Neotake: Your ebook search engine Internet Archive: A Future for Books -- BookServer The widespread success of digital reading devices has proven that the world is ready to read books on screens. As the audience for digital books grows, we can evolve from an environment of single devices connected to single sources into a distributed system where readers can find books from sources across the Web to read on whatever device they have. Publishers are creating digital versions of their popular books, and the library community is creating digital archives of their printed collections. The BookServer is a growing open architecture for vending and lending digital books over the Internet. Who Benefits? Authors find wider distribution for their work.Publishers both big and small can distribute books directly to readers.Book sellers find new and larger audiences for their products.Device makers can offer access to millions of books instantly.Libraries can continue to loan books in the way that patrons expect.Readers get universal access to all knowledge. Developers?
Skull-A-Day Library Genesis Project : Welcome 160 Free Textbooks: A Meta Collection Free textbooks (aka open textbooks) written by knowledgable scholars are a relatively new phenomenon. Below, find a meta list of 200 Free Textbooks, and check back often for new additions. Also see our online collection, 1,700 Free Online Courses from Top Universities. Art History A Textbook of the History of Painting by John Charles Van Dyke, Rutgers Biology Anatomy and Physiology – Edited by various profs at OpenStaxBiology – Edited by various profs at OpenStaxBiology Pages, John W. Business and Management Business Ethics by Jose A. Chemistry Chemistry, Grades 10-12, Created by the FHSST Project (Free High School Science Texts)Chemistry Virtual Textbooks by Stephen Lower, Simon Fraser UniversityCK-12 Chemistry (Grades 9-12) by multiple authors. Classics Computer Science & Information Systems Earth Science CK-12 Earth Science for Middle School by multiple authors.Earth Systems, an Earth Science Course (Grades 9-10). Economics & Finance Education Electrical Engineering Engineering History Languages
About the Kresge Engineering Library - UC Berkeley The services and collection of the Kresge Engineering Library support the research and teaching programs of the College of Engineering. We are located in 110 Bechtel Engineering Center. » campus map The Engineering Library collects electronic and print materials for research and study in the core subject areas of bioengineering, civil engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, industrial engineering, materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering, offshore engineering, operations research, and nuclear engineering. Chemical engineering materials are collected by the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library. The Library has electronic access to about 4,500 engineering-related journals and continues to subscribe to a number of core print titles. Electronic books from major publishers are a significant and growing part of the collection. Many donors have made contributions toward the acquisition of research materials.
Blogging Houseplant Midori-San Blogging Houseplant Midori-San Blogging houseplants? I knew that, on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog - but a plant? (Midori-san the blogging houseplant) Kamakura-based IT company KAYAC Co., Ltd. has developed a sophisticated botanical interface system that lets plants post their thoughts online. The plant "corresponds" via an interface system consisting of surface potential biosensors to read the weak bioelectric current flowing across the surface of the leaves. (Typical blogpost from Midori-san the blogging houseplant) Visitors can give Midori-san a bit of fluorescent light - just click the "Give Light to Midori-San" link, natch. I don't have a specific science-fictional reference for a blogging house plant. Dr. Maybe we shouldn't start plants blogging... Via Pink Tentacle. Scroll down for more stories in the same category. Follow this kind of news @Technovelgy. | Email | RSS | Blog It | Stumble | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Would you like to contribute a story tip? Current News
Best Free Online Books For Kindle This is the most comprehensive listing of legal and free ebooks for the Kindle having over 150 sites that legally offer free Kindle ebooks. The links here provide all their works in Kindle compatible formats. I did not include PDF works as many Kindle users complain that those do not display properly. As of November 16, 2013, there are 81 sites listed that monitor Amazon for limited time free ebook offerings as well as 71 sites that offer Kindle compatible ebooks of their own. There are also several links and tips on finding the many free ebook offerings from Amazon. You do not have to have a kindle device to read kindle books. A major source of free Kindle ebooks is Amazon. However, there are many other sources of free Kindle ebooks on the web, where no registration or residency requirements exist. For a complete listing of the free ebook pages here at Gizmo's, see Free eBooks and Audio Books To Read Online or Download There are many thousands of free ebooks at Amazon. Amazon Best Sellers
Best Places to Get Free Books – The Ultimate Guide When we were reviewing 10 of the best online resources for free books, we had a LOT of readers chime in with their own favorites as well. Thank you for all your helpful contributions! In fact, we had so many suggestions, we have enough to compile a huge list from them, so here they are in no particular order: ManyBooks – Free eBooks for your PDA, iPod, or eBook reader – Thanks Tony Bryan & abben BookCrossing – Where real books are released into the wild to be found by others – Thanks EngtechLibraryElf – The perfect companion to a public library system – Thanks EngtechScribd – Open library to publish and discover documents online – Thanks CincauHangus Word Public Library – 400,000 PDF ebooks for download – Thanks EllenFree Tech Books – Free computer science and engineering books (+ lecture notes) – Thanks EllenBookins – Swap real books with other readers – Thanks Jimbob WellToldTales – Free short story podcasts (like audiobooks, but shorter) – Thanks Kevin C. Google+