I browsed the catalogue by author - letter O and found Scottish Ghost Stories by Elliott O'Donnell (1872-1965). There are various different ways of downloading - in HTML or plain text or Adobe (all zipped or not) or Plucker [free software]- which lets you read plucker files on your Palm organizer or smartphone. Or, of course, you can just read online. You can bookmark your e-book, just as you can a 'real' book. There is also a GoTo Page function, so you can browse the book. As my chosen book has many stories, I can choose which page to go to from the index A site like this is ideal for the classics, which are out of copyright, and I read a little of Emma by Jane Austen, one of my favourites. Project Gutenberg are looking for volunteer proofreaders for this huge endeavour, and this is certainly a place where library employees could help.
Of course you can't curl up with a computer in the same way you can with a book. Which is where Kindle comes in - a wireless electronic book reader, priced at around US$400. You can download up to 200 books to Kindle, in the same way that you can download songs to an IPod. Kindle does not need a PC to be loaded with books, blogs or papers - instead the content arrives via wireless. According to Amazon, around 90,000 titles are available for downloading. Bestsellers are available for download for as little as US10.00 - quite a bit less than the book price. You can also subscribe to magazines, newspapers and blogs on Kindle - but at a price. There would be little point in subscribing to the Herald online when you can view it for free on the internet. This looks very interesting and I look forward to seeing one. At the moment the technology used by Kindle is not much used outside North America, so it might be a while before it gets here. Reading on computer is unlikely to replace reading books, but this book reader might well. What role will we have then - renting out readers and facilitating book downloads?
Of course you can't curl up with a computer in the same way you can with a book. Which is where Kindle comes in - a wireless electronic book reader, priced at around US$400. You can download up to 200 books to Kindle, in the same way that you can download songs to an IPod. Kindle does not need a PC to be loaded with books, blogs or papers - instead the content arrives via wireless. According to Amazon, around 90,000 titles are available for downloading. Bestsellers are available for download for as little as US10.00 - quite a bit less than the book price. You can also subscribe to magazines, newspapers and blogs on Kindle - but at a price. There would be little point in subscribing to the Herald online when you can view it for free on the internet. This looks very interesting and I look forward to seeing one. At the moment the technology used by Kindle is not much used outside North America, so it might be a while before it gets here. Reading on computer is unlikely to replace reading books, but this book reader might well. What role will we have then - renting out readers and facilitating book downloads?
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