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*All digital cartridges must be returned in order to receive next issue.

Click here to download issues of Texas Monthly, Texas Highways and Texas Parks and Wildlife.

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Introduction 
Paid Subscriptions
Talking Book Topics
Ordering

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Loan Policy
National Library Service for the Blind & Print Disabled

INTRODUCTION

Free Magazines from the Talking Book Program

As a patron of the Talking Book Program, you are eligible to subscribe, free of charge, to magazines on digital cartridge, in large print, or in Braille. You can choose from over 70 national magazines, including National Geographic, The Week, Health & Nutrition Newsletters, and many more. Many magazines are also available via digital download from BARD. Magazines from the Talking Book Program contain the text of articles; advertisements are not included.

A full list of available magazines can be found through the National Library for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) Magazine List.

If you are interested in subscribing to any of the magazines listed here, please contact a Reader Consultant to order by phone or e-mail: 1-800-252-9605 (toll-free in Texas); 512-463-5458 (Austin area); tbp.services@tsl.texas.gov

PAID SUBSCRIPTIONS

Many organizations offer paid subscriptions to their magazines and newsletters in braille, large print, or on audio cartridge. For more information on these publications, please visit the website of the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) magazine list: The NLS website contains current lists of free magazines and magazines as well as newsletters available by paid subscription.

TALKING BOOK TOPICS

Every patron of the Talking Book Program may request a free subscription to the NLS publication Talking Book Topics, which lists new books that have been added to the collection. Talking Book Topics is available in a variety of formats:

TALKING BOOK TOPICS on NLS website:
•    HTML format, including links to BARD for downloading or adding books to wish lists www.loc.gov/nls/tbt
•    PDF format, containing a printable order form www.loc.gov/nls/tbtt
 
TALKING BOOK TOPICS by mail:
•    Audio cartridge, which comes with a print order form (contact us to subscribe)
 
TALKING BOOK TOPICS from BARD:
•    Audio magazine, downloadable to cartridge or to BARD Mobile

Abridged version of TALKING BOOK TOPICS available inside BRAILLE BOOK REVIEW:
•    BRAILLE BOOK REVIEW’S TBT Abridged section in hardcopy braille by mail (contact us to subscribe)
•    BRAILLE BOOK REVIEW’S TBT Abridged section as a BRF downloadable through BARD or from www.loc.gov/nls/bbr
 
Recently Added lists available through BARD:
•    BARD patrons can also learn about the latest titles added to BARD through the “Recently added books and magazines” link on the BARD website or the “Recently added to BARD” feature on the “Get Books” tab on the BARD Mobile app.

TALKING BOOK TOPICS by NFB-NEWSLINE®
 •    Contact TBP to sign-up for the service.

Please let us know if we can assist you in accessing any of these formats, or if you would like to subscribe to either the audio version of TALKING BOOK TOPICS or the hardcopy braille version of BRAILLE BOOK REVIEW, which includes an abridged version of TALKING BOOK TOPICS.

You may contact us by email at tbp.services@tsl.texas.gov, or by phone at 1-800-252-9605 or at 512-463-5458.

ORDERING

To order or change your subscriptions, please contact the Talking Book Program:

Talking Book Program
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
PO Box 12927
Austin TX 78711-2927
1-800-252-9605 (in Texas)
512-463-5458 (in Austin)
512-936-0685 (fax)
tbp.services@tsl.texas.gov