Hi Netters:
This was mentioned today in the Boston Globe and I thought I would post
it to the listserv in case anyone might be interested. The Globe article
said more than 1.5 million books have been downloaded since
Tuesday..........here's what the site says:
July 4th to August 4, 2006 marks a month long celebration of the 35th
anniversary of the first step taken towards today's eBooks, when the
United States Declaration of Independence was the first file placed
online for downloading in what was destined to be an electronic library
of the Internet. Today's eBook library has a total of over 100 languages
represented.
The World eBook Fair welcomes you to absolutely free access to a variety
of eBook unparalleled by any other source. 1/3 million eBooks await you
for personal use, all free of charge for the month from July 4 - August
4, 2006, and then 1/2 million eBooks in 2007, 3/4 million in 2008, and
ONE million in 2009.
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Jody Newman
Library Aide, retired
Stow, MA
newjody@comcast.net
Share your knowledge. It is the way to live forever.
AND
Remember: Books were the original laptops 8-)
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