Posts Tagged ‘ebooks’

Tweet If you are anything like me, you have probably had enough of all the headaches and problems associated with libraries purchasing and checking out ebooks. It seems that the publishers either try to put too many limits on ebooks or there are too many decides and enough applications and programs to read ebooks to [...]

TweetDo you think that the only free ebooks you can get are those whose copyright has expired? Well I just discovered a pretty large collection of them including textbooks. Yes, that’s textbooks. This site finances their licensing with ads. Check it out at bookboon books. I was quite impressed and this has me wondering, is [...]

TweetEbooks are all the rage. Between the kindle, new ipad, iphone applications, the Nook, the Sony Reader and all of the other gadets for reading ebooks, there is no doubt that ebooks will continue to be popular. However, how do you get ebooks that you can read without spending a fortune to do it? Even [...]

TweetDoes your library have technology ebooks? If so, do your patrons use them. My library just recently acquired the Safari Technology Collection. and I have to say that I am quite impressed. They have most of the dummies series, the missing manual series, the hacks series and hundreds of other ebooks on business, computers and [...]

TweetAre you planning to purchase an ebook reader in the near future for either yourself or your library? If so, which kind are you going to get? Have you made up your mind yet? I was planning to purchase a kindle until I heard about the new Sony reader. This cool gadget supposedly can read [...]