"Books" for reading on a computer/PDA screen is what Frank Zappa said about brown shoes - they just don't make it. posted by three blind mice at 4:50 AM on May 15, 2007
9 users marked this as a favorite. posted by ZenMasterThis at 5:16 AM on May 15, 2007
And here was me thinking usenet still had a purpose. posted by bystander at 5:19 AM on May 15, 2007
Permalinks exist for a reason. Use them so that a month from now Page 2 of "Useful Tips" doesn't point to a different batch of shitty digg-bait lists adorned with irrelevant stock photos and inconsistent screenshots. posted by blasdelf at 5:33 AM on May 15, 2007
I just bought a huge box marked "box of mystery fiction $3.50" at a local used book store, but this is still cool. posted by BrotherCaine at 5:35 AM on May 15, 2007
what's nice about the Russians is that the samizdat went beyond just political talk but hard to find western technical books. once scanning got cheap and easy all those photocopies got converted in .djvu and out onto the internet to roam free... posted by geos at 5:45 AM on May 15, 2007
Signing up for a WOWIO account requires that you agree to the terms of a licensing agreement. Since an agreement is only meaningful when it is between two real parties, we require that people offer some proof that they are who they say they are. This licensing arrangement is what enables WOWIO to protect the content of our publishing partners and provide you with free ebooks.
This proof can be in the form of: An email account at a non-generic provider, an uploaded scan of a student or driver's ID, credit card information, or a vouch from someone already in the program.
It sets off my 'selling your information' alarm, despite their assurances that this isn't the case. posted by Arturus at 5:57 AM on May 15, 2007
Yeah, I like Tofu also. posted by OmieWise at 6:28 AM on May 15, 2007
In Logan Square, here in Chicago, some hipster hijacked an alt-weekly newspaper box, painted "Free Books" on it and stuffed it with the little bastards.
But what I really meant was hardware — like the Sony Reader — that is Mac-friendly (i.e., doesn't require massive work-arounds to get to play nice.) posted by papercake at 6:44 AM on May 15, 2007
You could get an iRex iLiad, which will just show up as an external drive when you connect it via USB. That's kind of expensive though -- how about using a Palm PDA? posted by fireproof at 7:09 AM on May 15, 2007
Book Mooch looks very cool. I have mooched (asked for) two books and agreed to send someone a book of mine since reading the link.
Only thing is -- you get to pick who to ask, if multiple people have the book you want, but of pending requests for a book you have, the system sends one, and that's it. You can only accept or refuse, and refusals are prominently displayed on your user page. Hmmm. posted by Methylviolet at 11:20 AM on May 15, 2007
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