Bookshare Partnerships with Universities and Publishers Will Be Announced Benetech® CEO Jim Fruchterman has been invited to speak at the National Press Club about Bookshare’s leadership in global initiatives that increase the availability of accessible published materials for individuals with print disabilities. The event will take place on April 29, at 10 am in the […]
Partnership Makes Thousands of Books Available to People with Print Disabilities Bookshare and Hachette Book Group (HBG) announced today that they have entered into a partnership to provide digital books for Bookshare’s accessible online library for people with print disabilities. This partnership has two components that break new ground in the publishing industry. First, Hachette […]
World’s Largest Accessible Online Library for People with Print Disabilities Offers More Accessibility and Ease of Use Bookshare, the world’s largest accessible online library for people with print disabilities, has been completely rebuilt with state-of-the-art web technology to make it significantly easier for individuals with print disabilities to access the books they want and need. […]
Tracy R. Justesen, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Reviews the Expansion of Bookshare.org A prominent U.S. Department of Education official who guides key policy decisions that impact people with disabilities will visit Palo Alto this week to discuss Benetech’s® Bookshare.org library. Tracy R. Justesen, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, […]
Announces Partnerships with Indian Organizations that Serve Readers with Print Disabilities Bookshare®, the world’s largest online library for people with print disabilities, has announced three new partnerships to support the availability of accessible digital texts in India. These partnerships will help International Bookshare begin to serve India’s ten million blind people, three million of whom […]
