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ebook sites
(updated April 4, 04)
1. FictionWise,
multi formats one stop
shopping site, include non fiction and exclusive short fictions.
2. BlackMask,
the best free ebook site in several
formats.
3. PeanutPress, award winning ebook store
for PDA, friendly DRM solutions.
4. Execubook,
eSummaries that deliver wisdom. Perfect for PDA users.
5. eBookAd, many indies label are here
6.
Univ. of Virginia
Library, Free ebooks
7. FreeeLiterature dot com,
classics for free
8. Memoware, free documents from
volunteers.
9.
ESSPC, great place to
start your collection (Free)
10.The Online Book Page,
from U.Penn. new
5
Recommended eBooks from my ebook shelf
(April 04)
(email me for 10%
off coupon)
1.
Don't Know Much About History
2.
Dirty Little Secrets
3.
Killing The Buddha
4.
The Get With the Program! Guide to Fast Food and Family Restaurants
5.
Flirt Coach
Pocket
PC eBooks
Bestseller List
(Jan-Mar 04)
1.
Star Trek Series
2.
Angels and Demons
3.
Holly Bible NIV ed.
4.
The
Da Vinci Code
5.
Deception Points
6.
Letters to Penthouse XIX
7.
Letters to Penthouse XVIII
8.
Resolutions
9.
7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom
10.
Against All Enemies
Pocket PC eBooks Watch - eBook and beyond
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Library Checking Out e-Books
The consumer market for digital books has turned out to be a no-show, but America's public libraries still think folks should be checking them out. Ever since March 1999, when the Denver Public Library system kicked off the first "virtual branch" of digital books available for free to library-card holders, 1,900 of the nation's nearly 9,000 public libraries have quietly added thousands of digital titles to their collections.
That can be something of a problem, considering the cost of starting a public library e-book collection. It costs between $8,000 and $10,000 for 300 to 500 e-books, according to Marge Gammon, senior director of marketing for Boulder, Colo.-based NetLibrary, the sole Web-hosting firm that provides e-books to libraries.
Some librarians think e-book collections are too expensive, considering that the only library branches open around the clock haven't been getting many visitors. The Los Angeles Public library system, which boasts 1.3 million cardholders, logs just 1,800 e-book users a month. Of the Chicago Public Library's 3 million patrons, only 72 used the e-books collection in June. The 7,000-title collection available to Denver's 460,000 users was accessed a mere 212 times during the past 180 days.
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