pstafford (at) readhowyouwant.com or call toll-free (US only) 866.428.5344 or Skype peytonstafford.

University of Queensland Press to Partner with ReadHowYouWant

I’m very happy to announce a new publishing partner – University of Queensland Press (UQP).

UQP - http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/

For more than 60 years, the University of Queensland Press has been at the forefront of innovative Australian publishing. It has launched the careers of many great Australian novelists, published contemporary Australian poets, been a pioneering force in children's and young adult publishing and has set the benchmark for award-winning scholarly and Black Australian writing.

UQP is a dynamic university press known for its risk-taking philosophy and commitment to publishing works of high quality and cultural significance.

UQP is a very respected medium sized publisher in Australia – who have launched some of the most famous Australian Authors including Peter Carey (sadly not with them anymore!) and David Malouf.

Their work covers fiction, politics, Australiana, biography, history, art, poetry, and a strong children’s section as well.

They are also regular award winners - http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/awards.php

We are still in discussion over the best books to launch this with, but they are keen to get all of their books up onto our system quite quickly.

Forthcoming Titles from New World Library

Great news. New World Library is giving us the following big bestsellers in the following formats. These will go to the top of our production queue and should be ready for purchase within a month or less.


PRACTICING THE POWER OF NOW, Eckhart Tolle — EasyRead Large Type (I though
I'd licensed a large print edition, but I hadn't)

SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF SUCCESS, Deepak Chopra — EasyRead Large Type,
Braille, Daisy Only

CREATING AFFLUENCE, Deepak Chopra — EasyRead Large Type, Braille, Daisy Only

WAY OF THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR, DAN MILLMAN — EasyRead Large Type, Braille,
Daisy Only

HANDBOOK FOR THE SPIRIT, Richard Carlson — EasyRead Large Type, Braille,
Daisy Only

Texas Here We Come

We will be exhibiting with Combined Book at the TLA show in Houston. Please all me at 866.428.5344 if you want to make an appointment to meet during the conference.

We are offering a 40% discount on some of our top titles during and after TLA. The order form is here. You do not need to attend the conference to take advantage of the prices.

We will also be raffling off some nice selections of books in our booth, #1803.

I hope to see you, there!

ICAN ASCLA preconference at ALA on After the Grant Runs Out: Funding Collaborative Digitization

Thanks to Liz at ASCLA for this post:

Dear ICAN member,

ICAN is sponsoring an ASCLA preconference at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference. The details are below.

Would you please share this information with your colleagues, employees, networks, blogs and any relevant e-mail groups you may happen to belong to?

This is an important event for both ICAN and ASCLA—with your help getting the word out, we can assure that it is a successful event, too.

Thanks in advance and best wishes,

Liz F. Markel, M.A.

Marketing Specialist

Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA)

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Collaborative Digitization: ASCLA Preconference @ 2009 ALA Annual Conference

Seeking sustainable funding options for collaborative digitization projects?

Look no further—you'll get the scoop on where to find them at “After the Grant Runs Out: Funding Collaborative Digitization” a 2009 ASCLA preconference to be held at ALA’s Annual Conference in Chicago.

Directors and managers of library networks and cooperatives involved in or considering collaborative digitization projects will benefit from this workshop. Speakers will explore how to cultivate diverse revenue streams for funding sustainable collaborative digitization programs, including membership fees, fund raising and operating budgets.

The preconference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, July 10, 2009 in Chicago. Visit the ASCLA blog for a complete description, speaker list, and registration rates:

http://ascla.ala.org/blog/2009/03/04/collaborative-digitization-funding-find-it-now-with-help-from-ascla/

Check out the “how to register” entry on the blog, too:

http://ascla.ala.org/blog/2009/02/19/how-to-register-for-the-2009-ala-annual-conference-chicago-july-9-15-and-associated-events/

View the complete list of ASCLA programs and preconferences at the ASCLA website:

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/ascla/asclaevents/annual09/index.cfm

Know someone who might be interested in this program?

Please forward this message to them.