See, I knew this had to happen eventually. If you feel like reading a book, but don’t want to go to your local library to check it out, you now have another option, the virtual kind. And it’s fully accessible:
For those who are blind, dyslexic or have diseases like multiple sclerosis and have difficulty turning book pages, reading the latest best seller just got easier.
Brewster Kahle, a digital librarian and founder of a virtual library called the Internet Archive, has launched a worldwide campaign to double the number of books available for print-disabled people
I looked at Open Library the other day and the site is easy to navigate and self-explanatory. It also seems that I don’t have to be a member of my local library in order to use the service, which I wouldn’t have minded either way.
I do however feel that I now need an ereader so I can join the party.