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There are numerous sites that are now offering Tutorials and how-to guides for creating ebooks in iBook Author. As teachers are now comfortable with the idea of creating their own e-textbooks more and more people are looking for resources to learn how to build touch enabled books that take full advantage of the iPad capabilities. Inserting video and high resolution photographs is one thing but how about inserting 3D manipulatives and models that are touch sensitive. Here is a list of some of the resources online. If you know of other good ones please add them in the comments section and we will update the list.

"Our local index includes more than a million works in various formats that meet these criteria. (Over 40,000 are in our "curated collection", representing entries we've personally edited. The rest are in our "extended shelves", entries that are provided by other organizations and imported in bulk.) All of the books we list should be free for personal, noncomm"

A listing of e-text collections

" Note: we also have offline book catalogs to download and use at home. Browse by Author, Title, Language or Recently Posted Our browse pages are ideal to view what's in the collection if you are yet undecided on what you want to read. The recently posted pages list what new books got added or updated mos"

" Listing over 1 million free books on the Web - Updated Friday, September 23, 2011 "

"E-Books Directory is a daily growing list of freely downloadable ebooks, documents and lecture notes found all over the internet. You can submit and promote your own ebooks, add comments on already posted books or just browse through the directory below and download anything you need."

" Listing over 1 million free books on the Web - Updated Friday, September 23, 2011 "

The following is an alphabetical list of all the fiction available to read for free on Bibliomania. Click on a book you wish to read to go straight to the book summary and table of contents. If you wish to see everything Bibliomania has for a particular Author, click "choose" in the left hand navigation bar and pick an Author. The Author pages also include biographies and links to Bibliomania recommended web sites.

" SurLaLune offers over 40 eBooks, including fairy tale and folklore anthologies, critical texts, poetry and fiction. A master list is available to the right. The index below is divided by subject matter and region with fiction and poetry at the bottom."

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"This site lists free online computer science, engineering and programming books, textbooks and lecture notes, all of which are legally and freely available over the Internet. Throughout this site, other terms are used to refer to a book, such as ebook, text, document, monogram or notes. "