[bksvol-discuss] Re: Baen Books
- From: Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 15:14:42 -0600
This is an interesting problem. There may be at least 2 editions of the
same book, having different line length leading to different pagination:
a hardcover and a paperback. If the electronic file has an ISBN number,
identification is easy.
Guido
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[bksvol-discuss] Re: Baen Books
I have a question about the Baen books that can be downloaded as rtf.
The Baen ebooks that I have do not have hard page breaks or page
numbers. They do seem to have the same copyright as the print books
(most publishers put in a separate copyright line for the ebook
version). So, if I put in the page breaks and numbers based on a copy
of the print book, could that be submitted to bookshare? For that kind
of submit, validation ought to be a snap. Of course, if we could get
copies from Baen that had the page breaks and numbers, that would be
best...
Misha
Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> We do have an agreement with Baen Books: we can add any of their titles,
> and they've given us global permissions to distribute them to people
> with disabilities. I would encourage our volunteers to add all of the
> Baen books they can find. As has been noted, the late founder Jim Baen
> was a strong supporter of alternative access, and we see it as a way of
> honoring his commitment.
>
> The question of duplication (with other possible means of obtaining
> accessible books) comes up frequently. Our general answer is that we'd
> like to have the book. There are several reasons for this:
> - format problems (what if PDF doesn't work for you? What if you're
> deaf and blind and need Braille?)
> - format flexibility (what if you prefer Braille over audio, even though
> you can hear? What if seeing and hearing the text at the same time works
> better for you? What if you want to read one way while mobile and
> another way while in your home or office?)
> - including some Bookshare.org users who are excluded from some sources
> (because they have a learning disability, because they are in a
> different country)
> - series completeness (we're increasingly trying to make entire series
> available on Bookshare.org)
> - ease of access (what percentage of print disabled people are likely to
> know about a given source, such as Baen's deal?)
> - cost savings (it's cheaper for us to deal with our users than it is
> for publishers to do the same: that's often the motivation for working
> with us)
> - Lowering the barrier to access by increasing task success (we want the
> new and existing user to find the book he or she wants the great
> majority of the time, so that they are confident in the future of having
> access)
>
> I'm probably forgetting more reasons, but the key one is Bookshare.org
> ethic for collection development. If one person in our community
> thought it was worth scanning and validating, we want that book. That's
> why 90% of the Bookshare.org collection is there. Our low cost to add a
> book because of our dedicated volunteer community makes this a
> responsible policy, while empowering our readers.
>
> Jim Fruchterman
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