I have used the “Project Gutenberg” site before and found “Many Books” site had lots of free e-books too.
E-books make reading very accessible ie being able to have lots of books kept in a lightweight portable device available at the touch of a finger. However copyright laws do provide some restrictions between countries which can be frustrating at present.
There is potential for the e-book, I think from a student’s perspective, in having textbooks available in this format. Would certainly save lugging them around in your school bag! Would have to be cheaper and also as curriculums change and textbooks update constantly it would have to save a few forests as well!! However from a school library point of view how to manage this format, taking into consideration Digital Rights Management, copyright and availability of Australian material etc requires some forethought and research.
As much as the idea of e-books sounds great, nothing beats reading a real book!!
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