The books I downloaded weren't on Gutenberg at the time. That indeed would
have been easier!!!!!
What is the Andy Holt Virtual Library?
Sandy,
Instead of doing it chapter by chapter, wouldn't Guttenberg allow you to download the entire text as it is public domain? Better still, why not use the Andy Holt Virtual Library?
Michael
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 10:39 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: Sources for Books
If you want to download a chapter at a time, which I have done many times, you could convert them into text. The Bookport would certainly read them. This is how I downloaded books chapter by chapter. I opened a word processor program. After I downloaded said chapter, I selected it by pressing ctrl-A, copied it to the clipboard, then I pasted it into the empty word processor document. I then cursored to the end of the document, went to the next chapter I wanted to download and followed the same procedure. After I had downloaded the complete book, I saved it as a text file. I will be the first to tell you this is a tedious project. I won't do it again, unless there is a book that I just must read! I downloaded The Scottish Chiefs one chapter at a time... and that book is huge!!!!!!!!
At 05:28 AM 7/1/2006, you wrote:Hi,
I suppose you could cheat and use book port spider but then that would be up to yourself. You know, have it go iin and retrieve the links one by one for each chapter.
best
-James- ----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:mikebowmanjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>Michael Bowman-Jones To: <mailto:bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 6:52 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: Sources for Books
Hi, Don.
Thanks for the suggestion. I don't know if the Palmdale CA library has downloadable stuff from the California State library system or not but it is certainly worth a check, which I will do next week as my sighted wife has an open account.
As a trade-off that I had not thought of until now: There is an Internet library called Questa that offers primarily Social Science/Humanities-type books which are more along the lines of college textbooks. I think that a $75 (or something like that) annual fee is required in order to be able to download books; otherwise, all you can download are the book's links (Chapter I, Chapter II, etc), which I am supposing will not work with BP.
Thanks again.
Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:dbomer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Don (Tex) To: <mailto:bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 3:14 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: Sources for Books
Hi Michael,
Check with your local library. Even if they don't have EBooks or Audio books that you want they may offer a great many via download from your state library system.
In Texas we have Tex-Share that offers access to some NetLibrary EBooks and Audio books. And, in conjunction with Tex-Share, my wife has access to 28,000 Overdrive books (protected W M A format). Unfortunately, Overdrive books won't play on the BookPort, but they do on other players.
Regards,
Don... ----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:mikebowmanjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>Michael Bowman-Jones To: <mailto:bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 7:37 PM Subject: [bookport] Sources for Books
Greetings, All.
Though I have tossed out a few comments, I have very little experience with the BP (but am finding it is great) so have a question for all the veteran users out there:
I have seen reference to Audible.com and Bookshare as sources for downloadable books. Are there any other commercial and noncommercial sources (such as eReader and Baen, for example) that you have found to have lots of material and are fairly easy to use?
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.
Michael
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