Thank you for a great Read an E-Book Week!
Our event is over for this year - but what a great time! Many of the retailers, publishers and authors have chosen to
extend their promotions for the month of March so please continue to check the side panel for
links - Deals and Steals.
Once again Read an E-Book Week spanned the globe. After English speaking guests, Hungary provided a huge number
of visitors this year, followed by the Philippines and Brazil. Among the many others were: Angola, Thailand, Libya, Argentina,
Switzerland, Mongolia... the list goes on!
Here's a comment on Read an E-Book Week and tips to expand your sales next year. Learn More . . .
Make your Used Kindle a Tool for Change
Do you have a used Kindle that you can donate to change a life? Worldreader will accept donations of used Kindles and
refurbish them. These e-readers provide almost immediate access to hundreds of thousands of books, from textbooks to bestsellers.
Some e-readers also have added features such as text-to-speech for new readers, the vision-impaired, or children whose parents
cannot read or whose native language is not the language of instruction. And, digital distribution makes possible the publication of much more local content, including newspapers, magazines,
flyers and newsletters, health and voting information.
To donate your used Kindle to Worldreader send an e-mail to kindles@worldreader.org
The Long Journey of E-Books
Shri Divakar, who holds an Associateship in Documentation and Information
Science from Indian Statistical Institute, has written a comprehensive article on the Journey of E-books from Plato to Michael Hart's Project
Gutenberg.
The article opens with this interesting tidbit: In Plato's Phaedrus, the dialogue between Socrates
and Phaedrus closes by questioning the value of the
written word. Writing things down "will atrophy people's
memories..." Learn more...
Meet our new logo courtesy of eBound Canada. We are very grateful for the effort that went into creating this logo for Read an E-Book Week and
hope you agree it suits us very well. Please feel free to use the logo on your website this year between March 3-9.
The list of e-book readers continues to grow, and new technologies—thanks to E Ink— make these devices more durable and easier to read in all lighting situations.
Learn more...
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