Last thing....
- Go to www.ebookee.com
- Have a look at the ebooks that are available on the site (encyclopedias, classics)
- Check out the 'free magazine subscriptions'
- Read about Amazon's Kindle
Not sure re this one - guess would be great to stock up on some books if were going travelling & didn't want to cart the paper kind around.
I did work out (eventually) that for Huckleberry Finn, could go to a link to Rapid and slowly download it (which I did to see what it looks like). Of course if I parted with money, could get it much quicker. So there's free and then there's free... I refrained from saving this 1.4 MB PDF copy of the book (I have it in hard copy at home & haven't gotten around to reading it, so don't think I'll get around to reading an electronic copy of it). Noticed it is part of the Project Gutenberg. Layout was ok and nicely formatted.
After discovering this link, went back to Little Women and found the external download links for that. Now the page makes a bit more sense, but the layout needs improvement to make it easier for novices (like me) to negotiate.
Part of the attraction for the site, I'm guessing, is the whole try before you buy concept. Read a chapter or two online & if you find you really like it (or get sick of reading it online), can then go shopping for the hardcopy. I wonder how much business Amazon get's this way. Would be good if you're remote & don't have the luxury of visiting the library or bookshop and would like to buy based on more than the blurb on the backcover and online reviews.
Quite an interesting assortment of titles under the various categories. LOL with what's catergorised as "romance" !
Had a look at the Magazines section - there seems to be quite a theme happening with the most viewed titles! Strange that Technology Review and Men's Health actually made it onto the list, given the calibre of the other titles on offer. :-) Again, looking at the various tabs there is quite the range of topics/titles - Japanese Modelling stood out. Not sure how, but ended up on a page for The Cambridge History of Japan Volume 4 (Early Modern Japan) which did look interesting.
The free magazine site that they were recommending was http://www.asiaing.com/ which I've never heard of before, but did look worthy of further pursuit (with a bit of time!!)
Kindle (Amazon) sounds a great concept but needs a bit of work & a price decrease. And availability beyond USA. It was good to see the 1 star ratings - the consensus seems to be wait for the 2nd version, but even the 1 star ratings weren't too bad.
I guess this is the end of the Learning Experience for now.
Ciao or Miaow for now.
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