I thought the Gutenberg Project site was great. Although they do really push for donations. I can understand as digitizing all of this material and making Audio recordings is a huge undertaking. I’m really surprised that so much of this is available for free.
These are some great resources that I plan to visit again and again:
World eBook Fair
LibriVox
British Library
Makeuseof.com’s list of best resources for free eBooks
Are eBooks as valuable as traditional print books? I think so. When it comes down to it, it’s all about the story or information that is being shared. Prior to the time of printing, stories and information were shared by word of mouth. It’s all the same thing – just different mediums.
I think that as e-book readers improve and become less expensive, they will become more common and printing will die off for the most part. I wonder if it will die off completely though. I have kept books that have held special meaning to me for ages, some were handed down. That practice doesn’t translate easily to the digital format. You can’t include an inscription on an eBook, although maybe some day.
