My New Braille Book

My New Braille Book, a photo by Cobra_11 on Flickr.

A couple of weeks ago I ordered two new books: a novel and a children's story. You might think that ordering some new books is nothing special. Well, it is pretty special if the books are in Braille. There are several reasons for this. First of all, Braille books are hard to get. You can't buy them in every bookshop, you can only order them either directly from Braille printers' or from some special online stores. Secondly, Braille books are very expensive. It costs more to print them, so the end price is much higher than for regular books, too. Finally, Braille books are LARGE - and I mean REALLY LARGE. The novel, for example, comes in 5 volumes (= 5 books), each larger than a standard A4 format - and that's in double-side-page printing (single-page printing would take 10 volumes!!!) And, no, it's not a really long novel, but just a Braille transcript of a regular paperback novel with 384 pages. My Braille novel therefore came as a separate package in its very own box!

Well, that's my new reading material for December :-)