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Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman's blog. Books 'n' stuff. You won't like it.
fantasy  fiction  writer  blog  neil-gaiman  books  authors  literature 
22 days ago by stephenjgrant
Bookclub (BBC Podcasts)
James Naughtie and readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best known novels. Authors include: Douglas Adams, Alan Bennett, Alice Sebold and Maya Angelou. 15+ years worth available indefinitely.
radio  books  podcasts  writers  Writing  fiction  novels  audio 
4 weeks ago by stephenjgrant
Voices In The Dark
Free MP3 Audio Books. Audio books and stories read aloud by real people for free!
audio  audiobooks  books  mp3  short-stories 
4 weeks ago by stephenjgrant
Girlebooks
Girlebooks is your resource for classic and contemporary ebooks by female writers.
books  e-books  women  writers  literature  fiction 
4 weeks ago by stephenjgrant
Baen Free Library
Baen Books is now making available — for free — a number of its titles in electronic format. Read these titles online — no conditions, no strings attached - or, if you prefer, you can download the books in one of several formats. Again, with no conditions or strings attached. Mostly science fiction.
e-books  library  publisher  science-fiction  sci-fi  free  drm-free  books 
4 weeks ago by stephenjgrant
UBU Editions
Publishing The Unpublishable. Edited by Kenneth Goldsmith. 2007-present. All kindsa weird shit. Weird in a good way.
publishing  poetry  books  e-books  artists  creative-writing  open-access 
4 weeks ago by stephenjgrant
The Ware Tetralogy by Rudy Rucker
It starts with Software, where rebel robots bring immortality to their human creator by eating his brain. Software won the first Philip K. Dick Award. All you need to know. Creative Commons licence.
science-fiction  fiction  books  e-book  Rudy-Rucker  culture  ebooks  free  scifi 
9 weeks ago by stephenjgrant
Inkling for iPad (iTunes App Store)
Inkling is a platform for interactive textbooks, built from the ground up for iPad. It turns paper-based textbooks into engaging, interactive learning experiences while staying compatible with the print book for classroom use.
books  e-books  education  textbooks  ipad  apple  publishing 
12 weeks ago by stephenjgrant
FlipSnack
FlipSnack is an online flipping book software that allows you to convert PDF documents into Flash page flip digital publications. It's the ideal solution for those who wish to embed a book, magazine, catalog, newspaper, portfolio or any other kind of document into a website or blog.
flipbook  pdf  books  ebook  tools  web-app  library 
march 2012 by stephenjgrant
Small Demons
Welcome to the Storyverse. The people, places and things from books,
and everywhere they can take you. Facebook for the sentient...?
books  culture  fiction  inspiration  reading  literacy  library 
february 2012 by stephenjgrant
bookType
The open source platform to write and publish print and digital books. Booktype is a free, open source platform that produces beautiful, engaging books formatted for print, Amazon, iBooks and almost any ereader within minutes. Create books on your own or with others via an easy-to-use web interface. Build a community around your content with social tools and use the reach of mobile, tablet and ebook technology to engage new audiences.
books  e-books  ebooks  publishing  open-source  software  download 
february 2012 by stephenjgrant
The Library Book (Profile Books)
There’s more to your library than you thought! Why is Alan Bennett’s Baffled at a Bookcase? What are Lucy Mangan’s Ten Library Rules? Why did Hardeep Singh Kohli befriend a punk in Glasgow library and what domobile library drivers really get up to?

Find out in The Library Book where an all-star lineup of authors reveal all.
libraries  library  books  reading  publisher  authors  writers 
february 2012 by stephenjgrant
Smashwords
Smashwords is an ebook publishing and distribution platform for ebook authors, publishers, agents and readers. We offer multi-format, DRM-free ebooks, ready for immediate sampling and purchase, and readable on any e-reading device.
publishing  e-books  books  ebooks 
january 2012 by stephenjgrant
ebrary Knowledge Base
This site contains best practices and tips written by ebrary’s Product and Technical Support to address questions you may have with ebrary products.
