Yes, this bookstore is still open and active.
ASLU is supported by sales from this little bookstore (and
donations.)
Most of the few items I sell are "homemade"
in my little studio. They are not fancy, but I use
them with my own students and get good results. --Thank
you for your purchase.
- Dr. Bill
p.s. The links below transfer to a
secure shopping cart service
(128 bit encryption).
Dr. Bill's Superdisk $19.95 
I used to sell a "coursepack" consisting of 11 different CDs. I
charged $99 for that set. But when DVDs came out I found that I could
pack nearly all of those CDs onto a single DVD. So I've stopped
selling the coursepack and now I just sell the "Superdisk."
It saves you a lot of money and it saves my wife and I from lot of "burning
CD's." (In our little studio).
Note:
This is a "computer DVD." (Not for TV) It opens as a local website in
your computer's browser. (Internet Explorer).
For more details, click here:
Order separately using the asl.ms website: Click here: ►Fingerspelling CD◄ for details. PC only.
$20A CD for Human Service Workers.
This uses an HTML format (web page) with javascript that lets you click on a link to the sign and then see it open and play in a window while another window opens with a written description of the sign and notes regarding usage. This is one of the first courses I ever put together. It is for people who work in human services fields and contains vocabulary for that field. (More DETAILS) PC only.
$20Hymns from the world famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
This is a 2-DVD set containing 127 hymns (yes, you read that right: one-hundred and twenty-seven hymns). Each hymn includes American Sign Language, vocal singing, musical accompaniment, and English subtitles. While a few of these hymns are exclusive to the Mormons, I'd say the vast majority of these hymns are "mainstream" and could be used in any church. Great for ASL practice and seeing how the deeper meaning of complex hymns can be expressed in ASL. (For a list of the hymns on this set, click here.)
62 page E-Report: "How to Make a Decent Living Teaching ASL"
"How to Succeed" instructions for People that Want to earn a living teaching ASL.
A 62-page e-report as an attached document emailed to you in "rich text format" that will open in almost any word processor.
Did you ever wish you could pick the brain of an experienced, self-employed ASL teacher? Jennifer G. originally paid me $100 to type up this report. She loved it! (Check out the "more info" page for the rest of her enthusiastic reaction to the finished product.)
I'll send you an electronic copy of the same report for just $10, (That's a 90% discount!)
After reading your report, if you aren't absolutely satisfied that you will more than triple your money invested just by applying a few of the hundreds of ideas and tips I'll share with you -- I'll refund your money! (More info...)
Donate to help support ASL University
$20Has ASLU been of help to you in some way? Would you like to help keep this site going? It takes countless hours to build and create these resources. Would you like to help ASLU expand and serve more parents of Deaf Children? Your donation of $20 to ASLU goes a long way to helping pay for bandwidth and hosting. Your donations are not tax deductible, but they are very much appreciated. Since I believe in "dreaming big," just to let you know I could use a new high resolution camcorder to make better videos for ASLU. If you are in a position to donate more please do visit my donation page ►►►
Questions and Answers:
A customer wrote and asked:
Question: Do you have a
physical address?
Answer: No. I am a spirit and I exist in-between
dimensions.
(Heh) Oh alright...YES, I have an address. Visit the "contact"
page for my address information. ASL University has literally thousands of
pages. I put my contact information on that one page so it is easy to
keep it current.
Question: Is there an
office?
Answer: Does a home office count? If so, then yes. I
reckon you could visit if you want, but let me know ahead of time so we can
clean up.
Note: My cat thinks it is his office (so I'd appreciate it if
you'd play
along).
Question: How secure is your site?
Answer: My site isn't very secure. I
probably wouldn't order from my site.
BUT...I don't actually sell from my site. It only looks like
it. Instead I use a Merchant Shopping Cart service based at
CCNOW.com.
Their site is
extremely secure. When you click on one of my "buy" links it takes
you to their website. They use 128 bit encryption and
Scanalert "Hacker Safe" technology. I also accept payments via
"PayPal.com" or check/money order. Paypal is also very, very
safe. Just ask them, they'll tell you. Hmmm.
Question: Where are the materials being shipped from?
Answer: From our mailbox which is about a foot-and-a-half to the
left of the front door. (If you want a specific address...again...check the
contact page. If the mail-carrier person has already come and Belinda (my lovely wife) is running errands
then she ships them from the post office that is closest to our home in
Sacramento.
(I don't know the address of the post office...I just know how to get there.)
Question: How soon will the
items be shipped out after payment is made?
Answer: Generally within 48 hours. If we missed the mail pickup
and Belinda isn't running errands then it's going to be 72 hours. Note:
Belinda is my wife, not a postal employee; sometimes she does "go
postal"--but that is a different story. What happens is: people place
an order. It shows up in my email box. I forward it to my "shipping
department," (um, that's my wife, Belinda). Then the shipping department, packs it up and sticks it in the mail box for the next pickup.
Orders generally go out very quick. I tell people if they don't have their
order within 10 days, email me so I can check into it. If I've
screwed up (very rare since it doesn't take much brain power to hit
the forward button) I want to know about it so I can make it right.
Love your web site. I ordered your disk. When can I expect delivery?
Thanks.Julia
Hi Julia,
Generally within 10 days.
Often in 5 days.
Two weeks at the outside.
Sometimes as quick as three days.
Once it took 21 days.
A few times (out of thousands) it never arrived and the people had to email me and ask what the heck happened to their product. At which point I forward their email to my shipping department (who happens to be my wife) so they (she) can check to make sure the order was received and indeed got sent out.
