Hey,

Oh yay! I do have an audio Bible but it will be great to see what they have on the site. another big thing with books is the number of abridged ones...my mate Graham and i were going to get a petition going to get rid of those! XD
God bless,
Bubbles and Star xxx

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Hi!

Ah awesome, yeah abridging is annoying although having said that, I did find abridged versions of a couple of the books in the Left Behind series quite helpful.

Great you saw this! I was originally just going to post a comment in your journal with the link but then I thought others might benefit too, so I jazzed it up a bit *lol*. Their library isn't online, though they do list most of the titles on the DVD. You get the DVD by emailing them. The address is provided on the contact page.

I intend to donate at least as much to cover the packaging costs. It's'excellent. I can't tell you how marvellous it is to just have the whole NIV in html files right there in front of me!

I have an audio Bible too but haven't found it all that easy to reference specific passages when compiling mini commentaries. That's where this library really comes into its own. I was also pleasantly surprised to find books including "The Case for Christ" by Lee Strobel and "On who is God?" by Mark Driscoll.

Have fun!

Daz xx

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interesting post Daz. I tend to store scanned books and pass them round regardless as its hard enough getting hold of things sometimes. Obviously this is not done commercially.



Jack

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Good stuff. Yeah I do too, we all do. If we didn't, we'd go mad! On the other hand, this organisation I think deserves a mention since it's the only one of several American-based collections which appears willing to offer their material to non-US residents. Last time I looked, BookShare was only available to American subscribers. There's also another American talking book library which only welcomes subscriptions from American nationals.

This is partly why the RNIB claims to be lobbying the government for a change to English copyright law. The Right to Read campaign has been around for several years now and still has nothing to show for it. Any copies of books I've received directly from publishers have been due to their good will and not provided in accordance with adhering to legislation. While this is naturally preferrable, I've still made significantly more unsuccessful literature requests of publishers than the total number that have been fulfilled. Legislation would place the burden of responsibility with the publishers which would ultimately benefit everybody.

Having said all that, I'm not sure it's appropriate for the RNIB to spend their resources campaigning. Granted, someone has to do it. Whoever they are, they need to do a better job of keeping us all up-to-date with progress and enlisting our support whenever necessary. There is also an ever growing need for rehabilitation support within the community, an obligation often associated with the RNIB, particularly by those unfamiliar with how to get help. Yet these responsibilities require their own separate direction and so, whilst their successful management ultimately benefits everybody, I'm not altogether sure it's appropriate for a single organisation to oversee advocacy and rehabilitation. I also worry for people who would naturally turn to the RNIB as their first port of call..

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yep your right on the publishers. as for services, guess it all depends where you live. I'm in liverpool which has about 5 organisations for the blind all doing different stuff. but growing up in Blackpool showed that things are one hell of a postcode lottery.

Best
Jack

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