It has been quite some time since I have looked at the safe publishers list, but either this is not it or it has changed considerably. This link seems to lead to a list of publishers which do contribute books to bookshare, that is, unsafe publishers, and there are no imprints included. What we used to have was a list of publishers, both safe and unsafe, all on one list with each noted as safe or unsafe. The safe ones were compiled by Bookshare volunteers. Various imprints that the companies use were also included as safe or unsafe. Is that list still around or has this one replaced it? If so I suppose that it is somewhat sufficient because if the publisher is not on the list then it would be safe. I use the word somewhat, though, because the imprints are not included. If someone encounters an imprint and does not know that it is an imprint of a parent company and the parent company is one of the unsafe publishers then the point of the list for volunteers is negated.
On 6/12/2012 6:06 PM, Madeleine Linares wrote:
Hi Valerie,The safe publisher's list follows: https://www.bookshare.org/_/community/publishers. I did some digging on Thomas Nelson, and it appears that HarperCollins is in the process of buying them. I'm pretty sure that, as of right now, we don't currently work with them, but if HarperCollins buys them, then we would.Hope that helps. Best, Madeleine*From:*bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Valerie Maples*Sent:* Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:32 PM *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Publisher listI am not operating with a full deck today and cannot find it on the volunteer site. Can someone point me to the safe publisher list or let me know if Thomas Nelson is on it before we look at buying All Pro Dad by Mark Merrill with forward by Tony dungy?Thanks! Valerie
