Posts Tagged ‘public domain’

The Public domain can be scary!

Here are some great public domain horror ebooks in multiple formats for your Halloween ereading pleasure! Clicking on the book title will yield the ebook. In addition, I have included audio adaptations, where available.

Celebrate 200 years of Ms. Austen with…

Sense and Sensibility The Jane Austen classic turns 200 this year, so why not check-out the myriad ways you can enjoy it?

Need Something to eread?

ePub is the universal format for ereaders. Our new Library2Go ebooks come in both PDF and industry standard ePub formats. The format available is given at the bottom of the item record. Below are a number of sites including our OverDrive collection in Library2Go where you can access ePub formatted ebooks. I have circled (in [...]

Holiday classics online

For those contemplating a warm fire, tree trimming and hot cocoa… Here is a list of online holiday classics in multiple formats. Point, click and enjoy!  

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear!

I am a big fan of Old Time Radio shows…

Late Breaking [Ebook] News!

Keep up on the latest with ebooks and ereaders by reading our Ebooks LibGuide.

When is something in the Public Domain?

Sometimes it is tough to tell if something is in the Public Domain. Digital Copyright Slider to the rescue! This cool tool was created by the American Library Association Office for Information Technology Policy.

Ebooks, formats, formatting and the Classics

If you have at all investigated ebooks, you know there are many formats. Plain text is universal and viewable by almost any software or hardware ereader. The grand-daddy of all ebook sites is Project Gutenberg. They have over 27,000 titles on the site, and nearly 100, 000 titles if you count all of their affiliates.

More on ebooks

The Mobileread community has been formatting and uploading public domain etexts for a few years now. You can check out what is available by visiting http://www.mobileread.com/forums/ebooks.php

Ebooks and local history

I absolutely love ebooks! I own several types of ebook devices such as the Sony eReader and the OLPC XO laptop and use them all the time.