March 2013 Bestsellers List
By Alicia Waters | April 5, 2013
The Bestsellers Lists are compiled monthly by NLS. These lists combine information taken from the bestseller lists of the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.
Bestsellers are included in the report when they appear on one of the above bestseller lists for a month or more.
Once a title appears in the report with an NLS number, it will not appear on future reports.
The acronyms used for newspapers and book clubs in the NLS bestseller report are:
Code Source
LAT Los Angeles Times
NYT New York Times
WP Washington Post
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American Heritage replaced
By Alicia Waters | April 5, 2013
News from NLS for TBP Members –
The magazine American Heritage has ceased predictable quarterly publication, and NLS has selected American History as a replacement. American Heritage subscribers will receive American History automatically on digital cartridge unless they choose to cancel their subscription by notifying their cooperating library. American History will also be available for download to registered BARD patrons.
American History is a bimonthly magazine that presents articles for the general reader about the full spectrum of the history of North America.
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BARD Mobile App Coming
By Alicia Waters | April 1, 2013
Listen to the 26-minute Blind Access Journal podcast held at the CSUN Conference where Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow speak with Judy Dixon, Consumer Relations Officer with the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, about the upcoming release of an app from NLS for reading Braille and digital talking books on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
In Rhode Island, only individuals and institutions with Talking Books Plus membership are eligible for BARD service. To sign up, visit the BARD site for instructions and an online application.
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Digital Magazines Transition
By Alicia Waters | March 29, 2013
The TBP/NLS digital magazine transition will begin next week. All members who subscribe to magazines and only have a cassette player should order a digital talking books machine now. After listening to a digital magazine cartridge, mail it back in its red container with the Free Matter for the Blind and Handicapped label. If your digital magazine cartridge is not returned, service may be interrupted. More details to follow next week.
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Not Getting TBP Books
By Alicia Waters | March 26, 2013
Recently, several Talking Books Plus members have been asking why they haven’t been getting books through the US Mail. US Mail delivery to and from Talking Books Plus members may affect how many and how often books are sent to members. In the interest of all members, some information and advice is given below.
All members are asked after putting books in the mail to please wait 2 weeks before questioning a book return. The same rule applies to books sent to members. It has been learned recently that some members have waited up to 2 weeks for a book to be delivered through the US Postal Service. It is plausbile that a member is not getting books because until enough books are returned and checked in, members don’t get more books. Members can have up to 8 digital talking books at one time; This count includes any digital talking books enroute through US Mail and not checked in at the library. The exception to this rule is downloading digital talking books through BARD. There is not limit as to how many titles a member can download.
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Beauty of Humanity Movement Available
By Alicia Waters | March 18, 2013
The Beauty of Humanity Movement (DBM00165) by Camilla Gibb is now available as a digital audio book in the Talking Books Plus (TBP)collection. It is the first digital title recorded for RI TBP by contract with Perkins Institute. If you want to participate in the 2013 Reading Across Rhode Island (RARI) activities, visit the Center for the Book website or call your local RI public library to ask about programs and events related to the title. RI TBP members should order a copy of DBM00165 directly from TBP.
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New Generation Victor Reader Stream
By Alicia Waters | March 14, 2013
Humanware specialist, Mike Tindell, will talk about a smaller, smarter, lighter, and simpler New Victor Reader Stream on Monday, March 18, 2013 at 8:00 PM EST. Visit the Accessible World Tek Talk web conference site on March 18 at 7:45 PM to sign in and learn about the many new features of this player. Alternatively, click the Accessible World site . Under the header, Conference Rooms, select The Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room and enter your first and last names to sign in. The Victor Reader Stream will play Talking Books Plus/NLS digital books.
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February 2013 Bestsellers
By Alicia Waters | March 11, 2013
The Bestsellers Lists are compiled monthly by NLS. These lists combine information taken from the bestseller lists of the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.
Bestsellers are included in the report when they appear on one of the above bestseller lists for a month or more.
Once a title appears in the report with an NLS number, it will not appear on future reports.
The acronyms used for newspapers and book clubs in the NLS bestseller report are:
Code Source
LAT Los Angeles Times
NYT New York Times
WP Washington Post
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2012 Discover Award Winners
By Alicia Waters | March 7, 2013
Barnes & Noble announced the 2012 B&N Discover Award Winners: Celebrating Extraordinary Literary Talents Since 1990. I am pleased to announce that Talking Books Plus has both the NonFiction 1st Place and Fiction 1st Place winners.
Nonfiction 1st Place is Wild: from Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed DB74646.
Fiction 1st Place is The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin DB75312.
Check these books out.
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Video Description Research
By Alicia Waters | March 5, 2013
The following quote is from Joshua A. Miele describing his latest project, Descriptive Video Exchange. “We are looking at a coming day very soon when electronic textbooks will contain embedded video. We’re looking ahead to a day when most instructional materials will be provided via YouTube or other video-based informational media. The research center [Smith-Kettlewell Video Description Research and Development Center in San Francisco] that I run is dealing with those challenges. One of the programs currently running is the Descriptive Video Exchange.”
“The first version of this cloud-based software program is out this month and will work for any video on YouTube.” (quoted from the New York Times article, The Crime of His Childhood by Wendell Jamieson. Published March 2, 2013)
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