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Originally Posted by GatorDeb
They're free, so...  |
No they are NOT free.
They are locked to your Reader using DRM.
Besides, they are
UGLY
You get much, much better "quality" after a few minutes formatting the book from the Project Gutenberg using OpenOffice.org
If you want to convert a bunch of books, just record a macro.
My suggested macro (once you get the text without hard breaks inside paragraphs - there are quite a few tricks amd macros published in other threads)
- Format -> page -> margins -> top, bottom, left and right 0.1 cm (you want to use all that nice screen for reading and not waste a large margin
- select all text
- Format - > font -> Arial (or helvetica, or any sans-serif font), size 16
- Format -> Paragraph -> Justification, left, First line indent 0.5 cm, space after paragraph 0.2cm
- Save result as an rtf file
You can also try Microsoft word, or Bookdesigner
It is important to experiment.
After 20 minutes of work you find out what layout is the best for YOU, and the next several thousand books will take you couple of minutes each to format individually.
Also, check the E-Books link on the top of this page.
I guarantee, the books here are much better formated than that ... aehm ... free (Phew!) "classics" from Sony. And they are *really* free. No strings attached. You can read them wherever you want using whatever device you fancy.
To answer your original question
I am not aware of any book that would be available from Sonny Connect "clasics" that is not available elsewhere for free. Really free.