- From: Christopher R. Maden <crism@exemplary.net>
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 00:26:49 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
[Kynn Bartlett] >A nicer story from the HWG relates to the book we use in our HTML >4.0 online class, written by Ann Navarro and published by Sybex. One >of our students is blind and thus can't just use the printed version; >we contacted Sybex and found that for the same price as the printed >book, an electronic version on disk could be purchased, as long as a >non-disclosure agreement (NDA) was signed. The reason for the NDA >is that it's easier to create a new version of the book from the >electronic copy than the dead tree version. O'Reilly makes similar accomodations; I wasn't directly involved, but electronic copies were provided to organizations and individuals on many occasions, and I want to say that it was sometimes done for free. But it's important to note that getting an electronic copy and getting a *usable* electronic copy can be very different things. Many publishers only keep the PDF or PostScript files used to actually print the book; at O'Reilly, if the book was in SGML or Frame, producing a usable electronic copy for a blind customer was pretty easy, but if the book was done in troff, it was a bit harder. -Chris -- Christopher R. Maden, Solutions Architect Exemplary Technologies One Embarcadero Center, Ste. 2405 San Francisco, CA 94111
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