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Bradi Grebien-Samkow: bradi@readhowyouwant.com
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Never Too Many Cookbooks in the Kitchen!
New Cookbooks Available in Large Print and Accessible Formats
Sydney, AU, June 29, 2010—At some point, every cook turns to a cookbook for advice on how long to cook a turkey, what gluten-free ingredients can be used as substitutes in a favorite meal, or just for some easy dinner ideas. Digital publishing innovator, ReadHowYouWant offers nearly 150 cookbooks in accessible formats, including large print at http://www.readhowyouwant.com.
Independence is one of the most important things to most seniors, as well as many people with blindness or low vision—and being able to cook helps guarantee independence. Large print and accessible formats of cookbooks help many readers cook more easily and confidently. Even fully sighted cooks appreciate the convenience of large print cookbooks—imagine turning around at the stove, and being able to see the type in the cookbook across your kitchen.
Cookbooks currently available from RHYW include: Living Gluten-Free for Dummies by Dana Korn (Wiley), One-Dish Vegetarian Meals by Robin Robertson (Harvard Common Press), Eat Where You Live by Lou Bendrick (The Mountaineers Books), The Urban Picnic by John Burns (Arsenal Pulp Press), Matzoh Ball Gumbo by Ferris Marcie Cohen (University of North Carolina Press), and many more. To see a complete list of titles available in ReadHowYouWant’s Food & Cooking section, click here.
Through partnerships with over 100 leading publishers, ReadHowYouWant currently offers over 5,000 titles in braille, DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System), audio MP3, and five sizes of EasyRead® large print formats--16pt, 16pt bold, 18pt, 20pt, and 24pt. Each large print edition, available at www.readhowyouwant.com, has been optimized for maximum readability by adjusting spacing between characters and lines, and decreasing hyphenation. DAISY (synchronized audio and text), audio MP3, and braille files are available from www.readhowyouwant.com/daisy, and can be read on a variety of devices. Readers can browse and sample all of these formats, and choose the format that is best for them before purchasing the book.
About ReadHowYouWant
ReadHowYouWant Pty Ltd and its R&D parent company, Accessible Publishing Systems Pty Ltd, are both Sydney, Australia-based privately held companies co-founded in 2004 by electronic publishing pioneers Christopher Stephen and Greg Duncan. When Chris’s sister, who suffers from MS, developed difficulty reading, they began experimenting to determine whether people with reading difficulties could benefit from changing the text format.
After more than four years of testing, ReadHowYouWant has successfully developed award-winning conversion technology that reformats existing books into the widest selection of on-demand, alternative format editions on the market today. Each edition has been optimized for maximum readability. The company’s goals are to make reading easier and more enjoyable by delivering formats that suit the reader and to give people with reading difficulties access to books in the formats of their choice—at an affordable price, and as soon as the book is published. For more information visit www.readhowyouwant.com.
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