Books and Newspapers For The Visually Impaired Links

Audible.com
You can buy audio books and build up credits for free books at audible.com

Bibliomania
World's largest collection of bibliographies.

Blind Bookworm
This is a link site with an extensive list of reviewed links. It is a good resource for both students and teachers. There is information about E-texts as well as a number of other resources.

Books 24 7
Books24X is only available on line. It offers thousands of technology related electronic books available in an accessible, HTML format for online reading only. The company is considerate of it's blind users by insuring the accessibility of its web site.

BooksAndBytes
Information on placing Science Fiction and Mystery novels in the correct order.

Bookshare.org
You must have an account to use this site. The cost is $75.00 for the first year and $50.00 each one after. You must have a doctor's or other qualified person's letter on file with Bookshare varifying you are visually impaired. Bookshare is a e-book site consisting of Thousands of scanned books for blind people living in the United States.

Braille Books.com
Braille Books.com is where you can buy about anything with braille on it, can be used by a blind or low vision person or locate books for reading.

Classic Reader
Classic Reader allows you to Read Classic Books, Plays, and Short Stories Online

Digital Library
digital library is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all. Major parts of the site include: An index of thousands of online books freely readable on the Internet Pointers to significant directories and archives of online texts. Special exhibits of particularly interesting classes of online books. Information on how readers can help support the growth of online books.

Gibbens, Meridith Official Author Page
Meridith Gibbens author of ALL I HAVE TO GIVE official Home Page

Gutenberg
Gutenberg, the Worlds largest collection of books.

librivox
Free public domain audio books.

Magic Keys
Magic Keys is a site for online children's books. This site allows you to read books online or download onto a disc Some catigories include: young children, older children and young adults just mention a few. You can also get coloring books and other very young children books.

Overdrive Audio Books
. You can look at all the available libraries and see if yours is there. If it is, you can use your library card to access the database.

Setting Up The Home Office After Vision Loss
Suggestions for setting up a home office for those with vision impairment.

Talk Description To Me
Christine Malec and JJ Hunt Where the visuals of current events and the world around us get hashed out in description-rich conversations. J.J. Hunt is an innovative Audio Describer and a natural-born storyteller. Christine Malec is a perpetually inquisitive member of the blind and partially sighted community who’s always wondering about something. In Talk Description to Me, their discussions plunge into current events and topical issues to explore the content of important images, and help place vivid descriptions in their cultural context. Lively, hard-hitting, witty, vibrant, and fun, this is conversation with a view! The two work together to attempt to bring events to life for you.


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