Acknowledgments
Introduction

Chapter One: Books in Specialized Formats

A. The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped: Web-Braille
1. Registering for Web-Braille
2. Finding Web-Braille Books by Title or Author
3. Downloading a Book from a Quick Search or Multiple Term Search Page
4. Searching for a Series
5. Searching for a Subject
6. Using Voyager to Conduct More Advanced Searches
7. Finding Out What's New
8. Braille Magazines
9. Braille Music
10. Web-Braille Home Page

B. EBooks in Specialized Formats for Canadians: The CNIB Digital Library

1. Registering for the CNIB Digital Library
2. Logging Into and Out of the Digital Library
3. Changing Personal Preferences 12
4. Conducting a Basic Search 13
5. Accessing eBooks 14
6. 6. Conducting an Advanced Search 16
7. Browsing the Catalog 17
8. Accessing Newspapers, Magazines, and Reference Resources 18
9. Additional Features 19

C. Scanned Books by the Thousands: Bookshare.org

1. Becoming a Bookshare.org Member or Volunteer 20
2. Logging In 22
3. Finding and Downloading Books 22
4. Submitting and Approving Books for Publication 24

D. Educational and Fiction Books for Children: The Texas State School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

E. Books in Spanish and Other Languages: Tiflolibros

F. Downloadable Braille Books for Everyone: the International Electronic Braille Library

Chapter Two: Public Domain Books That All May Read

A. The EBook Pioneer: Project Gutenberg
1. Searching
2. Changing Your Downloading Site
3. Multiple Ways to Search and Browse

B. If Gutenberg Doesn't Have It: the CAST eText Spider

C. Another Place to Search and Browse for eBooks: The On-Line Books Page

D. A Large Personal Collection: John Pierson's eBooks

Chapter Three: Commercial Sites Selling Accessible eBooks

A. Text Files and Tutorials: The B&R Samizdat Express

B. Buy Science Fiction and Fantasy Before it Comes Out in Print: Baen Books

C. Fantasy, Science Fiction and More by Well-Known Authors: FictionWise.com

D. eBooks You Can Listen To: Audible.com

E. Additional Sources of eBooks and eBook information: The Blind Bookworm

Chapter Four: New Developments in eBook Access

Appendix A: Possible EBook Formats: What They Are and How to Access Them

• ASC (ASCII)
• BRF or BFM (Braille Format)
• DXB (Duxbury Braille)
• DOC (Microsoft Word file)
• HTML or HTM (HyperText Markup Language)
• LIT (MS Reader)
• MEG (MegaDots File)
• PDB (Palm Document)
• PDF (Portable Document Format)
• Reading an Accessible PDF File
• Reading Less Accessible PDF Files
• PRC (Palm or Mobipocket Document)
• RTF (Rich Text Format)
• TXT (Text)
• ZIP (Compressed Files)

Appendix B: Programs that Help You Get eBooks: WB-View, Kurzweil 1000, and OpenBook

• WB-View
• Kurzweil 1000
• OpenBook

Appendix C: Downloading Word, RTF and Braille Documents as if They Were Programs

• Word and RTF Documents
• Braille Files

Appendix D: The Internet Explorer Download Dialog Box

Appendix E: Keyboard Commands for the Web with Internet Explorer, JAWS and Window-Eyes

• Opening a Web Page
• Navigating a Web Page
• Link Navigation
• Forms
• Frames
• Tables

Appendix F: Web Sites Mentioned in This Book

• Books in Specialized Formats
• Public Domain Books
• Commercial EBook Sites
• Additional eBook Information
• Book Players, Reading Devices, and Notetakers
• Screen Readers
• Miscellaneous Sites

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