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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=585202014-11062009>Hi,
Susan. Believe it or not, except for the fact that they send everything in
single huge PDF files as you describe, Cengage is my favorite major publisher to
work with at this time. They generally get me what I want in a timely
manner, and if I remember right, don't they give you the option of choosing
preferred format at the end of their request page? PDF is the default, but
I seem to remember they also offer Word and text. Most of the time I don't
want Word extractions from publishers because they are such a mess to clean
up, especially for books with complex layouts -- we spend more time cleaning up
publisher-supplied Word extractions than we would just chopping, scanning, and
editing books ourselves. You're right, in order to open and break up the
PDF files they send, you do have to have a machine running Adobe Acrobat Pro
with a decent amount of RAM, although I've been successfully doing it on a
6-year-old desktop which isn't exactly high-end. It would be nice if they
would send the books as chapters/sections as some other publishers do.
However, since it isn't an ideal world and I'm comparing the pros and cons of
one publisher to another, I'll take Cengage's timely delivery any day over the
generally slow delivery of McGraw Hill; getting a publisher file that I still
have to edit 4 months after I've requested it usually does me no good.
</SPAN><SPAN class=585202014-11062009>As you say, sometimes the best we can do
is still to buy, chop, and scan; I request publisher files but always assume
that I'm going to have to go the full hardcopy conversion route. Getting
the publisher file then is just a bonus on my day.
:)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=585202014-11062009><FONT
face=Arial>Teresa</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=en-us>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-us>Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D.</SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=en-us>Supervisor, Alternate Format Program</SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=en-us>Disability Resource Center</SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us>Arizona State
University </SPAN><BR><SPAN lang=en-us>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</SPAN>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> athen-bounces@athenpro.org
[mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Kelmer, Susan
M.<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:31 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Access Technology Higher Education
Network<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Athen] Cengage Learning<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Does anyone have any better luck getting materials from
Cengage than I am? They always send us a web link to download/save their
stuff, and it is ALWAYS in one giant PDF that I can barely open, much less do
anything else with! The latest is a World Geography book, 744 pages, in
one freakishly HUGE file and the only thing I can do is export it and then try
to break out the chapters, then edit, then record the audio. So far, my
high-end computer is balking at doing this, it took more than 8 minutes for it
to open the file in Adobe Professional to begin with. I don’t hold out
much hope that it will actually be able to do the job in the end, and machines
don’t get much faster than what I’ve got sitting on my desk.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>In these cases, it’s quicker to buy, cut, and scan the
book!<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>How on earth are we supposed to get through to these
publishers, anyway? I want a Word file. Or a Text file. Or an
HTML file. ANYTHING but a PDF.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I>Susan Kelmer<o:p></o:p></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I>Adaptive Technology Specialist/<o:p></o:p></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I>Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and
Classrooms<o:p></o:p></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I>St. Louis Community College - Meramec<o:p></o:p></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I>314-984-7951<o:p></o:p></I></P>
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