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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The miracle of ebooks What if we had the ability to overcome these accessibility barriers, barriers that affect most of humanity, not just people with identified disabilities, wouldn’t we have the moral obligation to act? We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. We can do better!

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Zero-cost, maximum-impact professional development for fundraisers

Candid

Enter Candid Learning —a treasure trove of educational resources designed to empower you with top-tier fundraising expertise. And if you prefer books, check out Candid’s library of ebooks and audiobooks. Here are some ways you can leverage Candid’s resources for professional development—regardless of time and budget constraints.

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Increasing Accessible Publishing Globally

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The world has finally moved beyond just electronically creating books that are then distributed as ordinary print books to actually delivering digital ebooks. In technical terms, this means that the next version of the DAISY format, version 4, will be the same as EPUB3, the main format used by commercial publishers of ebooks.

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Getting Close to a Treaty!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Content contained in square brackets in the draft is still being negotiated, and the remaining content is assumed to be agreed (at least, we certainly hope so!). Since many of our organizations operate as libraries, we note that commercial availability of a book rarely impacts the availability of that book on the shelves of a library.

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All-In-One Nonprofit Marketing Library (Link Roundup)

NonProfit Hub

From eBooks to webinars, there’s a heaping handful of other ways to raise money online. 5 Web Design Trends and How Your NPO Can Take Advantage . Design should always come after ideation, though. Your objective will guide the design that you choose. Content Marketing. Don’t just stop there, though. Robert Rose.

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Objecting to Accessibility Weaseling

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Wouldn''t that create more demand for our Bookshare online library? Our primary goal is to ensure that people with disabilities get equal access to the books and content they need for education, employment, leisure and social inclusion. She wants to see every piece of content that is born digital be born accessible.

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Commercial Availability: The Poison Pill for Marrakesh Treaty Implementation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. But, some companies want to empty the library shelves and insist that only books that can’t be purchased are allowed to be stocked in such libraries. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.

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