HND and ACCESS Bookstore

 Amazon.co.uk
 Barnes & Noble
 Bloomsbury
 Bookpages
 Harper Collins
 Heffers of Cambridge
 Online originals
 Penguin
 The Bookpl@ce
 The Internet Bookshop
 Waterstones
 Computer Manuals On-line bookstore specialising computer books.  Full recommended retail prices charged at the moment.  This may change in the future as competition develops. Amazon books have entered the UK market offering large discounts on the same publications.

MacMillan Press  An on-line library.  Source of good computer and programming reference books.   Que, Sams, Sybex and other publisher's books.  Six books at a time can be accessed for up to forty days.  Each book is complete with graphics and hyper-text links to search the chapters.

 PC Plus  good magazine for techies and students.  Along with the usual reviews and updates on technology, the magazine also runs tutorials and workshops on programming:-  C++, Delphi, Visual Basic, Java, Linux (SuSE 5.2), Web authoring and programming for beginners.

Although the magazine is available free on line it is worth subscribing to for the many complete programmes that it features on it's cover disks.  (usually three disks with each magazine)

Examples of full and unrestricted programs featured with the magazine has been: Lotus Freelance Graphics, Delphi 2, S.u.S.E 5.2 (Linux 32bit O/S), Visual Cafe 2 (Java development package), Homepage (web design), Carbon Copy, J Builder (Java development), SuperCede JAVA (Java development), C++ 4.5 and C++ Builder along with many other non programming software.  The latest I.E. and Netscape browser versions are also regularly featured.

Although the software is sometimes not the very latest version, the magazine offers heavily discounted up-grades to the later versions. However,  for those learning programming this is not a usually a barrier as the older version are quite often adequate.

The Talkback Magazine Service will supply taped versions of magazines free of charge to any registered blind person.  PCPlus comes in the form of two C90 cassettes.   Bytes and PCs and other magazines are also available from this source.

Talkback Magazine Service, P.O. Box 111, Stevenage, SG1 1FG.
Phone: 01438-746700,  E-mail: talk.back@ukonlineco.uk

RNIB produce some magazines on disk and in Braille.  They also can provide technical advice in some circumstances.

Royal National Institute for the Blind, 224, Great Portland Street, London, W1N 6AA
Phone: 0171-388-1266

BCAB (British Computer Association for the Blind) produce their own magazine and arrange courses.  For beginners and professional users.

British Computer Association for the Blind, 14 Comiston Spring Avenue, Edinburgh
Phone: 0131-535-4101, E-mail:  bcab@ed.ac.uk