Hello all I just purchased a book from a publisher/university called Craft Of Research and the people are so nice. I just happened to spread the news about bookshare, saying I volunteer to help make books accessible to those who can't read printed material or access them for that matter. I just received some great news in progress and I'll keep you all posted! See below: Hi-- I'm very sorry the download page isn't working with your screen reader. I'll talk to the folks who put it together and see if it can be made more readable--I believe, unfortunately, that the download button depends on Flash, which may complicate that task. I am sending you, therefore, two alternatives for getting the book on your machine. OPTION 1: The standard all-in-one download page (which your reader doesn't like): This link will give you a copy of the Craft of Research, 3rd edition, for 180 days: http://www.bibliovault.org/cgi-bin/DeliverADE.epl?transid=9uAxsgd19sewry2J OPTION 2: Link to the software + the book file: Step A: You need to have the Digital Editions app on your computer. I believe the current release is 1.7.1. If you need it, you can download it from: http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/#download Step B: Once Digital Editions is successfully installed, use it to open the attached .acsm file. That'll deliver the book. ----------------------------------- Also, thank you for mentioning Bookshare..! The University of Chicago Press has begun to work with Bookshare to make our books available there--but it will probably be a few months before you see our titles there, as we are just getting set up now to send them files, which I believe will then need to be converted to DAISY format...? I can hang onto your email address, if you don't mind, and let you know when I hear Chicago books are showing up at the Bookshare site. Please let me know if you have any trouble with the file. Best, --Kate On 7/7/09 5:02 PM, "Chela Robles" <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes I'd like the third addition, however, the tool to download the book is > not screen reader friendly, is this available in PDF from adobe? > I'm totally blind and volunteer for a non-profit organization which helps > aid in providing books in accessible formats to those who are unable to read > print, like me called bookshare which you can find about us at bookshare.org > and join the publishers already partnering up with us. > Thanks, Chela > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kate Davey" <kdavey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 2:42 PM > Subject: Craft of Research - 2nd edition, or 3rd..? > > > Hello-- > > I'm writing from the University of Chicago Press--you bought an electronic > version of this book from us earlier this afternoon: > > CRAFT OF RESEARCH, 2ND EDITION > BOOTH, ISBN: 9780226065694 > > We wanted to check and see if you perhaps had wanted the 3rd edition of this > title instead...? > > (The 2nd edition came out in 2003, and I believe that it's not available new > in cloth or paper any longer. The 3rd edition was published in 2008 and is > our current in-print edition.) > > If you would prefer the newer 3rd edition, please let me know--I can send > you a replacement link that will get you that version of the book instead. > > Best, > --Kate > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Kate Davey > BiblioVault Manager > Chicago Distribution Services > University of Chicago Press > 1427 E. 60th St. > Chicago IL 60637 > > kdavey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > phone: 773-834-4417 > http://www.bibliovault.org > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Very exciting, don't you think? All I said was check you guys out, wow what a response! Email: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx Messenger: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxxxx