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happy_terd · 01-14-2010, 07:55 PM

Working on starting a library for my ebooks / future ebooks. I was hoping to be able to get a format that was pretty much universal so not to have to constantly be converting to different formats every few years. So far I have decided on EPUBS.

I purchased a butt load of sony ebooks and decided that their software headaches are too many to be worth my time to build a library therein. The current books I got I would like to keep, but with DRM why bother. I dont mind having to used 52 different programs to get it to work with my ereader and whatever program I use to transfer them, but i do not want to have to repeatedly do that forever and ever, every time something changes. Too bad once you own an ebook you do not really own it.

FREE is what I am about now. Maybe a few of you could list a few sites where I can download a bunch of free books (legal) to get my elibrary started.

Also, has anyone here purchased any of the ebay cds with ebooks on them? It's only 10 bucks and it says all public domain on a few of the seller's pages. it would be worth the 10 bucks to save myself the trouble of downloading a lot of the classics one at a time.

thanks

01-14-2010, 07:55 PM	#1
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	starting a library Working on starting a library for my ebooks / future ebooks. I was hoping to be able to get a format that was pretty much universal so not to have to constantly be converting to different formats every few years. So far I have decided on EPUBS. I purchased a butt load of sony ebooks and decided that their software headaches are too many to be worth my time to build a library therein. The current books I got I would like to keep, but with DRM why bother. I dont mind having to used 52 different programs to get it to work with my ereader and whatever program I use to transfer them, but i do not want to have to repeatedly do that forever and ever, every time something changes. Too bad once you own an ebook you do not really own it. FREE is what I am about now. Maybe a few of you could list a few sites where I can download a bunch of free books (legal) to get my elibrary started. Also, has anyone here purchased any of the ebay cds with ebooks on them? It's only 10 bucks and it says all public domain on a few of the seller's pages. it would be worth the 10 bucks to save myself the trouble of downloading a lot of the classics one at a time. thanks