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 list of ebook collections

"This is a listing of 391 sites that legally offer free books (eBooks) for download or for online viewing."

The British Library has made Lewis Carroll's handwritten and illustrated version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland available as an enhanced ebook.

With Fiction Express, ebook chapters are released every Friday at 3:00. The readers vote on what should happen next and the author writes the next chapter. What a cool idea!

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.

Combining the joy of reading with the power of helping others

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The quotes we've put together in this post are not the most famous ones, but all of them have one outstanding merit: they are highly inspiring to rediscover the pleasure of reading (if you forgot how it tastes) or simply to feel the need to reach for a book - now.

 Browse andComment Select from a list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, including user-driven commentary and "reader's choice" Web sites. Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation. Announcements3/14/11: We are launching a restoration project in the spring of 2011 to fix up the broken content on the site. Thanks to everyone for your patience as we continue to restore the missing works. Please see the help section if you have any questions.

Some great apps for creating books on the ipad and mac. We have book creator and ibooks author here at school.

audioowl online audio books by genre

the professor garfield toon book reader

project Gutenberg INDEX -- Free Books On-Line -

"Make a short video about your favorite book and use the online form to enter and compete for prizes. Be sure to check out the rules, but here are the basics:"

These book trailers should be submitted soon after Christmas vacations

"Encourage Lifelong Readership with Book Apps"

 Open Access Books   En internet hay muchos textos que están en el dominio público, pero también muchos autores y editores que publican versiones totales o parciales de sus obras en curso. Para algunos ellos es un sistema publicitario para crear una demanda de cara a  la venta del libro impreso, mientras que otros están más interesados en la presentación de su contenido a la mayor audiencia posible. Recogemos algunos de los sitios donde puedes encontrar libros electrónicos gratuítos que iremos completando progresivamente.

Love to read? Studying Literature? Want to revisit the classics? Cramming for a test? Read all the novels you want, anywhere, anytime, on any device, for free.