[blindlaw] Fw: News Item of Interest - FREE BOOKS, ELECTRONICALLY

[Elizabeth Akinola]

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From: "Billie Jean" <billiejean at 2keiths.com>
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Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 2:11 PM
Subject: Fwd: News Item of Interest - FREE BOOKS, ELECTRONICALLY


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>>I don't usually forward emails but thought this would be of interest.
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>>FREE BOOKS, ELECTRONICALLY
>>Project Gutenberg is organizing a book fair featuring online texts from
>>its own digital library as well as that of the World eBook Library
>>Consortia. During the World eBook Fair, which will take place from July
>>4 to August 4, users can download free copies of books from Project
>>Gutenberg's collection of 18,000 texts, which are always free, or from
>>the World eBook Library Consortia, which otherwise cost $8.95 each.
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>>Organizers hope the event will encourage more people to start reading
>>books electronically, not only on desktop or laptop computers but also
>>on portable devices. Michael S. Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg,
>>said, "We get a lot of people reading Project Gutenberg e-books on
>>PDAs, iPods, pocket PCs, cell phones, etc." Hart said electronic books
>>benefit those who cannot get physical books from traditional libraries,
>>noting that the goal of Project Gutenberg is to "break down the bars of
>>ignorance and illiteracy." Daniel Greenstein, executive director of the
>>California Digital Library, said that e-books are typically being used
>>to find facts, not to facilitate "the reading experience that we all
>>know and love."
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>>Taken from the Chronicle of Higher Education, 7 June 2006 (sub. req'd)
>>http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/06/2006060701t.htm
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>>But you can also find out more at www.gutenberg.org . It is explained
>>further under their Latest News section (May 4).
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