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a collection of link to ebooks and about ebooks

Every year schools around the world spend thousands of dollars on textbooks that are often outdated by the end of their first year in the classroom. Ebooks, many of them free, can represent huge savings for schools over purchasing textbooks. Here are seven places that you can find free ebooks.

"I believe there is room for us to (1) continue debating the pros/cons, strengths/weaknesses, etc. surrounding the different iterations-containers-of books, (2) continue having our favorites, and yet (3) agree that there is a unifying concept of "the book" that encompasses all-print books, ebooks, and whatever other formats may follow."

On December 30, 2010, Amazon.com finally enabled users to share Kindle ebooks with each other. Learn how to lend a Kindle book to another Kindle owner.

Need a classic? Is your shelf copy mouldy, or perhaps too many students are researching the same book? Check out the Open Library for access to many classic books available in ebook format. Unlike other free ebook sites, this one is affiliated with the Internet Archive.

This lists supposedly the LEGAL places to get free ebooks :)

a useful sheet for understanding which devices can currently be used to access e-books from the public library via OverDrive

For those wondering whether an eReader is the ideal gift for their nearest and dearest bibliophile, or considering whether to make the upgrade to a book 2.0 themselves, fear not: Know Your Money is here to referee the smackdown between these two publishing pugilists.

"For the students and scholars who use Kindles (or other e-book readers) when writing papers, the next question becomes, how do I cite material I read on a Kindle? "

is it too early to start thinking about supporting students when they use ebook readers?

some good responses in the comments to the question posed

"The reading revolution is starting to hit home How does the medium - print or electronic - change the way our children experience books?"

"But the physical book is going the way of the vinyl record, and the roll of film and the phone with cord. If you're sad about that, be happy for the forests. Frankly, about the only downside I can see to the e-book is that, if you drop your e-reader in the bathtub, it won't dry out."

Just as true audiophiles still use vinyl, true bibliophile will stand by the paper book. There will be a place for the paper book with collectors and connoisseurs and therefore the opportunity for those in the hoi ploi to discover the delights of such rich and traditional materials. The book is not dead it will go back to its medieval roots of exclusivity.

Barb - I do agree with you. There will always be the Jean Luc Picards who prefer the printed book. I just think that we cannot equate the demise of the paper book with the demise or reading and the love of story. No matter the format of the text these things will never die.

Mrs. Enid (Cathy Jones) talks about the big thing this Christmas - The Kindle.

Are we ready for this... what is now available in our libraries??? "Once upon a time - in the 1990s- e-books for children came on CD-ROMs, and for digital wizardry, offered only mouse clicks and hidden pop-up-like animations. Not anymore. Touch-screens and app stores have given new tricks to old books, and the number of new titles is blossoming."

some of the pros and cons of the Kindle and a comparison with the iPad

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