eBooks – Another Way to go Green!
If, like me you love to read, then e-books are a great idea being supported by people as a green way to read. Simply because this way you decrease the demand for the paper on which books are printed and consequently save trees! Also, with eBooks you don’t have to pay for shipping or wait until the book is shipped to you. It is a good idea, (though I still feel that curling up with an actual book is the best way there is to pass the time) so I wanted to take a dekko at the eBook sites on the internet.
This free eBook site gives you the option of downloading for free, all kinds of eBooks, on subjects as diverse as education, philosophy, fitness, business, fiction and many, many others. I wanted to download and finally read The Doll’s House which was an extremely influential play of its time; it was easy to do, after a relatively painless registration. The fun thing about this site is you can even upload your book on to this site to share with others. You know what they say, there’s a book inside all of us!
This site gives you access not only to books (you can search by title or author) but also gives you access to news and public domain material, features such as celebration of women writers and banned books and more book links.
With the success of eBooks like The Daughters of Freya books by email is a concept that is really catching on. Daily lit is a site that offers to periodically email you books part by part. Classics are usually mailed to you free of charge, while you pay for reading the more current books (The Daughters of Freya is $4.95). You can even gift these books (including the free ones!). Thought this was a great idea.
If, however, you are still convinced that holding a book in your hand and turning the pages is the
best way to read, there are of course a lot of sites that offer big discounts on conventional books as well. Book close outs is a site that offers up to 75% discount on books. Swim with the Sharks without being Eaten Alive, for instance is available at a 69% discount. Amazon also has a bargain book section where you can buy bargain books for under $5, $10 and $20 and so on. The All Discount Books site promises to find you the best prices for any book that you want, though this site leans more towards providing access to cheap text books.
I think books can be our best friends, and one of the best habits we can pass on to our children is the habit of reading. What do you think?
I had never thought of ebooks as being green, but it does make sense. I’ll have to add this post to next months environmental links post.
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Pixel Head » Thanks a lot for stopping by and for the future post about it.
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It dose make sense, but it seem hard for me.
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I wonder, though, whether downloading an e-book will still not be all that “green” since many of us will be tempted to print out a portion of or all of the book. Avid book readers will probably always want to hold a book in their hands.
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Good idea, but, to be frank, I still prefer hardcopy. I feel it is easier to read. Just my thought.
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Great tip about the free ebook site! I Stumbled your post for including that reference.
I started browsing thrift stores for books and am spending far less money at Barnes and Noble and am finding some amazing books that don’t show up in a mainstream book store.
In a sense, it’s a way of going green as I’m supporting book-recycling.
Thanks again, now I’m off to the free ebook site.
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