Sure enough, we are not using them for free, as it is generally thought. We pay for accessibility which perhaps the publisher himself can do.
Subramani -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dinesh Kaushal Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 12:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] 1. Re: New Book: Shadows Across the PlayingField (Prashant Verma) Another point, someone wrote, that ebooks are 10 times more expensive. I am sorry to learn, but I get ebooks for lesser price than the hard copy. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dinesh Kaushal Sent: 09 October 2009 12:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] 1. Re: New Book: Shadows Across the Playing Field (Prashant Verma) Wel,, it is getting interesting. First of all, I do not have any objection in scanning and sharing. But the question is how do you ensure that only print impaired people get access to what we post here? Do you think that this forum is private? Do we ask people to provide proof of disability before they join? And even book bol does not require anyone to provide proof of disability. I just googled with "Shadows Across the Playing Field" On second page I got one of the Access India e-mails. And from there any determined person would have found it, and the copies would have circulated around. This way we are damaging the cause and disreputing our community. I support the Right To Read, and All the problems mentioned on this forum are the once that I have faced as well. And I would also like to get the book as soon as it is published, but we will be further from our objectives if we follow this path. We have to convince the publishers that their rights are respected, else they will never agree. And Access India and Book Bol will be closed the same way as napster was closed. We already have platform to get what we want, for example, Organizations for the blind are in deed providing the access to books, why couldn't we submit the book to them? I agree that they have not been able to provide as many books as we need, but that is not a problem of their intent, it is an issue with management and resources. So all the resourceful persons should scan the books and submit to them, and then announce on this forum or at other platforms that such and such book is available. It is great to see some organization's catelogs on Book Bol, and after knowing that those books are available, we could ask these organizations to provide them to us. As an example, I had obtained some books from NAB Delhi and Saksham, so why couldn't others do the same? Just lending the name of Mahatma Gandhi to any issue does not give it credibility, if you follow him, then he said that means are more important than the goal. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of govind reddy Sent: 09 October 2009 04:03 AM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] 1. Re: New Book: Shadows Across the Playing Field (Prashant Verma) Prashanth sir: I have so much respect, concern, and support for you in this due to many reasons to. So nothing wrong in scanning a book. Go a head keep contributing the same and much more. Well said and done regarding the difficulties in getting reply from the publishers. I'm one of the actual sufferer of these difficulties in the university. As I said Delhi and a very few central universities are good in this matter. But it's only % of VI will be able to acquire the admission in to these universities. We should loby with PWD act. Happy reading reading and happy scanning. -- "Don't call me a flower, I'll dry up; Don't call me a deer, I'll run away; Don't call me a moon, I'll wane away; Call me a shadow, I'll be with you always." Mobile: 9959392651, 9030915271. Email: [email protected] My blog: http://govindhowsweet.blogspot.com To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n Email secured by TPML Raksha Checkpoint To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
