Hi, Roger, I downloaded a book by Wadsworth on Drama in Protected Daisy. For the life of me, I couldn't unzip that file. I'm wondering if I should email NLS about this? Regards, Kim Friedman. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Loran Bailey Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 9:48 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: curious about Latest books I have never had to use a password for Open Library books. They just assume that if you have a device with an NLS key installed on it then you must be qualified. _ _ _ "I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world." - Richard Dawkins Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81 The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 12:01 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: curious about Latest books > Hi, Roger, I found out the protected Daisy Books have a password. > Unfortunately, I don't know what password they use. I've also sent an > email to openlibrary.org about what I'm telling you. What did you have > to do to get a password for downloading protected Daisy files from > there? Regards, Kim Friedman. > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Loran > Bailey > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 6:28 AM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: curious about Latest books > > > To find the books at Open Library that are not also at Gutenberg try > adding the key words "protected Daisy" as well as "accessible book." > Be sure to use > the quotation marks again. To refine your search further just use other > key > words or click the refining tags at the bottom of each page of search > results. It is those tags at the bottom of the page that I mean when I > refer > to user tags. When you find the catalog listing for any book click the > edit > tab and you can add or remove those tags. Let me also advise this. When > you > start to use any site always be sure to read all the FAQ and any other > informational material that the site has available. That can really make > any > site easier to use and cut down on the number of questions you will have > to > ask other users. > > > _ _ _ > > "I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not > understanding the world." - Richard Dawkins > > > Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81 > > > The Militant: > http://www.themilitant.com > Pathfinder Press: > http://www.pathfinderpress.com > Granma International: > http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 1:48 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: curious about Latest books > > >> Hi, Roger, I've managed to download a drama anthology from open >> library. What I want to know are the books not at gutenberg.org. I >> did > >> put "accessible books" in quotation marks as you suggest. I got a lot >> of stuff by Dickens, Shakespeare, etc. How does one find the other >> stuff? Regards, Kim Friedman. P.S.: Your message was very helpful. K. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Loran >> Bailey >> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 6:17 PM >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: curious about Latest books >> >> >> Do a key word search at Open Library for "accessible book." Be sure >> to > >> enclose the phrase in quotation marks to avoid picking up books that >> just happen to have those words in the catalog entry seperately. The >> results will be in the hundreds of thousands. It will include nearly >> everything Gutenberg >> has plus protected Daisy books that are still in copyright. Click the >> title >> of any of the results you are interested in and on the catalog page > you >> will >> find a linkk to Daisy somewhere there. Click that and you will be on >> a page that tells you about Daisy and there will also be a link for > downloading >> the >> book. Open Library is primarily a catalog and lists nearly >> twenty-five million books if you count the various editions. The ones >> that can be downloaded number in the hundreds of thousands though and >> there are > some >> >> very obscure ones. >> >> >> _ _ _ >> >> "I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not >> understanding the world." - Richard Dawkins >> >> >> Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81 >> >> >> The Militant: >> http://www.themilitant.com >> Pathfinder Press: >> http://www.pathfinderpress.com >> Granma International: >> http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "eden kizer" <eden420@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 8:45 PM >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: curious about Latest books >> >> >>> What is openlibrary? Does it just list books or does it have books >>> that you can download? If so, I have not found a way to do so >>> although I >> think >>> I found somewhere that they had availability for people with >> disability >>> could get donwloloaded versions of over a million books and not just >> ones >>> out of copyright date. Is this true or not, and if so how does it >> work as >>> I saw only classics in a quick browse. Any info on this is >> appreciated, >>> but you may please write privately so as not to clutter list. Thank >> you. >>> I am always looking for new sources of material because even though >>> Bookshare has a wonderful selection, I like to find more obscure >>> tings >> >>> sometimes. Thanks. >>> >>> eden420@xxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> Eden >>> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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