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The Struggle for Book Access: Amazon (Blog Post #2)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

But, we just saw Amazon fold when the Authors Guild pushed them to turn off the voice of these books: Amazon to flip on Kindle. We have an action by Amazon that sets back years of work to make ebooks accessible. Print-disabled people of the world shouldn't be surprised that Amazon isn't going out of its way to help them.

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Work on Stuff that Matters

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For example, we combined the business strategies of Amazon and (the old) Napster to create Bookshare to bring accessible talking books to students who can't read print books because of their disabilities. If you're looking for a new job, look for a company that offers the chance to work on Stuff That Matters.

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Bookshare Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary at Google

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This summer, we will have three students working on Bookshare software for our users underwritten by Google’s Summer of Code program. Our vision is to provide equal opportunities for students with disabilities and help them overcome a major barrier to accessing to the most valuable prize in society: a great education.

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Eat That Frog! For Students

Eric Jacobsen Blog

For Students , adapted from Brian Tracy ’s time-management bestseller, Eat That Frog , which has sold more than 2.4 This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. A student’s life is completely different.

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Time-Management Methods, Techniques And Strategies For Students

Eric Jacobsen Blog

For Students , adapted from Brian Tracy ’s time-management bestseller, Eat That Frog , which has sold more than 2.4 This new edition addresses the specific needs of high school and college students , teaching them readily actionable time-management methods, techniques and strategies. A student’s life is completely different.

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How AWS and Salesforce.org Help Nonprofits and Education Institutions Improve Data Management

Saleforce Nonprofit

For nonprofits and education institutions, data represents donors, grants, volunteers, students, faculty, staff, and the impact they are driving. We are proud that our partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) helps nonprofits and education institutions better manage data and accelerate their impact.

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I just made an educational microloan!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Multiple people had connected me with Kushal, including my brother Tom, who worked at Amazon with Kushal. Every student so far that has posted a loan need has had willing lenders snap up the offering quickly (in under 30 hours over the weekend). Kushal described Vittana as "Kiva for educational loans." It makes a lot of sense to me.

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