e-books  ebrary  tech-support  proquest  help  books  library 
january 2012 by stephenjgrant
iBooks (App Store)
New version with added (USA) textbooks but needed for the iTunesU app.
iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books. iBooks includes the iBookstore, where you can download the latest bestselling books or your favorite classics – day or night. Browse your library on a beautiful bookshelf, tap a book to open it, flip through pages with a swipe or a tap, and bookmark or add notes to your favorite passages.
apple  e-books  App  ipad  iphone  ipod-touch  reading  books 
january 2012 by stephenjgrant
Cat-Nav (App Store)
Cat-Nav guides you to the cream of the App Store with six new reviews of the best interactive picture books, graphic novels and other immersive writing apps every week.
e-books  App  apple  ipod-touch  books  reading  graphic-novel  interactive 
january 2012 by stephenjgrant
2ePub
2EPUB allows you to convert PDF, doc and other types of documents & books to ePub format, the standard format for ebooks, supported by almost every reading device including iPad, iPhone, iPod, Sony Reader, BeBook, Nook, Kobo (for Kindle use .mobi).
converter  e-book  epub  pdf  online  web-app  kindle  reader  books 
november 2011 by stephenjgrant
Litfy
All the free e-books you can muster. Read all the novels you want, anywhere, anytime, on any device, for free. Or so they say...
e-books  Web2.0  education  books  reading  free 
november 2011 by stephenjgrant
Mervyn Peake
Artist, illustrator of Alice in Wonderland and Treasure Island, poet and author of Titus Groan and Gormenghast - 1911-1968. Centenary.
literature  books  art  illustration  writers  Mervyn_Peake  english-literature 
october 2011 by stephenjgrant
Gormenghast
The official website from Mervyn Peake's estate.
literature  art  books  Mervyn_Peake  english-literature 
october 2011 by stephenjgrant
The Internet Speculative Fiction Database
The ISFDB is a community effort to catalog works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. It links together various types of bibliographic data: author bibliographies, publication bibliographies, award listings, magazine content listings, anthology and collection content listings, and forthcoming books.
sci-fi  books  database  scifi  literature  fiction  reference 
october 2011 by stephenjgrant
PDF Search Books
PDFSb is a free for all website, and may be called a hub of free PDF books. The website serves as a link to the millions of free PDF books online. The good thing, it gives you all of those in 1 place. Not only that, but the ability to search for a book makes things a lot easier. Currently, the database holds 6,500,000+ books and ever growing!
ebook  books  e-books  pdf  search-engine  search  free  creative-commons 
october 2011 by stephenjgrant
simplebooklet
Create free promotions, product guides and brochures you can post anywhere across the social web.
publishing  e-books  web-app  ebooks  interactive  online  writing  books  presentation 
october 2011 by stephenjgrant
Google eBookstore
Just launched in the UK. Underwhelmed we are, underwhelmed...
e-books  Google  books  store  UK 
october 2011 by stephenjgrant
Independent bookshops in Scotland (Guardian Books)
The Scottish entries from The Guardian's Independent bookshops guide. Parochial? Sure!
books  Scotland  shopping  reference  Guardian 
october 2011 by stephenjgrant
Chapter and Verse (Loden Software)
Chapter and Verse is a free software tool to create chapterized audiobooks for the iPod, iTunes and Quicktime. Starting with Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) formatted files, or any other audio file supported in iTunes, the user can combine multiple input files into a single audiobook file with chapter marks.
itunes  audiobook  software  ipod  mp3  books 
october 2011 by stephenjgrant
Eve's Diary by Mark Twain (Project Gutenberg)
Short story now "unbanned" in the US of A. My word, those risque woodcuts!
literature  book  mark-twain  american-literature  arts  books  e-books  design 
september 2011 by stephenjgrant
The Book Depository free e-books
About 11000 public domain e-books. Worth a look but don't expect too much...
e-books  books  free  library  literature  makeuseof 
september 2011 by stephenjgrant
DigiLibraries
Free eBooks library. "DigiLibraries.com offers a digital source of eBooks for any taste, a vast range of titles in digital format and our eBooks collection is growing all the time".
