[Athen] FW: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Signs Agreement to Provide Titles to Bookshare

[Doug Hayman]

Nice job Norm!



Doug Hayman <dhayman at u.washington.edu>
Technology Specialist
DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology)
UW Technology Services
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2011, Prof Norm Coombs wrote:


> Hi Friends.  This wiley deal is one of my most proud accomplishments. They 

> asked me to write a book on accessible e-learning. I said I'd only do it if 

> they made it accessible to which they agreed. I then leaned on them to issue 

> my book through Bookshare.  When their lawyers started looking into it, they 

> decided they'd not only do my book but open up most of their books!!!!

>

> Praise God.  One little shove moved a mountain!!

>

> Oh my book was published last October

> Making online teaching accessible.  From Bookshare, Wiley and also Amazon.

>

> Oh and I'll be doing an EASI public Webinar with an overview of the book and 

> what I tried to do with it on Aprill 29

> reserve a seat at

> http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

>

> Norm Coombs

> At 12:33 PM 4/15/2011, you wrote:

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>> Great!

>> 

>> 

>> Dan Burke

>> Assistant Director/Assistive Technology Coordinator

>> 

>> Disability Services for Students

>> The University of Montana

>> Emma B. Lommasson Center 154

>> Missoula, MT 59812

>> 

>> 406.243.4424

>> 406.243.5330 FAX

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>> www.umt.edu/disability

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>> From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On 

>> Behalf Of Ron Stewart

>> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 12:00 PM

>> To: aheadmembers at listserve.com; Access Technology Higher Education Network

>> Subject: [Athen] FW: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,Signs Agreement to Provide 

>> Titles to Bookshare

>> 

>> Hi Folks, I thought you would find this to be good news.  I know how much 

>> some of you have struggled to get titles from some of these Wiley imprints.

>> 

>> Ron Stewart

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>> Posted on: Friday, April 15, 2011 8:24 AM

>> Author: VLuceno

>> Subject: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Signs Agreement to Provide Titles to 

>> Bookshare

>> 

>> 

>> John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a leading publisher serving the professional, 

>> consumer, scientific, technical, medical and academic communities 

>> worldwide, has agreed to provide Bookshare with digital files of 

>> professional and trade titles for their collection. This agreement will 

>> broaden the access of people with disabilities to Wiley content.

>> 

>> ???We???re very pleased to add such popular and useful books to 

>> Bookshare,??? said Betsy Beaumon, Vice President and General Manager of the 

>> Literacy Program at Benetech, the nonprofit organization that operates 

>> Bookshare. "Working directly with Wiley, we are expanding our collection of 

>> accessible titles and continuing to knock down barriers to access, ensuring 

>> that people with print disabilities have the same breadth and depth of 

>> titles to choose from as people without print disabilities.???

>> 

>> As a result of the agreement, Bookshare will provide access to a selection 

>> of Wiley titles targeting professionals and general consumers, covering a 

>> variety of subjects, published under its For Dummies, Frommer's, Webster's 

>> New World, Jossey-Bass, Pfeiffer, Cliffs Notes, Wrox, J.K. Lasser, Sybex, 

>> Fisher Investments Press, and Bloomberg Press brands. More information can 

>> be found in the 

>> <http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2011/4/prweb8300575.htm>Bookshare press 

>> release.

>> 

>> 

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> Once you choose hope, anything's possible.  Christopher Reeve

> Norman Coombs norm.coombs at gmail.com

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> Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students with 

> Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010

> http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html

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