Dr. Bill
Lifeprint.com
p.s. The United States Postal Service is often not very consistent in their shipping times and thus "the Lifeprint Shipping Department" can only do so much. More precision and speediness in the shipping process necessitates more work and effort. At most places, if you want speediness in shipping you generally have to pay much more in fees (consider how much more things cost if you send them "overnight delivery" via Federal Express). Thus if you are patient regarding shipping times that translates to considerably lower shipping charges for you.
But that isn't the reason why I don't strive to promise any particular "quick" shipping time. The reason is I care about my "shipping department." Trying to "precise and definite" creates stress.
So I ask the "shipping manager" to simply get orders out within a reasonably decent period of time.
In the old days mail order companies used to always say: 6 to 8 weeks. Wow.
Then things became more competitive and companies started adding fees and trying to outdo each other with faster and faster shipping times.
We've been doing this for 10 years and plan on being in it for the long haul. If someone doesn't like my shipping times they are welcome (encouraged actually) to ask for a full refund and go shop elsewhere. I'm not interested in competing with Amazon. I'm not interested in the stress of trying to provide ultra fast shipping. Belinda strives to get orders out once or twice a week and that is good enough for me.
(But as interested as I am in having a happy wife, I do of course want to fill my obligations to my customer, so if you honestly think your order got lost, I want to know about it. If you haven't received it within 10 days email me. Better yet, email my shipping department directly: BelindaGVicars(at)AOL.com)
In a message dated 12/8/2002 12:38:36 PM
Central Standard Time, Don at @i2k.com writes:
Question: Could you tell me on the disk are the signs all animated ?
The videos are either Flash format or "Windows Media Video File" format that plays in the standard Windows Media Player (which is already on most PC computers). The video files show me signing the vocabulary and sentences from the lessons at the website. For example on the disk you can find a "Unit 1" video that is set up as a test with 321 separately numbered questions in which approximately half of the questions are individual vocabulary items and half are sentences from the lessons. The other video files on the disk also each have a couple hundred questions. They are not perfect but they are quite functional. For more information on how to use the ASLU Testing videos to test your own progress at this website: ►Click Here◄
Bill
Question:
In a message dated
3/25/2003 4:36:47 PM Central Standard Time, jgphipps@ writes:
Hi Bill
I have received my order and I am absolutely thrilled it is a perfect addition
to my class. Thanks so much for being there. As you complete future disks if you
could I would love to be notified -- if that is a possibility.
--Jennifer
Answer:
Hi Jennifer,
I'll post new offerings at the bookstore. I used to announce them in my
newsletter.
But that newsletter got so popular that it generated hundreds of incoming emails
from internet users each time I sent it out -- so I had to back off
on publishing it so I would have time to raise my kids and teach my classes at the
college.
Bill
Question:
In a message dated 5/12/2003 7:42:24 AM Central Daylight
Time, mpkgirl@ggwoafrica.org writes:
Hello Bill!
I just found your website and I had some questions. I am a teenager and have
been studying sign language for several years. ... I am living in Ghana, West
Africa so I am unable to have a tutor. I was looking for some clarification on
your lessons. Here are my questions: Do I need to buy your [disks] to
complete your courses online?
If I buy the [disk] do I still need to use your webpage in completing the course
or is the disk all inclusive?
Thanks for your help!! I really like your website it has a lot of good
information!!
Sari H.
Answer:
Sari,
Hi. The Superdisk contains quite a few other disks. Mostly it is simply me, in front of a video recorder, signing hundreds
of sentences and vocabulary words. (About 1,300 in the first five video files).
The disk can help you to test yourself on practice sentences that are similar to
what you see listed
in the lessons. You don't "need" the disk if you are just learning for fun.
In addition to the video test files, the disk also contain files that list the
answers so you can check your progress.
Best wishes in your endeavors.
Bill Vicars
Hello Dr. Vicars,
My name is Roxanna ______. I am a home school mom who's knowledge and experience of sign language is suitable for conversing with Deaf who are patient with me.
I am part of a home school teaching coop where I am the most knowledgeable in ASL of any of the other mothers. As a result, I am the one they ask to teach the course. In the past I have always taught younger students, so my slow skills were still better than anything I could expect from them for our 10 week session. (We meet for 10 weeks each semester, and each class is 55 minutes long.) Last spring they asked me to teach a high school class this fall. I agreed, and then spent the summer searching for materials, I could afford, that would help me make the class worth the students' time.
That is when I came across your website, and became very excited. There are six in the class, and we went together and ordered [your disk that has the testing on it]. Your course is helping me so much. It helps me know for sure that what we cover each week is on target. Thank you for all of the hard work you have put into it.
I have distributed your [disk] to the class, and they are expected to do a lesson prior to each class. We met for our 1st class this past Monday, and tried to review the info and do the quiz for the lesson, but we ran out of time. I wanted to ask you if I could have permission to make testing disks that would have only the quiz and blank answer sheets on them that I could send home with the students so they could complete the test at home. They would then email me their answers, and I would collect the disks after they had completed the testing. I'm asking to do this because I don't see us having enough time to get through the lesson quizzes each week. Three of the six students have never taken any sign language courses at all, so they need extra time and attention during class. Fifty-five minutes a week with them isn't going to stretch far enough.
Thank you for taking time to consider my request.
Sincerely,
Roxanna ______
Answer:
Roxanna,
Certainly. Feel free to modify the disk however you would like and make copies for your students. I have so many dreams for the curriculum, but never enough time.
Take care,
Bill
Alphabetical index of currently available products:
cd: "Signs of Hope" $20
I would like to donate 10 dollars to ASLU
I would like to donate 100 dollars to ASLU
I\'d like to donate 20 dollars to ASLU
Gospel Hymns in ASL $20
E-REPORT: How to Make a Decent Living Teaching ASL $10
Signs of Hope CD $20
Tuition Level 1 $483
Tuition Level 2 $483
Tuition Levels 1 and 2 combined $966