Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Week 11 E-books

I can see e-books being very effective especially with regard to textbooks where you can easily search on screen for specific areas of interest. The Gutenberg Project is a great undertaking especially as a lot of texts go out of print. I did look into the audio books at my local library (Port Phillip) - The title Jane Eyre comprised 16 compact discs that approximated to 20 hours of listening time. I must admit though that the tactile reality of the book you can snuggle up to read in bed will always be my preference.

1 comment:

  1. I love your different font colours for each post!

    Sixteen discs seems like such a huge number when you could just get one audio file! Port Phillip is a great library service though - no fines!

    Fiona

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