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Topic: ePUB Books, eReaders and Overdrive
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Yin
Knowflake Posts: 1951
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Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 15, 2010 10:40 AM
  
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EPUB (short for electronic publication; alternatively capitalized as ePub, EPub, or epub, with "EPUB" preferred by the vendor) is a free and open e-book standard by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). Files have the extension .epub. EPUB is designed for reflowable content, meaning that the text display can be optimized for the particular display device used by the reader of the EPUB-formatted book. The format is meant to function as a single format that publishers and conversion houses can use in-house, as well as for distribution and sale. It supersedes the Open eBook standard.[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB Libraries now offer ePUB books that you can download on your portable devices. The service/books are free and a joy to read on a non-glare screens like the ones on the Kobo Reader, Sony Reader, The Nook (Barnes and Noble) and of course - The Amazon Kindle (only Amazon books can be downloaded on that one)
The Kobo and the Nook are now down to $150. I'll wait for them to go down more but in the meantime, I can read all of those free books just by using my computer and a library account. Search for your library here: http://search.overdrive.com/ Or go to your library's page and see if they have the Overdrive service offered there. USE YOUR LIBRARIES, PEOPLE!!!  IP: Logged |
teasel
Knowflake Posts: 2715
From: Ohio
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 15, 2010 07:15 PM
I've noticed the option to download a book for a certain amount of time, but wasn't sure how I was supposed to do that. I don't have one of these machines, and wasn't interested until recently... I've bookmarked it. Thank you.  IP: Logged |
charmainec
Moderator Posts: 971
From: on the other side of the rainbow
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 16, 2010 09:36 AM
Old fashion libaries work quite fine Yin  ------------------
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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies with in us."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Yin
Knowflake Posts: 1951
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Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 16, 2010 10:17 AM
You're welcome, Teasel.  LOL, Char. They do and yet they are also catching the wave too. I love the idea of snuggling up with a Kobo reader - you gotta see this thing. It doesn't bother your eyes like regular computers do. It's really cool and you can bring it to the beach too. It's like a book only better. IP: Logged |
charmainec
Moderator Posts: 971
From: on the other side of the rainbow
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 21, 2010 08:28 AM
Yin, I'm so delayed that I didn't even know one could download books to their mobile phoned and read it from there!! lol that was you have it with you wherever you go and it's light weight ------------------
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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies with in us."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Randall
Webmaster Posts: 3031
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 10, 2010 11:24 AM
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"Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on."--George Bernard Shaw IP: Logged |
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