e-books  library  free  download  sony-reader  kindle  books  aggregator  makeuseof 
september 2011 by stephenjgrant
Front Row Daily (BBC Podcasts)
Interviews with leading novelists, musicians, film directors, artists and more, from Radio 4's flagship arts show, presented by Mark Lawson, Kirsty Lang and John Wilson.
podcasts  bbc  radio  theatre  cinema  books  arts  creative-arts  music 
september 2011 by stephenjgrant
The Guardian and Observer Book Swap
"From Friday 16 September, we'll be asking people all over the UK to join in the Guardian and Observer Book Swap. Here's how you can take part..."
books  reading  literature  newspaper  community  guardian 
september 2011 by stephenjgrant
Inkmesh
Ebook search engine to find free ebooks and compare ebook prices for the Kindle, iPhone, Nook, Sony Reader and more!
e-books  search-engine  sony-reader  kindle  search  library  books  free  price 
september 2011 by stephenjgrant
Hathi Trust Digital Library
The Hathi Trust Digital Library brings together the immense collections of partner institutions in digital form, preserving them securely to be accessed and used today, and in future generations. Also being sued but there you go... http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/sep/13/writers-sue-university-libraries-copyright
books  digitisation  academic  library  usa  google 
september 2011 by stephenjgrant
Haruki Murakami - “Town of Cats” (The New Yorker)
Short story by the "cult" Japanese writer, soon (allegedly) to become very hip indeed. So where have you been exactly? Is it still hip to use hip? Oh... Just awesome.
literature  fiction  short-stories  haruki-murakami  books  Japan 
september 2011 by stephenjgrant
The American Novel Since 1945 (Open Yale Courses)
In "The American Novel Since 1945" students will study a wide range of works from 1945 to the present. The course traces the formal and thematic developments of the novel in this period, focusing on the relationship between writers and readers, the conditions of publishing, innovations in the novel's form, fiction's engagement with history, and the changing place of literature in American culture.
american-literature  novels  open-courseware  yale  education  literature  e-learning  books 
september 2011 by stephenjgrant
Hacking the Academy (e-book)
This volume was assembled and edited by Dan Cohen and Tom Scheinfeldt from the best of over 300 submissions received during a spirited week when the two editors actively solicited ideas for how the academy could be beneficially reformed using digital media and technology.
education  e-book  learning-technologies  crowd-sourcing  academia  books  digitisation 
september 2011 by stephenjgrant
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
Creative Commons-licensed version of the Orwell classic. Read online or download as epub.
free  George-Orwell  socialism  history  english-literature  literature  books  e-book 
august 2011 by stephenjgrant
ManyBooks
Ad-free eBooks for your iPad, smartphone, or eBook reader
library  e-books  free  aggregator  portal  books  education 
july 2011 by stephenjgrant
Pottermore ( J.K. Rowling)
Pottermore is a free website that builds an exciting online experience around the reading of the Harry Potter books.
Come back on 31st July to find out how you can get the chance to enter Pottermore early.
harry-potter  reading  books  multimedia  children's-literature  literacy 
june 2011 by stephenjgrant
UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004
UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004, includes almost 2,000 books from academic presses on a range of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction. Access to the entire collection of electronic books is open to all University of California faculty, staff, and students, while more than 500 of the titles are available to the public.
library  free  e-books  books  academic 
june 2011 by stephenjgrant
British Library 19th Century Books for iPad
Literature? iPad user? Mmm... This application provides access to titles from the BL’s 19th century book collection. It includes classic novels, works of philosophy, history and science.
literature  apps  itunes  ipad  english-literature  history  library  british-library  books 
june 2011 by stephenjgrant
Invitation to World Literature
See beneath the surface of 13 great works of world literature that have traveled the globe with this course resource for teachers, students, and lovers of literature.
literature  video  annenberg  open-courseware  books  reading 
february 2011 by stephenjgrant
ISBN check
A site for checking ISBNs and searching for the correct ISBNs of books based on faulty ISBNs
books  isbn  libraries  reference  validator  tools  cataloguing  classification  library 
october 2010 by stephenjgrant
Franz Kafka online
The Works and Life of Franz Kafka - one of the most acclaimed and influential writers of the twentieth century.
