Thanks Esther, I'll try this out. On 3 Dec 2009, at 19:47, Esther wrote:
> 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. 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