Hi James, Chris, Richie, and Others, There's the Bookworm online ePub ebook reading platform that O'Reilly is hosting:
http://bookworm.oreilly.com/ I did try this out, and it has a particularly simple interface for requesting and downloading books in ePub format from Project Gutenberg. I checked this out a while ago as part of my explorations of potential ways of reading e-books on the iPod Touch and iPhone, and standard format issues. The ePub format looks to be the closest thing to an open (non-DRM) standard. The Bookworm web interface works. You have to sign up for an account so that you can log in. However, in Safari the annoying thing is that I keep hearing some extraneous information that is in the outer frame (outside the ebook) when I read page to page. (Everything else is fine and accessible). If I stuck with this, I'd probably see whether there was a way of accessing the ePub formats in the local library that is set up for you, and try to convert the formats to PDF for preview using Stanza Desktop. On the actual iPhone/iPod Touch, the Stanza app interface has a very simple way to search and download free public domain books from Project Gutenberg by choosing "ManyBooks" in the online catalog list. The only problem is that Stanza isn't quite yet up to handling reading through all these books automatically and painlessly with VoiceOver yet -- and I don't want to have to touch every page to start the next reading. If you go to the Blind Cool Tech site, you can look for a podcast on Ebook Reading that a windows users did about Bookworm back in August. HTH Cheers, Esther James & Nash wrote: > Hi Chris > > You wrote: >> So isn't project gutenberg just a web site where I can download >> various formats of out-of-copyright books? What does the client do? > > Yes PG is just that, however, a client would give immediate access > to everything rather than having to navigate the website. Perhaps a > bit lazy, but with the client you may be able to search in different > ways than are available on the site. > > TC > James > James > On 2 Dec 2009, at 20:31, Chris Blouch wrote: > >> So isn't project gutenberg just a web site where I can download >> various formats of out-of-copyright books? What does the client do? >> >> CB >> >> James & Nash wrote: >>> >>> Hi Richie, >>> >>> Good to hear from you. We've not spoken in a long time. >>> >>> Thanks for the heads up on the Project Gutenberg situation. >>> >>> Please get in touch off list if you fancy a chat. >>> >>> TC >>> >>> James >>> On 1 Dec 2009, at 23:29, Richie Gardenhire wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Greg Kearney is working on writing a program which will give us >>>> access >>>> to the Gutenberg project site so we can download books from that >>>> site. There are probably others working on similar software. >>>> Richie >>>> Gardenhire, Anchorage,Alaska. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Dec 1, 2009, at 1:03 PM, James & Nash wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi list, >>>> >>>> On Windows, the Webbie application suite has a fantastic app for >>>> accessing the Project Gutenberg site. Does anything like this exist >>>> for the Mac? I know that there is one called Guten, but as yet, >>>> I've >>>> not got it to work. How do people find accessing the Gutenberg >>>> site, >>>> and do they have any tips? >>>> >>>> Thank you for taking the time to read this. >>>> >>>> TC >>>> >>>> James >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> . >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>> Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> . >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >> . > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en > . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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