11-29-2002, 09:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Microsoft Reader Catalog of eBooks
Microsoft has put up a web page of TUCOMSLEB. (The Ultimate Collection of Microsoft LIT eBooks.) Ok, doesn't quite roll off the tongue like TUCOWS.  One thing to keep in mind though - I looked up several classics, like Moby Dick. That is part of the public domain now and free. Many of the links MS has in their catalog will take you to a site that will have a minimal charge for the work put into editing and compiling it - usually $2.99 or so. I therefore recommend before you go there in search of a classic, check out Ken Mattern's most excellent Elegant Software Solutions and Publishing Company ebook site, or ESSPC for short.
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11-30-2002, 12:59 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Oct 2002
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I get a lot of my ebooks from www.blackmask.com. It's a Canadian site, so they have a lot of Canadian authors. They also have thousands of free books in many categories. I am slowly going through _War and Peace_, which I downloaded from the site.
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11-30-2002, 02:02 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Now.. doesn't Microsoft have another list of ebook source? One is a University and they have all of the books for free.
Can't remember the exact one really.
ppcsurfr
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11-30-2002, 02:11 PM
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Moderator
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Originally Posted by ppcsurfr
Now.. doesn't Microsoft have another list of ebook source? One is a University and they have all of the books for free.
Can't remember the exact one really.
ppcsurfr
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I think you mean this: Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia
Steve
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11-30-2002, 02:12 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: May 2002
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The category sorting on this "library" site is pathetic. Select "Technology" as a topic for example. In addition to a few technology titles, you also get:
101 More Best Cover Letters
The Art of War (2 entries)
Napoleon on the Art of War
and a bunch more war-related titles that have nothing to do with technology. Not to mention that it doesn't point to most other good sources of e-books... argh. Nice to have a tool... but it would be nice to have a comprehensive tool.
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11-30-2002, 05:31 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Originally Posted by Unreal32
The category sorting on this "library" site is pathetic.
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I also enjoyed War and Peace under "Litterary Criticism"
But what can you expect from the people that gave use the MS Reader Library function? :roll:
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11-30-2002, 05:32 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Nov 2002
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www.mslit.com
RE: the "technology" and other categorization problems. The main categories used in this site are based on industry standard subject codes, and this information is provided by the publishers... This leads to some strange categories, like "Technology - Military Science" (The Art of War) or "Technology - Technical Writing" for 101 Cover Letters.
However, you can 'sub-select' categories below the high level "Technology" category simply by using the pull-down. For example, select "Techology - Telecommunications"...
This site, though not perfect, is a *great* resource... It has a 'free ebooks' section that includes all the University of Virginia stuff, plus University of Oregon collection, free offerings from Amazon, Open An Ebook (these are current titles), and even a currency calculator for your PocketPC built as a MSLIT dictionary.
FYI, Here are the current free books from the MSLIT "top 10" list:
Encarta Pocket Dictionary
The Time Machine
English-Spanish Pocket Dictionary
Sister Carrie
New York: The Rough Guide
Currency Converter (U.S. Dollars)
Lee Chia
Sea Glass
Total Word Domination
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12-02-2002, 01:25 PM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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Dictionaries
Well, I'm glad I saw this. I found that Microsoft has added Spanish (and Italian) to their language dictionaries. They had German and French in the past, but I wondered where Spanish was, especially given current population trends in the U.S. It's good to finally see they've produced English-Spanish and Spanish-English dictionaries.
Steve
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12-02-2002, 03:12 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 135
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Free eBooks
Thanks for the plug Ed. I've not posted many books in the past couple of months for three reasons.
First, having lost much of the use of my right arm it is a lot harder to do the work. Hopefully the surgery will fix that.
Second, work on Electric Quill 3.0 is a really major undertaking. Hint - it will do .LIT, .PDF and .PRC (Mobipocket) eBook formats. Watch out OverDrive :wink:
Third, I'm in the process of converting all of my eBooks to PDF and PRC. This will permit so many more people to read my
Free eBooks.
Ken
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12-04-2002, 04:00 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 126
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Anyone know what happened to this site? I could get there the other day, but can't now - can't even find a DNS entry for it ...
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