The link below is to an article about the digital world – an interesting read.
For more visit:
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/7-major-ways-were-digitizing-our-world-and-3-reasons-we-still-want-hardcopies.html
Category Archives: ebooks – general
Article: Ebooks and the Environment
Are You A Green Reader?
The link below is to an article that looks at whether ebooks help the environment or not, a question that is perhaps a little more complicated than you might think.
For more visit:
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/04/10/ebooks-help-the-environment-one-download-at-a-time/
Article: Book Reading Increasing Thanks to Ebooks
The link below is to an article reporting on the increase in reading thanks to Ebooks. That’s right, ebooks!
Article: Reading Google Books Offline
The link below is to an article about how to read Google Books offline.
For more, visit:
http://booksearch.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/read-google-ebooks-offline.html
Article: Great Book Covers
The link below is to an article on what makes a great book cover.
For more, visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/05/chip-kidd-ted-book-cover-design_n_1405555.html
Article: Book Publishing Reality
The link below is to an article reporting on the current state of book publishing and is a very interesting read.
For more, visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bj-gallagher/book-publishing_b_1394159.html
Article: Ebooks and Ebook Readers Popularity Growing
The link below is to an article reporting on the growth in popularity in ebooks and ebook readers.
For more, visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/05/ereaders-ebooks-survey-how-many-people-read_n_1405449.html
Article: Google Books
Ebook Reseller Program Changing
The links below are to articles concerning changes to the Google Books Ebook Reseller program.
For more, visit:
http://booksearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/change-to-our-retailer-partner-program.html
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/google-to-end-ebook-reseller-program_b49672
Article: Traditional Books Better for Memory Retention
The following link is to an article suggesting that reading a physical book (traditional book) will aid the memory more than an ebook. I think memorising something is a little more sophisticated than that, but then again I am an ebook fan.
For more, visit:
http://healthland.time.com/2012/03/14/do-e-books-impair-memory/
Website: Booki.sh
Social networks and web applications are rapidly multiplying all over the web and it should come as no surprise that a large number of such sites are dedicated to books in one way or another – as well as being useful to those that read books, offering ways to save and share quotes, words, etc. At the BookShelf will be bringing these types of sites to the notice of its readers, as I think they can be of tremendous use and benefit. Some will be useful to most and maybe others to very few, but they are all useful to someone, with the possible odd exception of course.
Booki.sh is a site that allows you to store your ebook library in the cloud, meaning that you can access it wherever you are, provided you have Internet access and the necessary device to do so. Your device only needs a modern web browser in order to use Booki.sh. Booki.sh provides it own software, so it will work in your device in a similar way to an ebook reader (the website explains how to use the software when reading a book).
Do you really need Booki.sh? Well that is another question – if you have a Kindle for example, you probably do not as you already have your library handy (or a very large selection of it on your device) and an ebook reader. However, if you do not have an ebook reader as such on your device (lap top, etc), Booki.sh could be very handy and useful. Either way, it won’t hurt to have a look and decide for yourself.
For more, visit:
https://booki.sh/
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