literature  books  franz-kafka  german-literature  fiction 
september 2010 by stephenjgrant
Booker prize 2010
Interactive Booker short-list from The Guardian.
books  booker-prize  literature  guardian  interactive 
september 2010 by stephenjgrant
MyMoodle Books
A collection of HTML books providing staff training on using Moodle.
moodle  resources  tutorials  vle  e-books  learning-technologies  books  education 
september 2010 by stephenjgrant
Textualities
Textualities covers diverse aspects of the world of the book, from author interviews and original writing to specialist articles about rare and collectable books. textualities.net is a free resource which grew out of Scottish Book Collector magazine and makes use of its wonderful archive, as well as introducing new material, including audio. You can also purchase the annual printed Textualities compilation.
arts  books  literature  magazine  scotland  publishing  writing  scottish  creative-writing  journal  open-access 
september 2010 by stephenjgrant
Bibliofaction
Bibliofaction is an exciting community for writers and people who love short stories. Short Stories, Online Self Publishing, Creative Writing Community |
creative-writing  writing  community  short-stories  collaboration  reading  writers  literature  books 
september 2010 by stephenjgrant
Protagonize
Collaborative story & creative fiction writing community. Get creative. Protagonize lets you explore your hidden writing talent.
creative-writing  writing  community  social-networking  collaboration  english  fiction  web2.0  storytelling  literature  books 
september 2010 by stephenjgrant
Anthologize
Use the power of WordPress to transform online content into an electronic book.
blogs  blogging  book  epub  generator  e-books  publishing  software  open-source  wordpress  writing  books  library2.0 
august 2010 by stephenjgrant
Faulkner at Virginia
William Faulkner audio archive at the University of Virginia.
archive  audio  books  education  english  literature  history  writers  writing  william-faulkner 
august 2010 by stephenjgrant
epubBooks
Free eBooks for your iPad, Sony and other mobile eReader - Unleash Your Books
e-books  free  classics  books  epub  reader  sony-reader 
july 2010 by stephenjgrant
Ulysses "Seen"!
Graphic novelisation of the James Joyce classic. Very good indeed. For Bloomsday!
comic  literature  ireland  james-joyce  irish  graphic-novel  free  books  art 
june 2010 by stephenjgrant
Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature
'Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature' is an open full-text ejournal. Papers publishes two issues each year, which include six or seven essays and occasional review essays of recent books on children’s literature.
literature  children's-literature  children  books  open-access  journal  english-literature 
may 2010 by stephenjgrant
Digital Comic Museum
Digital Comic Museum is a very large website archive of U.S. comic books known to be in the public domain.
archive  books  comics  e-books  retro  vintage  public-domain  graphic-design  graphic-arts  downloads 
may 2010 by stephenjgrant
International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS)
IVIS is an on-line publisher of veterinary books and proceedings. The IVIS website currently includes 1,673 book chapters and proceeding articles. Registration is free and takes less than one minute.
veterinary  animal-care  companion-animals  open-access  books  e-books  library 
april 2010 by stephenjgrant
ComicRack
ComicRack is the best eComic reader and manager for Windows computers. It is an all-in-one solution to read and manage your eComic library.
application  books  comics  database  pdf  reader  e-books  freeware  reading  download  software  windows 
april 2010 by stephenjgrant
Nietzsche Source - Home
Provides online scholarly editions of the works of the German 19th-century philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche.
archive  archives  german  philosophy  literature  classics  books  politics  e-books  nietzsche 
march 2010 by stephenjgrant
Free Download Engineering | Science | Technology Books
Provides online information about engineering book / e-books and software with a public domain licence or similar.
books  e-books  e-book  electrical-engineering  electronics  engineering  free 
march 2010 by stephenjgrant
Signed Stories (ITV)
Free videos featuring children's stories with subtitles and signed in British Sign Language.
