From the blog post: I’m happy to announce a few fresh features for Google Books. We’ve updated the home page by adding the ability to scroll through categories of books and magazines. We also integrated the My Library feature into the home page to enable you to create and then share collections of books by [...]
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Updated Google Books Home Page and My Library
February 6th, 2010 · No Comments · digitization projects
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More free ebooks on IP
February 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Yesterday’s post got me thinking, and I realized that I know of a bunch of books that cover intelectual property from all angles. I’m still trying to find the original source for most of them, so here is one to whet your appetite. Dr. Lawrence Lessig is a Professor of Law at Harvard who is [...]
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Free PDF: How to make a PDF
February 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Adobe just posted this how-to guide on their blog. You can download it here. Relevant scenario Prerequisites Important considerations Equip yourself with relevant details Stage 0: Prepare the content Stage 1: Clean up the source Stage 2: Prepare the book and create PDF Stage 3: Test the PDF Stage 4: Prepare the PDF for publication [...]
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Against Intellectual Monopoly
February 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Yesterday I pointed you at a free ebook on piracy. Because of that post, someone gave me a link to this ebook. From the summary: It is common to argue that intellectual property in the form of copyright and patent is necessary for the innovation and creation of ideas and inventions such as machines, drugs, computer software, [...]
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My 5 favorite free ebook sites
January 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Fifth Imperium -This site host copies of the free ebook CDs that Baen Books binds into some hardback books. In absolute terms it’s a rather small collection of Sci Fi and fantasy ebooks, but I find it useful when I need to download a replacement copy of an ebook I bought from Baen. MobileRead – [...]
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