Education

PLEXTALK™ Pocket Offers Individuals Who Are Blind and Visually Impaired a New Portable DAISY Player that Reads Bookshare Digital Books

Bookshare and Shinano Kenshi Corporation, Ltd. Announce Partnership Bookshare, the world’s largest online accessible library for individuals with print disabilities, today announced a partnership with Shinano Kenshi Corporation, Ltd. (Japan and North America), a global leader in advanced technology hardware and precision electronics. This partnership will allow Bookshare members to easily download and read tens […]

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Benetech’s Bookshare Library Expands Partnership With Publisher HarperCollins

Agreement Will Provide More Accessible Books To People With Print Disabilities Bookshare and HarperCollins Publishers have expanded their partnership to provide digital books for Bookshare’s accessible online library for people with print disabilities. Since 2005, HarperCollins has provided Bookshare with digital book files; it has now agreed to donate its full ebook catalog. “We are […]

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U.S. Trade and Textbook Publishers Partner with Bookshare

Agreements Increase the Quantity of Digital Accessible Books for Individuals with Print Disabilities April 29, 2009, Washington, D.C., The National Press Club — In an effort to improve the availability and quantity of digital accessible educational books, textbooks and trade books, Bookshare, the world’s largest online accessible library for individuals with print disabilities, today announced […]

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Hachette Book Group Partners with Bookshare

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 […]

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Betsy Beaumon Named General Manager of Benetech Literacy Program

Benetech® named Betsy Beaumon Vice President and General Manager of its Literacy Program which includes the Bookshare and Route 66 Literacy projects. Beaumon is responsible for directing all aspects of operations, marketing and engineering. As General Manager for a major segment of Benetech’s nonprofit technology services, Beaumon will manage external relationships and partnerships. She will […]

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