Bookshare - PRWeb Press Release Group

Bookshare Celebrates Major Milestone: 100,000 Students: Exceeds Target & Serves More Students

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:45:36 GMT

Bookshare®, a global leader in providing copyrighted, digital accessible books to people with print disabilities, today announced that 100,000 students now benefit from Bookshare’s collection of digital accessible books. Bookshare hit this target, a five-year goal set as part of the organization’s award from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, in under three years, demonstrating the tremendous need for accessible instructional materials in flexible formats to serve students with a range of qualifying print disabilities.

(PRWeb October 04, 2010)

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Blind Woman Uses Accessible Cookbooks from Bookshare to Cook on Rachael Ray Show

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:27:02 GMT

Chrissy Steltz, a woman who lost most of her face in a gun accident, and received the first-of-its-kind prosthetic face, will be on the Rachael Ray show in a segment featuring Bookshare.

(PRWeb October 04, 2010)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/10/prweb4604594.htm

Partnerships in Multiple Countries Expand Bookshare Internationally -- Organizations in Australia, Scandinavia, Africa, and Asia Offer Accessible Books

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Bookshare International today announced partnerships with Vision Australia, Western Australia Association for the Blind, the South Africa Library for the Blind, TPB (The Swedish Library of Talking Books) and NOTA, the Danish National Library for the Blind to make accessible books available for their citizens with print disabilities.

(PRWeb September 29, 2010)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Bookshare/International/prweb4580124.htm

Leading International Organization, CABI (Center for Agricultural Bioscience International), to Provide Collection of over 500 Scientific Publications to Bookshare

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

CABI, the Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International, has entered into an agreement with Bookshare to provide their collection of nearly 500 titles in the areas of agricultural, animal and veterinary sciences, environmental sciences, human health, food and nutrition, leisure and tourism, microbiology and parasitology, and plant sciences.

(PRWeb September 30, 2010)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Bookshare/CABI/prweb4578464.htm

University of British Columbia Press Becomes First Canadian Publisher to Partner with Bookshare - Grants World Rights to Entire Collection

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:00:00 GMT

The University of British Columbia Press (UBC Press), one of the largest university presses in Canada, has entered into an agreement with Bookshare® granting world rights to its collection. UBC Press offers a unique perspective through the generation and transfer of knowledge across many subject areas.

(PRWeb September 28, 2010)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Bookshare/UniversityBritishColumbia/prweb4575064.htm

Bookshare Crosses 100,000-Member Milestone -- As More than 60 Publishers, 20 Universities and 2,200 Volunteers Contribute Files to Online Accessible Library

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Bookshare celebrates 100,000 members, plus growth in publisher and university partnerships, book contributions and loyal volunteer support. Major progress in serving individuals with print disabilities.

(PRWeb July 06, 2010)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Bookshare100000-Members/07/prweb4224364.htm

Cambridge University Press Grants Worldwide Digital Rights to Bookshare -- Includes Academic and Educational Content from All Regions

Thu, 20 May 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Cambridge University Press (England) has entered into a digital rights license agreement with Bookshare to deliver academic and scholarly books from all of its regional publishing centers around the world for conversion into accessible formats.

(PRWeb May 20, 2010)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Bookshare/CambridgeUniversity/prweb4014244.htm

Simon & Schuster Provides Digital Files to Bookshare To Advance Timely Access to eBooks for Individuals with Print Disabilities

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMT

To serve individuals and students with print disabilities and to provide timely access to digital books, Simon & Schuster has signed an agreement that will give Bookshare’s members access to an extensive selection of titles from all imprints.

(PRWeb April 14, 2010)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Bookshare/SimonSchuster/prweb3870824.htm

Merriam-Webster Signs Agreement to Provide Digital Files with Worldwide Rights to Bookshare

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Students and Individuals with Print Disabilities Will Have Equal Access to Critical Educational Reference Works -- Merriam-Webster, America's foremost publisher of language-related reference works, has signed an agreement to provide Bookshare with worldwide rights to its entire collection of key references works. This contribution will expand the Bookshare library which today serves over 90,000 members with print disabilities, such as blindness or low vision, a physical disability or a severe learning disability that affects reading.

(PRWeb April 14, 2010)

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Benetech, WGBH National Center for Accessible Media and U.S. Fund for DAISY Receive $5 Million to Transform Production of Accessible Images

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), awarded $5 million to Benetech, in collaboration with The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) at WGBH and the U.S. Fund for DAISY (USFDAISY), to create a research and development center that will improve the processes and availability of accessible images for students with disabilities. The R&D Center will be called DIAGRAM.

(PRWeb March 03, 2010)

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Bookshare India Partnerships Build India and Worldwide Collections of Digital Books

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:05:00 GMT

On World Disability Day, Bookshare India, an international extension of Bookshare, announced a partnership with Scholastic India and leading Indian publishers, authors and organizations to provide hundreds of copyrighted ebooks to individuals who cannot read standard print. Renowned author Dr. Kiran Bedi contributed 10 bestselling titles. Hindi and Tamil titles soon to be available in accessible formats.

