March 9, 2009
The Wikimedia Foundation home page says – Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. With nearly 3 million articles in the English version alone Wikipedia along with its sister wikis is an Alibaba’s treasure trove of information. Now, Wikipedia gives us a chance to [...]
March 3, 2009
Google Book Search, as you know, is a large online repository of books. You can enter a query and Google Book Search will search within the book and return you the results. You can then see a preview of the book and read it. Some books are available in their entirety, some have limited previews [...]
February 27, 2009
Do you have a ton of books sitting on your shelves? Would you like to get rid of them and make space for new books? With the websites introduced in this post you can swap your books movies, games and music CDs for stuff you really want. Bookcrossing in this post refers to exchanging the [...]
January 31, 2009
Swaptree is a new and innovative way for people to easily trade and swap books, CDs, DVDs and video games they are finished with, for the ones they want next – and it is all done for FREE. Your only expense is paying the shipping to ship your item but since you are shipping CDs [...]
January 23, 2009
As commutes become a chore and time a scarcity, ebooks are bringing the reading habit back. Among the many ebook websites populating the web is eBook Hood. The web service brings a plethora of free eBooks from classics to pop fiction that you can download and read on your mobile device like an iPod. So [...]
December 22, 2008
Last week we covered some fun Google Easter Eggs, that you can find while browsing the site. This week, to take a more academic approach, we are going to cover 7 almost unknown specialized Google search engines that can be used for specialized consumer and academic research. Also included in this realm, but not [...]
December 4, 2008
With the internet taking off the way it has, and the incredible effect it is having on all media outlets, including newspapers, magazines and terrestrial radio, books surprisingly continue to thrive. To this day, whenever you go into a Barnes and Noble or Borders, hoards of people are crowding the coffee shop with books in [...]
November 7, 2008
For homework or any other project that requires theoretical research, the internet offers a wealth of information. Instead of having to head to the library, everything is comfortably accessible straight from your desk. However, the flood of data can be quite overwhelming if you’re not using the right tools. Also, you may run into sources [...]
October 5, 2008
You might be surprised by how many good free ebook sites there are out there. Nowadays, you can find pretty much any popular (and not) book online. You just need to know where to look. Here are my favorite free ebook sites. 1. Ebook Search Engines These are simple Google-like search engines but for PDF [...]
September 14, 2008
Watching, playing, listening and reading can be one hell of a lot of fun, but collecting by itself can be enjoyed just as much as well. You buy those new DVD’s at Best Buy, get some great audio from the iTunes music store and also that new book from Gaiman. When you keep going on [...]
