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Argel · 02-08-2010, 06:16 AM

The British Library, The UK's central copyright library, is to make first editions of 19th century authors such as Dickens available for free downlaod as ebooks, according to this report in the Daily Telelgraph:

British Library to offer 19th Century first editions for free download on Amazon Kindle

Whether the underpaid news monkey who wrote the story understands enough about ebooks to justify the statement that the books are for the Kindle remains to be seen. But given the size of the BL's collection this is terrific news.

02-08-2010, 06:16 AM	#1
Argel Opinionated [but right] Posts: 281 Karma: 1412 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: UK Device: Cybook Gen3, PRS 505, Kindle Int, Oasis, Paperwhite, Scribe	First editions from The British Library The British Library, The UK's central copyright library, is to make first editions of 19th century authors such as Dickens available for free downlaod as ebooks, according to this report in the Daily Telelgraph: British Library to offer 19th Century first editions for free download on Amazon Kindle Whether the underpaid news monkey who wrote the story understands enough about ebooks to justify the statement that the books are for the Kindle remains to be seen. But given the size of the BL's collection this is terrific news.