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Select your format based upon: 1) how you want to read your book, and 2) compatibility with your reading tool. To learn more about using Bookshare with your device, visit the Help Center.

Here is an overview of the specialized formats that Bookshare offers its members with links that go to the Help Center for more information.

• Bookshare Web Reader - A customized reading tool for Bookshare members offering all the features of DAISY with a single click of the "Read Now" link.
• DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) - A digital book file format. DAISY books from Bookshare are DAISY 3.0 text files that work with just about every type of access technology that reads text. Books that contain images will have the download option of ‘DAISY Text with Images’.
• BRF (Braille Refreshable Format) - Digital Braille for use with refreshable Braille devices and Braille embossers.
• MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) - Provides audio only with no text. These books are created with a text-to-speech engine and spoken by Kendra, a high quality synthetic voice from Ivona. Any device that supports MP3 playback is compatible.
• DAISY Audio - Similar to the DAISY option above; however, this option uses MP3 files created with our text-to-speech engine that utilizes Ivonas Kendra voice. This format will work with Daisy Audio compatible players such as Victor Reader Stream and Read2Go.
• EPUB - A standard e-book format that can be read on many tools, such as iBooks, Readium or others.
• Word - Accessible Word output, which can be unzipped and opened in any tool that allows .docx files

Essays in Little

Emile Zola

Following the Equator

The Foolish Dictionary

The Friendly Road

Ferragus

The Women of the French Salons

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

Heretics

The Life and Death of The Lord Cromwell

Raised alphabet (Large Print)

This is a multi-page image set on four pages. A locator dot and title are shown on each page. These must always be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up.There are eight characters on each of pages one to three, and two characters and punctuation marks on page four. The upper case character is followed by the lower case character for each letter of a print alphabet. There are two pairs of characters per line and four lines per page.Page one has characters a to h, page two has characters i to p, page three has characters q to x, and page four has characters y, z and the punctuation marks. All of the punctuation marks are shown with a full dot locator cell which clarifies the punctuation mark position and the position of the adjacent word.

Raised alphabet (UEB Contracted)

This is a multi-page image set on four pages. A locator dot and title are shown on each page. These must always be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up.There are eight characters on each of pages one to three, and two characters and punctuation marks on page four. The upper case character is followed by the lower case character for each letter of a print alphabet. There are two pairs of characters per line and four lines per page.Page one has characters a to h, page two has characters i to p, page three has characters q to x, and page four has characters y, z and the punctuation marks. All of the punctuation marks are shown with a full dot locator cell which clarifies the punctuation mark position and the position of the adjacent word.

Raised alphabet (UEB Uncontracted)

This is a multi-page image set on four pages. A locator dot and title are shown on each page. These must always be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up.There are eight characters on each of pages one to three, and two characters and punctuation marks on page four. The upper case character is followed by the lower case character for each letter of a print alphabet. There are two pairs of characters per line and four lines per page.Page one has characters a to h, page two has characters i to p, page three has characters q to x, and page four has characters y, z and the punctuation marks. All of the punctuation marks are shown with a full dot locator cell which clarifies the punctuation mark position and the position of the adjacent word.

The Iliad

Homer's great epic poem.

Kansas Women in Literature

Sidney Lanier

The Library

The Life of John Bunyan

John Bunyan was an English 17th century Christian writer and preacher. He is best known for his allegory The Pilgrims Progress. Bunyan wrote this book while being imprisoned for preaching without a license. This confinement lasted 12 years. In his autobiographical book, Grace Abounding, Bunyan describes himself as having led an abandoned life in his youth, and as having been morally reprehensible as a result. After contemplating his acts as a youth he became a Baptist. In 1655 he became a church deacon and began preaching. His biography is an excellent historical look at the changing views in religion in the 17th century.

Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, Volume 2

Library Work with Children

Memories and Portraits

The Divine Comedy, Purgatory

Nursery Pictures 1 - Everyday objects (tactile)

This is a seven-page document with simple outline images of two or three everyday items on each page.

Odd one out (tactile)

On each of these two pages are three lines of shapes. On each line one of the shapes is the odd one out, can you find it? They can be used as large print or tactile. Some are easier than others.

Nursery Pictures 2 - Transport & Castle (tactile)

This is a two-page document with simple images of two items on each page.