Project Gutenberg has about 42,000 books for free. They are archiving
all the books which went out of copyright:
http://www.gutenberg.org
CB
On 12/3/13 4:53 PM, Scott Rumery wrote:
Not true. There are thousands of free ePub books available on the Internet if
you are willing to just look for them, and those of us who self publish our own
writings usually create drm free eBooks that can be read with such a program.
I am not saying that Q-Read for the Mac will be the only solution for this type
of thing but as of right now I don’t of any other programs that do this that
are completely accessible.
Scott
On Dec 3, 2013, at 4:40 PM, Maria and Joe Chapman <bubbygirl1...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi.
from what I’m reading you would still need ibooks to read an ibook and still
would be unable to read kindle books on the mac. Bookshare would be it’s only
advantage and maybe pdf?
Warm regards and blessings
Maria, Joe and FurBabies
Email: iMessage:bubbygirl1...@gmail.com
On 3 Dec 2013, at 2:34 pm, Littlefield, Tyler <ty...@tysdomain.com> wrote:
I have a few points here.
First, my message was not an attack on Q or his software. I used qwitter and
while it was around it was useful. It had a lot of issues and rather than
rewrite it, it was abandoned for better horizons. Whether or not you agree with
this is sort of irrelivant as it happens all the time. If it was freeware, then
by all means the author can do what he or she wants and that's done over and
over again. If it was hope, I feel like the author at least has some small
obligation to the end-users.
My points were that I do dismiss it, but not out of hand. I don't believe it is
fair to require $1200 in licensing fees from users before you decide whether or
not you'll make something. If I buy a piece of software, I buy it based on the
software itself. Having not tried it, I will not pledge any money toward the
future of something that may not even be released or that I may not even like.
On 12/2/2013 10:12 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
It's a book/file reader. It handles epub, daisy, pdf, and other formats, and
can save your place automatically when you close a book. It has other features
as well, but I'm not a user of the program so can't enumerate them.
Yes, Qwitter was quite a big deal, but as I recall there were problems beyond
users asking questions. Hope has not been updated, but honestly, it works well
and is not lacking any features I can find, so does it really need an update?
I'm not saying I would commit to buying Q-Read for Mac, since I know I would
not use it enough (I read mostly on my iPhone) but look into this more before
dismissing it out of hand. Yes, iBooks is now on the Mac, but can anyone really
call using it a good reading experience?
On Dec 2, 2013, at 9:55 PM, Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> wrote:
I think I’d have to have a lot more information before I decide to commit. For
example, what books does it access. which formats. What are its advantages over
other readers? It sounds like a good thing in principle, but what is it in
practice?
Teresa
"We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan
On Dec 2, 2013, at 4:43 PM, Dave O. <dave...@gmail.com> wrote:
Especially from a developer who's history is of abandoning software when his
users start to ask questions regarding software bugs or features that he feels
aren't important or worth his time.
And I agree with Tyler. $30 is a lot to commit to for something when it doesn't
exist.
But personally, I don't give that developer a dime of my money. Not ever.
Ask the users of Qwitter and Hope how they feel.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"MacVisionaries" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"MacVisionaries" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Have a great day,
Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini)
mehg...@gmail.com
--
Take care,
Ty
http://tds-solutions.net
He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that
dares not reason is a slave.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"MacVisionaries" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"MacVisionaries" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
--
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"MacVisionaries" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
