Goodreads.com

Goodreads was launched in January 2007. It is the largest site for readers and book recommendations in the world. We have more than 9,200,000 members who have added more than 330,000,000 books to their shelves. A home for casual readers and bona-fide bookworms alike, Goodreads users recommend books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they've read and would like to read, find their next favorite book, form book clubs and much more. 

Check Goodreads on this link: http://www.goodreads.com/

Europeana

Europeana's professional knowledge-sharing platform is a place for facilitating the exchange of information and knowledge about the digitisation of cultural heritage:

• Europeana is a single access point to millions of books, paintings, films, museum objects and archival records that have been digitized throughout Europe. It is an authoritative source of information coming from European cultural and scientific institutions.
• Europeana is an opportunity to reach out to more users, increase their web traffic, enhance their users' experience and build new partnerships.
•  Europeana is a platform for knowledge exchange between librarians, curators, archivists and the creative industries.
•  Europeana is a prestigious initiative endorsed by the European Commission, and is a means to stimulate creative economy and promote cultural tourism.

To visit Europeana go to :  http://www.pro.europeana.eu/web/guest/home

e-Books: 1998 – The first ebook readers

From: Gutenbergnews.org

How about a book-sized electronic device that could store many books at once? The first ebook readers were the Rocket eBook and the SoftBook Reader, launched in Silicon Valley in 1998.... 

An article that tells the history and development of e-books and e-readers, check this link to read the complete article: 

http://www.gutenbergnews.org/20110716/ebooks-1998-the-first-ebook-readers/

Copyright © 2011 Marie Lebert

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What Is Audible?

Are you an active listeners who enjoy stories well told.

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Join the millions of listeners who've discovered a new way to receive the entertainment, information, and knowledge they seek. In addition to audiobooks, audible.com is home to radio shows, podcasts, stand-up comedy, and speeches from icons who shape our culture, politics, and business world. It features the best narrators interpreting books by top authors.

How can vocal inflection—a pause, a breath, a smile you can feel through your headphones—add to your experience of the latest best sellers and timeless classics?

Find out by downloading an audiobook now. And listen for yourself.

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Les 50 documents les plus téléchargés dans Gallica

Les usages que les Gallicanautes font de leur bibliothèque numérique réservent des surprises, comme en témoigne la liste des 50 documents les plus téléchargés dans Gallica..... lisez la suite de l'article sur: http://blog.bnf.fr/gallica/?p=4278

Les 5 premiers livres:

1 – Dictionnaire infernal de Collin de Plancy

2 – Mémoires d’outre-tombe de Chateaubriand

3 – Mémoires de Saint-Simon

4 – Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, tome I, 1835

5 – L’Art des jardins d’Édouard André, 1879

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