Gay and Lesbian Books in Alternative Formats
This directory lists sites with GLBT books in audio format, large print,
electronic text, and braille. The different types
of alternative formats are described on a separate page at this
domain.
This site is maintained by Dusk Peterson. Accessible
fiction by Dusk Peterson is available, including gay fiction. More
resources
for blind and partially sighted readers are available at this domain.
Accessibility information for this domain
is available.
Sections below:
* Alternative Formats for the General Public
* Alternative Formats for the Blind
* Sites on Gay and Lesbian Topics from the Perspective
of Disabled People
* Related Sites at This Domain
* E-mail This Site
Alternative Formats for the General Public
Amazon.com:
Gay and Lesbian Audiocasettes. Titles listed by one the biggest
online booksellers. You can also do keyword searches within the following
sections to find the gay and lesbian books in other alternative formats:
Amazon.com:
Audio CDs and Amazon.com:
Large Print.
Barnes
& Noble: Audio – Gay and Lesbian Fiction and Barnes
& Noble: Large Print – Gay and Lesbian Fiction. Titles from
another big bookseller.
Beyond
the Closet Bookstore: Audio. The audio book section of a Seattle
gay bookstore.
Fictionwise.com. A bookseller
offering electronic books, electronic magazines, and audio books. Most
booksellers fail to tell their visitors whether the read-aloud function
of each e-book is enabled. For that information, you need to go to Fictionwise.com's
site. To find the gay and lesbian books, just do a keyword search at their
site, or search for the author or title.
Lambda
Rising Bookstores & Oscar Wilde Bookstore: Audio. The audio
book section of a set of Mid-Atlantic gay bookstores.
Alternative Formats for the Blind
Bookshare.org:
Gay and Lesbian Titles. Five hundred books at last count. Titles
that have mature content are not listed unless you are signed in as an
adult member. Bookshare.org is an online electronic library for U.S. residents
who can't easily read standard-sized print. There is a one-time membership
fee and a yearly fee. Books are available in electronic braille and in
DAISY Digital Talking Book format (a kind of electronic text). It is also
possible to order an embossed braille copy of books without being a member
of Bookshare.org, provided that the book does not contain mature content.
For more information, go to the Bookshare.org
home page or the Bookshare.org
membership information page.
Triangle Braille Services.
A press that formerly published gay and lesbian braille books, no longer
active. Some of their books are available on loan to individuals who are
members of the Quatrefoil Library,
a GLBT library in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Womyn's
Braille Press. Feminist audio books and braille books. The press
no longer directly loans books; their books may now be may be borrowed
by way of the National Library Service
for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, which is the American public
library service for person who can't easily read standard-sized print.
Lambda
Resource Center for the Blind. A subsection of Womyn's Braille
Press with audio books primarily (but not exclusively) of interest to gay
men. The center no longer directly loans books; their books may now be
borrowed by way of the National Library
Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, which is the American
public library service for person who can't easily read standard-sized
print.
Additional Resources:
All of the major libraries for the blind, and some presses for the blind,
offer GLBT books, but these must usually be searched for by keywords, such
as "gay," "lesbian," "homosexuality," "lesbianism," and similar words.
Here is a select list of organizations for the blind whose online catalogues
include gay materials.
Canadian National Institute
for the Blind Library.
Louis Database of Accessible
Materials for People who
are Blind or
Visually Impaired.
Louis is a database of materials from 170 United States agencies.
National Information and Library
Service. The above library system is located in Australia.
National Library for the Blind.
The above library system is located in the United Kingdom.
National Library Service for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped. The above library system is located
in the United States.
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic.
The above organization is located in the United States, but it serves members
worldwide.
For more libraries, see Libraries
for the Blind and Partially-sighted People in Europe, International
Library Links, and International
Directory of Libraries for the Blind. The last site is quite large,
but it's a bit difficult to navigate around if you're using a screen reader.
Sites on Gay and Lesbian Topics from the Perspective
of Disabled People
Blind Friends of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender People. Also known as BFLAG. This is the only site
on the Web devoted to gay and lesbian issues from the perspective of the
blind community. The organization's newsletter is online.
Gay Library:
Ability & Disability. A Web directory of disability organizations
around the world that deal with gay and lesbian issues. This page is part
of Gay Library, a resource site.
Related Sites at This Domain
Books by John Preston in
Alternative Formats. Books by a noted gay author from New England.
Buried Treasure: Online Male Homoerotic
Fiction Recommendations.
GLBT Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature:
A Web Directory.
Homoerotic Historical Fiction
Links.
Leather Books in
Alternative Formats.
The Literature and History of Friendship,
Romantic Friendship, Romance, and Sexuality. The above set of sites
includes GLBT resources.
Online Resources for Blind and Partially
Sighted Readers of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Online Resources
links to speculative fiction sites with electronic texts and audio, as
well as sites with general information for visually impaired readers.
Contact Information
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please e-mail
Dusk Peterson.
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