Thing 17: Books 2.0

i love this topic and wondered about the printed books .
i loved the resources provided here. i think most of the people especially from my country do not know about this.

• Google Books: has a variety of online books
• LitLovers LitLovers began as an online course and has grown into a literature community. Look here for ideas on how to start and run a book club, how to discuss a book, and more.
• Kidsreads and Teenreads Kidsreads and Teenreads are great places for young people to find information about their favorite books and authors. You can find book reviews, interviews with authors, games and other information here.
• Wired for BooksWired for Books is a project sponsored by Ohio University. It provides audio interviews with famous authors, including major prize winners.
• another wonderfully resources: e-Books Electronic books, or e-books, are read on your computer or a mobile device such as a cell phone or an e-book reader such as a Kindle. We have listed a few places where you can find free ebooks.
• Ebooks on America.gov
• ebrary Discover offers over 20,000 free e-books with a $5 registration fee.
• BooksInMyPhone
• Google Books for Mobile Phones
• The Online Books Page Lists over 35,000 electronic books, sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania.
• Project Gutenberg was the first producer of electronic books.
  NetLibrary Did you know that NetLibrary has lots of free ebooks in its catalog? The Ralph Bunche Library also subscribes to hundreds of proprietary ebooks that you can read.

Audio Books Here are some resources to help you find and download books in audio form and "bookcasts."

• LibriVox LibriVox provides free audio books from the public domain. You can listen from your computer or on a portable device such as an iPod.
• Open Culture Open Culture links to several audio books, including university course materials, foreign language learning resources, and more.
  Facebook ApplicationsThere are several applications on Facebook that focus on books.

Here are just a few:

• Visual Bookshelf
• WeRead (BooksiRead)
• WorldCat

very usefully and definitely will use when i make presentation of social media