More Free Books
The link below is to a listing of free ebooks available at Planet ebook. A good number of free books to start building your digital library.
Category Archives: ebooks – general
Article: Ebook Vs Tradional Book
The link below is to an article on the ebook vs the traditional book. It is an interesting read – worth a read I think. Maybe because the author of it has a similar opinion to me.
For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/warren-adler/my-book-problem_b_1344326.html
Books: Bookselling Being Destroyed by Bookselling???
The link below is to an interesting article on the battle over ebooks in the USA particularly – an interesting article.
Ebooks: Overpriced?
The link below is to an article investigating whether ebooks are overpriced or not. Worth a read I think.
For more visit:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57393834-93/go-feds-e-books-are-way-overpriced/
Free Book: Forgotten Books
Sign Up for a Free Ebook Each Day
Forgotten Books is a site all about out of print books. You can download free ebooks (PDF format), subscribe to a mailing list and get sent a link to a free ebook on a daily basis, and read books online. Forgotten Books are also partners of both Amazon and Google Books.
To visit:
http://www.forgottenbooks.org/index.php
Free Book: Project Gutenberg
Not a Single Book, But a Whole Library of Books
Project Gutenberg hosts (or links to) a whole library of books that are free to download and read. There is sure to be something here for everyone. So if you can’t afford the price of new books these days, then this maybe a first port of call in finding a workable solution.
To visit:
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/
Ebooks: Pricing
The link below is to an article on the costs of Ebooks. Worth a read I think.
For more visit:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17300074
Opinions For and Against Ebooks
Another article on the debate between those who like Ebooks and those that don’t.
http://mashable.com/2012/01/30/jonathan-franzen-ebooks/
For those who may be interested in my opinion – I love them for a whole host of reasons. I may have to put together a post or three on that.
Printed Books and E-Books
I have come across an interesting article on the future of books in The Australian newspaper.
Ebooks: Not There Yet?
The following article Wired lists five reasons as to why ebooks are not there yet. I would say that ebooks will never be the same as traditional books and they probably are never meant to be the same. I would also say you should probably never expect them to be the same. Television is not the same as going to the movies and never will be. I think waiting for ebooks to be the same as traditional books is to ensure you never use ebooks all that much. Just my opinion.
There are some useful considerations in the five points raised in the article – but there are also some fairly ordinary ones also, which suggest to me a bias against ebooks from the start. Being concerned that ebooks don’t allow you to use them in home design – I mean, really??? If that is a major concern with ebooks – you have to be kidding.
Some years ago I never thought I would ever like ebooks – I love them now and I don’t even have an ebook reader (I use by laptop) at this stage. I can see myself buying one in the near future – that would make ebooks so much more convenient to me. I could read one on a bus or ferry, I could read at work without too many difficulties (in my breaks of course), etc.
How many books can I now own? For a bibliophile like me ebooks are a dream come true. I have well over 1000 traditional books and I will soon eclipse that number in ebooks – many of which are old and out of print works which are very precious to me. These brilliant old books are now so accessible to me and I can store them all in such a small place. Fantastic I say.
See the article mentioned above at:
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/06/ebooks-not-there-yet/all/1
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