TSGL: 2007 World eBook Fair

[Eric and Merna Bitter]

Re:      2007 World eBook Fair

Last year I only discovered the 2006 World eBook Fair virtually at the end of it.  (Did I discover it through someone on this List?  Can't remember now.)  This year the Fair runs from 4th July to 4th August.

The basic site  http://worldebookfair.com  has general and some specific info and ends with ' Michael Hart's hint: '"Start with the Browse Collections page." '

That Browse Collections link ( http://worldebookfair.com/Collections.htm ) is also at the top of the page next to the search box, and there is a long list of collections with a summary of each one and an indication of how many titles it contains.  

Please note that when you click on the link to a specific collection, generally you will see only part of it but there will be a further link to view the complete index of that collection.  Some of them are HUGE.  

For those who would rather listen than read, there is an mp3 collection at    http://worldebookfair.com/Mp3eBooks.htm, and there is also an audio archive at  http://www.archive.org/details/audio  which I found as follows.  (There may be other mp3 files -- I haven't checked all the collections yet.)

The links from some of the collections lead (initially or eventually) to other sites.  For example, I went to the eMovies Collection link  ( http://worldebookfair.com/eMovies.htm ) and then to the Browse Collection link for the complete archives of "Computer Chronicles" (a 20-year TV program).  That browsing link took me to the search results for Computer Chronicles at the Internet Archive, and clicking on its Home link opens up another world including the Audio Archive link above (and a Live Music Archive link).  Isn't the Internet great?

The MobileBooks Collection link goes to  http://www.mobilebooks.org/  where there are more free downloads.  Note, too, that this is one of the sites that has free downloads all year (thanks to Project Gutenberg).  There are others in the worldebookfair collections which have free downloads all year.  

Check the three Project Gutenberg collection links for more year round freebies.

For many of us the Technical eBook Collection may be one of the most interesting.  I downloaded several books from it last year.

Enjoy, everybody.

Merna