eBooks

Articles  

eBook Sources  

eBook Hardware and Software 

Tools to Use with eBooks

Introduction

Articles

• eBook Excitement:  A Techtutorial - http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial039.shtml 
  
  
• Getting a Read on eBooks -http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/200104/ebook.html
  
  
• E-Enabled Textbooks: Lower Cost, Higher Functionality - http://www.campus-technology.com/article.asp?id=6343

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eBooks Sources

• Project Gutenberg- http://www.gutenberg.org/ - 18,000 free books whose copyright has expired in the US.  Plain text or html format.
  
  
• Electronic Text Center at UVa Library - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ - Search by language or subject.
  
  
• Electronic Text Center - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/ - from the University of Virginia Library's Etext Center - for Microsoft Reader, Palm, and web version
  
  
• Classic Library Book - http://classicbook.info/index.html 
  
  
• The Online Books Page - http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ - list of all books on-line from any source
  

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eBook Hardware and Software

• Microsoft Reader for Desktop and Laptop PC - http://www.microsoft.com/reader/downloads/pc.asp
  
  
• Microsoft Reader for Pocket PC - http://www.microsoft.com/reader/downloads/ppc.asp
  
  
• Microsoft Text to Speech Package - http://www.microsoft.com/reader/developers/downloads/tts.asp
  
  
• Dictionaries - Dictionaries to use with eReaders - http://www.microsoft.com/reader/downloads/dictionaries.asp 
  
  
• Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader - http://www.adobe.com/products/ebookreader/
  

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• Voycabulary - makes the words on any web page into links so that you can look them up with just a click!
  http://www.voycabulary.com/
  
  

• Wordsmyth - Use the Wordsmyth toolbar button to look up any word on any web page.
  http://www.wordsmyth.net 
  
  

• Visual Thesaurus - an interactive map showing the meaning of your word.
  No longer free - $39.95 CD or $19.95/year online version
  http://www.visualthesaurus.com/index.jsp 

• Editing with Microsoft Word - http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/techtorial/techtorial031.shtml - ideas on what to do with an eBook copied into Microsoft Word
  

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