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July 1st, 2009

World eBook fair begins

Picture 1.png Thanks to Gary Price for this heads up. Go over to the Fair’s site and take a look. Here’s what the the Resource Shelf has to say:

Word from Michael Hart, the Founder of Project Gutenberg, that once again this year the World e-Book Fair will take place from July 4th-August 4th. This is the 4th year of the annual book fair. It starts on July 4th to celebrate the 38th anniversary of Project Gutenberg which began on July 4th, 1971.

Once the event begins you’ll find FREE access to over 2.5 million full text eBooks that you can download to your computer. Some titles can also be downloaded and read on certain types mobile phones.

Book Sources include:

+ Project Gutenberg

+ Digital Pulp Publishing

+ Internet Archive

+ The World Public Library (normally a fee-based site)

+ E-Books About Everything

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