OK, thanks rk and kc. That clarifies things a lot. ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of raj kumar [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 2:11 PM To: Open Library -- technical discussion Subject: Re: [ol-tech] lending library
The OL lending library system works differently for print disabled and non-printdisabled readers. As you point out, you can borrow EPUB and PDF. But we also make Protected DAISY files of these books available for print-disabled readers. If you want to read a Protected DAISY, a reader must first register with the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped: http://www.loc.gov/nls/ After registering, the reader must then purchase a hardware player that supports text-to-speach as well as playing Protected DAISY files encrypted with the NLS key (such as the Humanware Victor Stream): http://www.daisy.org/tools/hplayback Then, you can download Protected DAISY files, load them on your player, and listen to them. To answer your points #2 and #3: The one-copy limit is for EPUB and PDF. Protected DAISY does not go through the same system. Instead you need to complete the NLS registration and obtain a player. Those books are not subject to the one-copy limit. If you are not a print-disabled reader registered with NLS, then you need to borrow the book, and wait for its return if someone else is borrowing it. -raj On Jun 26, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Mark Klarer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi list, > I have been given the task of implementing the lending library in open > library on our daisy reader. I was looking it over and came up with this: > > 1. you can borrow EPUB and PDF , not daisy > 2. when you borrow the book, it is checked out and everyone else has to wait > for its return - why is there only one copy? > 3. why would anyone borrow a book if they can read it anyway? > > > So if anyone can clarify, correct, augment, or confirm any of this thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Ol-tech mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Ol-tech mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
