Comments on Accessibility of Google Print and Google's Library Project

Google's recent announcement of massive library digitization partnerships has
generated a huge amount of interest and angst in the print disabled
community, and brought focus on the Google Print program. This short white
paper aims to illuminate the issues and set the stage for future discussions
with Google. Google has not approved this paper, although we hope they will
use it as a tool in advancing accessibility.  

Download the white paper in PDF format from:
http://www.benetech.org/download/google-access-022705.pdf

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The Potential of eBooks: Spreading Library Service Worldwide to Disabled,
Illiterate and Poor Communities 

While electronic books have not seen breakthrough commercial success, they
hold great potential to help the global poor, illiterate and disabled - a
group of individuals numbering in the hundreds of millions who are motivated
to read, but have little or no access to printed books...  

Download the white paper in PDF format from:
http://www.benetech.org/download/potential_of_ebooks.pdf

