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From: David Russell
Date: Thu, May 18 2023 9:24AM
Subject: Providing Self-publishing Permission
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Hello WebAIM form,
I am a totally blind person and use NVDA as my screen reader of choice
on a desktop computer.
I wish to self-publish a book I have written to: Amazon,
Draft2Digital, and Kobo, respectively.
Draft2Digital offers one the option to grant permission for assistance
on its website. I have an answer pending from Kobo as to their
practices.
Amazon seems the most restrictive even requiring two factor
application by one holding an account let alone granting permit for
assistance.
Is there a seamless way to resolve this issue with most major
self-publishing venues?
Thanks for any input provided.
David Russell
The party providing assist is letting me use their publish imprint
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David C. Russell, Author
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From: Laura Roberts
Date: Sat, May 20 2023 9:33AM
Subject: Re: Providing Self-publishing Permission
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I googled this a bit for you and it was difficult to find much because most
of the results were about how to self-publish accessible e-books instead of
how to self-publish if you are blind. Google is frustrating sometimes.
I did come across a blind author, Cheryl Gillespie, who wrote a guest blog
post about publishing (the section about publishing is about halfway
through the blog post). https://kathysteinemann.com/Musings/gillespie/
Her facebook is https://www.facebook.com/Thebraillenarrative/. Maybe you
should message her on facebook and she can give you some advice.
I wish I had more time this weekend to look at the accessibility of the
self-publishing platforms! But maybe someone else here will weigh in.
Laura
On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 11:24â¯AM David Russell < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
wrote:
> Hello WebAIM form,
>
> I am a totally blind person and use NVDA as my screen reader of choice
> on a desktop computer.
> I wish to self-publish a book I have written to: Amazon,
> Draft2Digital, and Kobo, respectively.
> Draft2Digital offers one the option to grant permission for assistance
> on its website. I have an answer pending from Kobo as to their
> practices.
> Amazon seems the most restrictive even requiring two factor
> application by one holding an account let alone granting permit for
> assistance.
> Is there a seamless way to resolve this issue with most major
> self-publishing venues?
> Thanks for any input provided.
>
> David Russell
> The party providing assist is letting me use their publish imprint
>
> --
> David C. Russell, Author
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> > > > >
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Best regards,
Laura Roberts
413-588-8422