accessibility  BSL  stories  storytelling  disability  deaf  hearing-impairment  british-sign-language  kids  library  books  education 
march 2010 by stephenjgrant
The Personal MBA
Get a world-class business education: helping you learn essential business principles without mortgaging your life. Costs money. Sorry!
blog  books  business  entrepreneurship  management  marketing  mba  productivity  reference  resources 
march 2010 by stephenjgrant
Monocle
Monocle is digital books for everyone. You can use it on any device with a modern web browser.Monocle is drop-in. You can embed a 'book' on any webpage with two lines of code — one to include the library, one to initialize the reader. Monocle is approximately 25kb and has no dependencies on external JavaScript libraries.
epub  e-books  javascript  opensource  reader  reading  books  web-design 
march 2010 by stephenjgrant
BooksShouldBeFree.com
Your source for free audio books. Download one in mp3, iPod and iTunes format today!
audio  audiobooks  books  free  mp3  e-books  literature 
march 2010 by stephenjgrant
GradeSaver
Study Guides. GradeSaver offers the highest quality study guides. Written and edited by Harvard students, ClassicNotes are the best book notes available online, in PDF or in print from Amazon.
literature  education  e-books  study-guides  free  online  reference  books  study  english  research  writing 
february 2010 by stephenjgrant
Perseus Digital Library
Flagship collection covers the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world.
classics  history  reference  greek  latin  library  literature  roman-empire  greece  e-books  books  research 
february 2010 by stephenjgrant
Sigil
Sigil is a multi-platform WYSIWYG ebook editor. It is designed to edit books in ePub format.
e-books  books  software  open-source  windows  linux  editor  sony-reader  kindle  converter  publishing  mac  wysiwyg 
february 2010 by stephenjgrant
eBooks@Adelaide
Free Web Books, Online. The University of Adelaide Library’s collection of Classic Works of Literature, Philosophy, Science, History, and Exploration and Travel.
library  reference  e-books  literature  philosophy  reading  books  science  university  classics 
february 2010 by stephenjgrant
Romance Novel Yourself
Put your picture on the cover of a romance novel.
book  photo  photography  fun  books  design  graphic-design 
february 2010 by stephenjgrant
The Free Library
The Free Library offers full-text versions of classic literary works from hundreds of celebrated authors. It also includes a massive collection of periodicals from hundreds of leading publications covering many areas.
reference  library  books  e-books  newspapers  magazines  periodicals  open-access  resources  literature 
february 2010 by stephenjgrant
Community College Open Textbook Collaborative
The Community College Open Textbook Collaborative* (CCOTC) is a collection of colleges, governmental agencies, educational nonprofits, and other education-related organizations. The collaborative provides training for instructors adopting open resources, peer reviews of open textbooks, an online professional network, support for authors opening their resources, and other services.
e-books  education  e-learning  textbooks  creative-commons  books  free  library  community  college  educational 
february 2010 by stephenjgrant
American Mathematical Society Books Online
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) provides a listing of AMS books which are available free, full text online.
mathematics  e-books  free  creative-commons  maths  academic  reference  resources  books 
february 2010 by stephenjgrant
The Millions
The Millions, offering coverage on books, arts, and culture since 2003.
literature  books  blog  writing  community  reading  publishing  book  literary  reviews  criticism  culture  art  book-reviews 
january 2010 by stephenjgrant
AudioOwl
Free Audio Books - Download mp3 and iPod format today!
audio-books  books  free  audiobooks  english  reading  ipod  ebooks  mp3  audio 
january 2010 by stephenjgrant
Awful Library Books
Librarians, bibliophiles and lovers of nostalgia are all welcome here. Funny stuff. Both ways funny...
library  books  literature  blog  libraries  librarianship  librarians  humour  funny  weird 
january 2010 by stephenjgrant
The-eBook-Reader.com
The-eBook-Reader.com is an organized, informative resource for everything about the growing world of electronic book readers, often called ebook readers or ereaders.
books  ebooks  reader  sony-reader  kindle  e-books  learning-technologies  blog 
january 2010 by stephenjgrant
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