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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
