Monday, March 26, 2007

Thing 22 - Ebooks

Oops ... World eBook Fair is only free during the months of July and October. I'll wait til July to check back and look at their reported 400,000+ international ebook choices.

So onward to a close look at the Project Gutenberg site. The 'Top 100 Ebooks' and 'Top 100 Author' lists are filled with classic titles, sure to be popular with high school and college students. Ebooks, whether from Project Gutenbert or SJPL's ebook collection, bring titles directly to our customer's computers. My Gutenberg discoveries included: titles are available in 50 languages ... the collection includes digitized classical sheet music, as well as audio books ... you can find obscure films like a set of 4 atomic bomb test films ... recent additions include the Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings from 1934. Another important download tip: if you choose the 'mirror site' closest to you (in our case it's in San Francisco) you will get a faster download.

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