January 17, 2012
As our society becomes more paperless, more people are looking for ways to replace their paper habits. Buying eBooks online is not a bad choice, but not everyone is into buying their books. Many of us enjoy our local public library, which lets us lend books for a limited time, and then return them. This is the cheaper, environmentally-friendlier and generally calmer choice, which doesn’t involve a lot of shopping.
November 9, 2011
Miss your old neighborhood library? Amazon is trying to help with their newly announced Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. This service allows Kindle users to check out books from the library and later “return” them and get a different book, all without buying any of the books.
September 26, 2011
In keeping with the tradition of making books available to everyone – at least in the US – Amazon.com now allows Kindle users to download and borrow Kindle e-books from their local library. The loan process works similarly to how you check out paper books at the library, but there a few perks for the Kindle e-loans.
September 9, 2011
The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. 33 million books (838 miles of shelves) is quite a lot of reading. Just to boggle your mind with statistics, 10,000 new items are added to the library’s catalog each day. For those of us who have yet to experience something like the majestic Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building, an online peek is the next best option.
August 26, 2011
If there is one area in life that I believe technology will never completely eradicate older “technology” is in the area of reading. While many people have adopted the great e-book readers and publications that are available out there, I believe there will always be people who will enjoy the experience of holding and reading a real, printed book.
August 25, 2011
Get your massive collection of academic papers under control so you can get to work actually writing. Qiqqa is a document management program built from the ground up for academics, making it a must-have tool for students and professors everywhere. Set Qiqqa up now and be ready to head back to school.
July 18, 2011
Did you know that some of the best novels can be found online using just your Internet browser? So don your sans-prescription dark-rimmed glasses, and put on your impractical-yet-fashionable summer scarf. MakeUseOf is about to get hipster with a whole bunch of indie novels that you can read online.
June 22, 2011
Google announced on Monday that it is soon to begin digitizing 250,000 books from The British Library, making them free to view online. The works, which span 170 years of history, will be carefully selected historical out-of-copyright publications, with Google responsible for handling and scanning costs.
May 27, 2011
Goodreads is a large online community for book lovers. If you’re not familiar with the service and community, we’ve written up a great article showing what you can do with Goodreads. In this post, I will be covering Goodreads’ fairly recent foray into the mobile application space with Goodreads for Android. As you launch Goodreads, [...]
May 10, 2011
Find yourself collecting eBooks, but not sure how to manage them all? “Open Book: Your Guide to Calibre and eBook Management” is the free download you’ve been looking for. This guide, from author Lachlan Roy, outlines the best tools on the market for managing your (non-DRM) eBook collection.
