Comments on: British Library to Offer 65,000 Free eBooks http://www.openculture.com/2010/02/british_library_to_offer_free_ebooks.html The best free cultural & educational media on the web Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:01:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: liliana http://www.openculture.com/2010/02/british_library_to_offer_free_ebooks.html#comment-26739 liliana Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:33:26 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=7260#comment-26739 I hope to improve my english I hope to improve my english

]]> By: NOOR HUSSAIN http://www.openculture.com/2010/02/british_library_to_offer_free_ebooks.html#comment-24830 NOOR HUSSAIN Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:14:23 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=7260#comment-24830 i need free books from british library to enhance my knowledge ,specialy for the sake of exam. i need free books from british library to enhance my knowledge ,specialy for the sake of exam.

]]> By: BABATUNDE AYODEJI EMMANUEL A. http://www.openculture.com/2010/02/british_library_to_offer_free_ebooks.html#comment-13803 BABATUNDE AYODEJI EMMANUEL A. Tue, 04 May 2010 16:00:19 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=7260#comment-13803 I need free books for my students association library. I need free books for my students association library.

]]> By: Andras Molnar http://www.openculture.com/2010/02/british_library_to_offer_free_ebooks.html#comment-12831 Andras Molnar Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:10:27 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=7260#comment-12831 My special field is laser processing and thermal spraying My special field is laser processing and thermal spraying

]]> By: Mike http://www.openculture.com/2010/02/british_library_to_offer_free_ebooks.html#comment-12343 Mike Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:41:54 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=7260#comment-12343 Sure, Brent, but it's significant that one of the world's great libraries is digitizing its own out-of-copyright holdings and making them readily available to remote readers. In the past, scholars have had to travel to places like the British Library to do research. Those who do not yet read on a digital device can still benefit greatly from this sort of thing. My neighborhood bookstore has an Espresso Book Machine, which produces nice quality paperbacks in minutes while you watch. You can get long-out-of print books for a very reasonable price ($8 for any Google book or similar digital file from the public domain). It was featured on Open Culture earlier: http://www.openculture.com/2007/08/the_fifteen_minute_book_machine.html A list of book machine locations is here: http://www.ondemandbooks.com/our_ebm_locations.htm Sure, Brent, but it’s significant that one of the world’s great libraries is digitizing its own out-of-copyright holdings and making them readily available to remote readers. In the past, scholars have had to travel to places like the British Library to do research.

Those who do not yet read on a digital device can still benefit greatly from this sort of thing. My neighborhood bookstore has an Espresso Book Machine, which produces nice quality paperbacks in minutes while you watch. You can get long-out-of print books for a very reasonable price ($8 for any Google book or similar digital file from the public domain). It was featured on Open Culture earlier:

http://www.openculture.com/2007/08/the_fifteen_minute_book_machine.html

A list of book machine locations is here:

http://www.ondemandbooks.com/our_ebm_locations.htm

]]> By: Brent P. Newhall http://www.openculture.com/2010/02/british_library_to_offer_free_ebooks.html#comment-12340 Brent P. Newhall Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:59:20 +0000 http://www.openculture.com/?p=7260#comment-12340 Odd. "Bleak House" and "Pride and Prejudice" -- two books cited in the article -- are in the public domain (as are all the works of Dickens, Austen, and Hardy), and thanks to the tireless efforts of Project Guteneberg, have been available on the Kindle for years. Odd. “Bleak House” and “Pride and Prejudice” — two books cited in the article — are in the public domain (as are all the works of Dickens, Austen, and Hardy), and thanks to the tireless efforts of Project Guteneberg, have been available on the Kindle for years.

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