A Touch of... was a national project run by Opening the Book, Branching Out librarians and the National Library of the Blind in 2001. The project created reader-centred taster compilations in large print, Braille and audio formats to give visually impaired readers a new way to choose what to read. Each compilation brought together an intriguing mix of titles with introductory text and reader comments. The large print booklists stand as a good example of how to approach a reader-centred promotion and how to write about books in a reader-centred way.
A Touch Of... booklists
Each list contains introductory text and ten recommended titles with reader comments. The list also details what other formats each title is available in, RNIB or Calibre talking books, NLB Braille editions and commercial audio.
The booklists are in Adobe.pdf format. If you do not have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader it can be downloaded free of charge by visiting their website at: www.adobe.com
The Touch of... project provided professionally designed booklists which were copyright free to be downloaded and reproduced by libraries. You can print out the A4 versions on any computer printer and then enlarge them to A3 on a photocopier so that the print is large enough for your target audience. Print off as many as you want when you choose. If you want to print a larger number it will be more economical to go to a commercial printer than to photocopy; in this case, download the version for commercial printing which has different margins from the photocopiable version.
Click on the links below if you want to download the artwork for the photocopiable or commercially printable booklists.