Leebre: a Jamendo-inspired platform for free ebooks - The Next Web

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Leebre: a Jamendo-inspired platform for free ebooks The Next Web “Project Gutenberg right now has a massive collection of public domain books,” he says, “but they are all inconsistently and sloppily formatted.” Bethencourt sees the ease of publishing books with the online editor as something that sets Leebre apart ...

Move to Digital: Lose Your Unwanted Books - PCWorld

Move to Digital: Lose Your Unwanted Books PCWorld Finding ebook versions of much of my library didn't take long. In fact, many of my books had entered the public domain and were available for free from Project Gutenberg. What to do with all my physical books now that I no longer need them has been a ... and more »

STUART RAMSON/AP - NPR (blog)

STUART RAMSON/AP NPR (blog) You can put a lifetime's worth of books on one — including a ton of public domain classics for a buck or less each. You can cobble together a virtual classics bookshelf for less than the cost of a round of drinks. Amazing. Of course e-books aren't ... and more »

Read a Good Book Lately? Too Many Indonesians Answer 'No' - Jakarta Globe

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Read a Good Book Lately? Too Many Indonesians Answer 'No' Jakarta Globe ... to my ebook reader. PADT, you are not trying hard enough. I have a complete collection of Dickens and every single book was bought in Indonesia. Hunt down under classics and Penguin. they are usually hidden because they are public domain, so cheap. and more »

Amazon's Plagiarism Problem - Fast Company

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Amazon's Plagiarism Problem Fast Company Naturally erotica isn't the only category ebook pirates have set their sights on. Manuel Ortiz Braschi has published thousands of ebooks on Amazon, often claiming as his own works in the public domain, including Alice in Wonderland. and more »

The Best Ereader for Android - Lifehacker

The Best Ereader for Android Lifehacker Using Aldiko isn't a sentence to free and public-domain books, although there are thousands of them available in Aldiko's in-app ebook store. There are also hundreds of best-sellers and books by popular authors available to purchase in the app from ... and more »

Making Sense in a Digital World | Peer to Peer Review - Library Journal

Making Sense in a Digital World | Peer to Peer Review Library Journal It doesn't have to be in the public domain. They are scanning books published between 1923 and 2000, as well as negotiating to buy digital files of more recently-published books. Once the Internet Archive has scanned the book, the original is stored in ... and more »

Apple announces new self-publishing software to howls of outrage - MobyLives

Apple announces new self-publishing software to howls of outrage MobyLives Chris Foresman in an Ars Technica commentary noted that the iBooks Author's End User License Agreement (EULA) stipulates that ebooks created with the application cannot be sold anywhere but on the Apple iBookstore. More specifically, if you want to ... and more »

Analog to Digital Shift: Implications of Owning Vs Renting Books, Music ... - Rambling Thoughts (blog)

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Analog to Digital Shift: Implications of Owning Vs Renting Books, Music ... Rambling Thoughts (blog) When I “buy” an eBook from Amazon.com or you “buy” a song from iTunes we aren't actually buying anything at all. What we're doing is paying for the legal licensing right to read/listen to some bits of digital information on a limited number of ... Top 5 eBook Reader Apps for Android Phones/TabletsAndroid Authority all 15 news articles »

Bookworms, save your pennies -- try book sharing instead - Boston.com (blog)

Bookworms, save your pennies -- try book sharing instead Boston.com (blog) ... could have entered public domain this year! Project Gutenberg: This website's founder, Michael Hart, invented the eBook and created Project Gutenberg to distribute literature over the web. With a catalog spanning over 36000 free eBooks available at ...