If anyone is interested the World Book Fair (supported by Project Gutenberg and Tech Archive) opens on July 4th.  Here's a few links about it:  http://www.worldebookfair.com/

http://www.pg-news.org/20090702/2-5-million-ebooks-at-world-ebook-fair/

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Enjoy

Josie

It's been a while since I read a book. Haven't read a book since I got married. She even got mad when I bought a hardcover book instead of a paperback which is cheaper. LOL

Looks interesting, I'm browsing the titles. Cool deal and cool beans!

Thanks for the excellent link.

Edit, hmmm, 9 bux for a year to down a book. Not sure if I wanna join. A bit disappointing though, I have to be very careful with my budget, especially now that my wife is home.

Yiz

Well there are free books on the site, quite a few as a matter of fact.  Apple even has an app for iTouch and iPhones that's free.  I've already downloaded one free book onto my iPhone and I have a few more in mind.

Oh and the book fair is about downloading free ebooks...no fee.

Josie

Main Page

From Project Gutenberg, the first producer of free electronic books (ebooks).

Where does it say there's a fee?  Curious since I have downloaded a couple of free books.

Josie said:  Where does it say there's a fee?  Curious since I have downloaded a couple of free books.

You're good... I think all is well... although the free bit is supposed to start July 4th and run for a month. 

The front page says:

Our goal is to provide Free public access for a month to 2 Million eBooks. During the rest of the year you may continue to download your selection of about 500,000 PDF eBooks by joining the World Public Library. Annual membership is only $8.95 per year.

Thanks so much for the heads-up, Josie!

Love,
Baba.

You're welcome Baba

Josie

http://aphrohead.com/default.aspx Is this the same one??

No, the sites I posted have mainly ebooks and a few audibles.  The free ones are in the public domain and include a lot of classics.  I've found a series of woman detective stories from the late 1800's that I'm eager to download.  I've already downloaded a cute little book called "The Visiters" written by a 9 years old, I had seen a production of the book by the BBC (starring Hugh Laurie) and really wanted to read the book.

Josie

bttt because it's the fourth.  I think there was some confusion.  Trust me, there are free books available.  The fee is on the iBibilo site which is sort of an world online library.  There is no fee to download on the Project Gutenberg site (which is where I download).

Over 3 Million Items Feted At World eBook Fair

Project Gutenberg, The World Public Library, The Internet Archive, and ebooksabouteverything are proud to sponsor the fourth edition of The World eBook Fair.

July 4 – August 4 at http://www.worldebookfair.org

eBook readers will have over 2 million to pick from:

~1.5 million from http://www.archive.org
~ .5 million from http://www.worldpubliclibrary.org
~ .13 million from http://ebooksabouteverything.com
~ .11 million from the various Gutenberg servers
~ .01 million from various other eBook sites
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~2.5 million eBooks Grand Total

Please note that archive.org and PG etc. have many audio files, movies, music files, etc. with totals of an additional ~.5 million files.

Grand Total: ~3.1 million Files of all Kinds Many of these eBooks are available for cellphones.

Approximately 1,000 titles will be added each week.

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