(PRWeb December 03, 2009)

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U.S. Department of Education Grants Bookshare Supplemental Funding to Convert Open Content Textbooks to Accessible Formats - Available for All

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

The U.S. DOE, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), awarded Bookshare $100K in supplemental funding to create the first accessible versions of open content digital textbooks. The initial planned conversion will begin with 16 math and science textbooks approved for California K-12 students. The open content textbooks will be distributed freely under a license selected by the author and available to all individuals without proof of disability.

(PRWeb November 20, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/open-content/textbooks/prweb3226354.htm

Encyclopaedia Britannica Grants Digital Rights to Bookshare -- Major Reference Collections Now Accessible for Individuals with Print Disabilities Worldwide

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Encyclopaedia Britannica just signed an agreement with Bookshare to grant worldwide digital rights to its major reference collections. Bookshare is the world's largest accessible online library for people with print disabilities. These collections will add a wealth of academic resources to Bookshare that will enhance the research experience and independent study for tens of thousands of Bookshare members, many of whom are U.S. K-12 and postsecondary students.

(PRWeb October 08, 2009)

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Partnerships with Prestigious University Presses Add Scholarly and Award-Winning Titles to Bookshare Library

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Bookshare makes agreements with the University of Chicago Press, the University of California Press and New York University Press to expand availability of academic and general interest books.

(PRWeb July 24, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/07/prweb2669454.htm

Individuals with Print Disabilities Gain New Opportunities to Read Bookshare Digital Books Using Mobile Speak Phone Technologies

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:17:37 GMT

Individuals with print disabilities can now choose new, low-cost mobile technologies to read more than 50,000 digital books and periodicals thanks to a partnership between Bookshare, the world's largest online library of accessible books for individuals with print disabilities and Code Factory, (Barcelona Spain); a leading global provider of screen readers, screen magnifiers, and Braille interfaces for a wide range of mainstream mobile devices.

(PRWeb July 06, 2009)

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PLEXTALK™ Pocket Offers Individuals Who Are Visually Impaired a New Portable DAISY Player that Reads Bookshare Digital Books

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Bookshare and Shinano Kenshi Corporation, Ltd. announce partnership that will allow Bookshare members to easily download and read tens of thousands of accessible books, textbooks, periodicals, New York Times best sellers, and literature on the new PLEXTALK™ pocket portable digital DAISY player and recorder. DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) players, like the PLEXTALK Pocket, easily convert Bookshare's digital text files to speech so books and newspapers can be read aloud.

(PRWeb July 07, 2009)

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U.S. Trade and Textbook Publishers Partner with Bookshare to Increase the Quantity of Digital Accessible Books for Individuals with Print Disabilities

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:00:00 GMT

In an effort to improve the availability and quantity of digital accessible educational books, textbooks and trade books for students and individuals with print disabilities, Bookshare, the world's largest online accessible library, announced partnerships with over two-dozen leading U.S. trade and K-12 publishers.

(PRWeb April 29, 2009)

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U.S. Colleges and Universities Partner with Bookshare To Expand Collection of Accessible Textbooks for Students with Print Disabilities

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Bookshare, the world's largest online accessible book library for people with print disabilities announces partnerships with eleven U.S. universities and colleges today. The University Partnership Program will significantly increase the availability of accessible materials and textbooks on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of U.S. post-secondary students who have disabilities that keeps them from reading printed books.

(PRWeb April 29, 2009)

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Benetech CEO Jim Fruchterman to Speak at National Press Club, Washington D.C. on Bookshare Partnerships with Universities and Publishers

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Mr. Fruchterman will announce multiple partnerships with U.S. colleges, universities and publishers to build collection of digital accessible books and textbooks in support of individuals and K-12 and post-secondary students with qualified print disabilities.

(PRWeb April 13, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/04/prweb2318624.htm

Hachette Book Group Partners with Bookshare To Make Thousands of Books Available to People with Print Disabilities

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:01:28 GMT

Bookshare, the world's largest accessible online library for people with print disabilities, and Hachette Book Group (HBG) have entered into a partnership to make thousands of books available to people with print disabilities. This partnership breaks new ground in the publishing industry. Hachette will donate digital files for all 1,700 currently digitized frontlist and backlist titles and refer service requests for accessible books to Bookshare for fulfillment.

(PRWeb March 07, 2009)

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World's Largest Accessible Online Library for People with Print Disabilities Offers More Accessibility and Ease of Use - Benetech Launches New Bookshare Library

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:01:00 GMT

Bookshare, the world's largest accessible online library for people with print disabilities, has been completely rebuilt to make it significantly easier for individuals with print disabilities to access the books they want and need. The new library offers many improvements including strengthened quality control standards for book content, free assistive software applications and a rapidly expanding collection of digital files from contributing publishers. The design changes allow Bookshare to serve its growing membership of over 43,000 users and accommodate its collection of more than 43,000 texts. Bookshare now features the current best practices for website accessibility, Google-like search functions and more Braille options for Bookshare members who are blind. Read the press release about the new Bookshare here.

(PRWeb February 01, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb1938634.htm