[Athen] Alt Media: International Copies of Books

[Cassandra L. Tex]

Hi All,

Sorry for the cross posting…



For those of you acquiring and producing alternate media…have you had
students submit international copies of books for e-text conversion?



1.  Do you accept international copies from students?  Technically speaking,
is it a different book?  Is the content different?  The instructor is
requiring/recommending a specific book for a course…are the international
copies of books different?



2.  Have you been successful in getting e-text files from publishers for
these books?  The only times I have ever been denied e-text files is with
international copies of books.  Denied – not ignored.  I’ve been ignored
plenty of times from publishers.  Because I can’t get the files from the
publishers, it’s pretty much guaranteed that I will have to cut up and scan,
thereby increasing my production time.



Wondering what others are doing with regards to international copies of
books that are submitted for e-text/alternate format conversion.  Any
thoughts or ideas you have on this subject would be very helpful!



Thanks.

Cassandra Tex

Assistive Technology Specialist

Humboldt State University

tex at humboldt.edu
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