Free Book: Unglue.it Wants to Make a Creative Commons for Ebooks

16 June 2012 by particularkev

The link below is to an article about the website and organisation known as Unglue.it, which wants to make ebooks available for free and able to be shared for free.

For more visit:
http://mashable.com/2012/06/14/unglueit/

Video: Dr. Ruth Westheimer on ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’

13 June 2012 by particularkev

Video: The Future of Print

13 June 2012 by particularkev

Video: Evernote Hello

12 June 2012 by particularkev

So continuing on with the Evernote theme, this next video is about Evernote Hello. This is for an Android app – this particular is an address book.

Video: Skitch – An Introduction

12 June 2012 by particularkev

Sure, this web application isn’t directly about books or libraries, but it can be useful while using books – particularly ebooks. So hopefully it will be of interest to someone. I love Evernote and this is from the Evernote people, so I don’t mind plugging it.

Web Application: Scoop.it!

31 May 2012 by particularkev

Online Magazine Web Application

The link below is to a web application that allows you to make an online magazine by curating content from around the web.

For more visit:
http://www.scoop.it/

Website: Electric Literature

26 May 2012 by particularkev

What is the site ‘Electric Literature’ all about? The best answer to that question would be to go to the about page and find out for yourself there. The reason for the site’s existence is expressed on that page and yeah, it’s all about literature in a changing age.

There is an online magazine called ‘Recommended Reading,’ which you can subscribe to via the linked site. You can also get copies of the Electric Literature publications also, via the online store.