I haven't joined up to download e-books yet. However, I regularly check the Gutenberg site and have even tried to read using a palm reader. Perhaps it was the book - Three Men in a Boat, but it was not the book experience that I wanted.
The project founder, Michale Hart, was quoted today in TheAge Green Guide as saying that "printed books will go the way of the dodo". I rather agree.
Industry people seem to think that ebooks will be "significantly cheaper than hardbacks" in the future.
Some sites to check out...Bruce Preston's Australian e-book newsletter is at www.e-book.com.au
Google book search is books.google.com.au
Project Gutenberg is gutenberg.org and guenberg.net.au
I'd love to work on the latter when I get some time.
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