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Submit free books and their author/license/title metadata using the <tt>summary</tt> macro below, or on the [[Talk:Books|talk page]]! |
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We are no longer asking for books for inclusion in the XO laptop. Thank you all for your contributions! --[[User:Quozl|Quozl]] 01:07, 26 June 2014 (UTC) |
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Books are a concept, a collection format, a way of organizing ideas; including [[#Ebooks|ebooks]], textbooks, picturebooks and others. There are many books in the public domain, or under [[GFDL]], various [[Creative Commons]], and other licenses. |
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Other languages: see [[Books/Spanish|Spanish]] (and [[Libros]]), [[Books/Portuguese|Portuguese]] |
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* According to Wikipedia page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book Book] - "A book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf is called a page. A set of text-filled or illustrated pages produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book, or e-book." |
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Books may be available at no cost in electronic form if they are out of copyright (hence in the [[Public Domain]]), or if they are published under a Free license, such as [[GFDL]] or [[Creative Commons]]. The OLPC project was critically dependent on availability of books on every subject. We needed to talk to many textbook publishers about Creative Commons--Developing Countries licenses for their books. |
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* According to Wikipedia page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book E-book] - "An electronic book (variously: e-book, eBook, e-Book, ebook, digital book, or even e-edition) is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on computers or other electronic devices." |
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== Using == |
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There are several ways to put books on an XO laptop: |
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== Textbooks == |
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* adding books to the [[Library]] as [[Collections]] using [[OSBuilder]], then deploying to laptops en-mass, suitable for large deployments, |
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* adding books after install but before use with the [[Customization stick]], or [[Tiny Core Linux]], suitable for small deployments, |
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* using the built-in [[Software update]] feature, |
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* by portable media such as a [[USB drive]], |
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* by download from a [[School server]], appliance, or internet. |
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== Lists == |
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{{activity-section-start}} |
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During the early years of the project, before e-books were popular, we asked for a list of books, and the community responded. See our [[/List|list of books]]. |
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{{Activity-summary |
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|simplename = read |
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|packagename = |
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|prettyname = |
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|description = [[Dive into Python]], an introduction to Python programming |
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|categories = Web, book, python, computer science |
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|maintainers = Seth Woodworth |
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|license = GFDL |
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|status = |
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|version = 1 |
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|source-url = [[Image:Diveintopython.xol]] |
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|builds = |
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|mimetypes = .html |
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|l10n-notes = |
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|l10n-link = |
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|comments = |
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}} |
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== Readers == |
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{{activity-section-start}} |
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An e-book reader is software that displays the book for reading. The XO laptop includes readers, and other readers are available. See the early [[/Renderers|page on readers]]. |
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{{Activity-summary |
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|simplename = read |
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|packagename = |
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|prettyname = |
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|description = Axiom Tutorial by Timothy Daly |
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|categories = Web, book, mathematics, computer algebra |
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|maintainers = Timothy Daly |
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|license = Modified BSD |
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|status = |
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|version = IBSN 1-4116-65097-X |
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|source-url = [http://daly.axiom-developer.org/bookvol1.pdf] |
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|builds = |
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|mimetypes = .pdf |
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|l10n-notes = |
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|l10n-link = |
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}} |
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== Formats == |
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See also: http://www.digitalculture.org/index.html and http://openmathtext.org/downloads.html |
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E-books come in different formats, for which a compatible reader is required. See the early [[/Formats|page on formats]]. |
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[http://www.businessbookmall.com/Test-Prep%20Mathematics.htm Test-Prep Mathematics] reviews GED level mathematics. |
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[http://www.businessbookmall.com/Statistics%20Book.htm Quick Note Statistics] outlines basic statistics. |
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{{Activity-summary |
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|simplename = read |
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|packagename = |
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|prettyname = |
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|description = Linear Algebra by Jim Hefferon |
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|categories = Web, book, mathematics, linear algebra |
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|maintainers = |
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|license = CC-BY-SA |
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|status = |
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|version = |
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|source-url = [http://joshua.smcvt.edu/linalg.html/ joshua.smcvt.edu/linalg.html/] |
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|builds = |
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|mimetypes = .pdf |
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|l10n-notes = |
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}} |
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{{Activity-summary |
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|simplename = read |
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|packagename = |
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|prettyname = |
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|description = Linear algebra via exterior products, by Sergei Winitzki |
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|categories = Web, book, mathematics, linear algebra |
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|maintainers = |
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|license = GNU FDL |
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|status = |
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|version = |
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|source-url = [http://homepages.physik.uni-muenchen.de/~winitzki/Linear_algebra_exterior.pdf homepages.physik.uni-muenchen.de/~winitzki/Linear_algebra_exterior.pdf] |
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|builds = |
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|mimetypes = .pdf |
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|l10n-notes = |
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}} |
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=== Calculus === |
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{{activity-section-start}} |
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{{Activity-summary |
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|simplename = read |
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|packagename = |
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|prettyname = |
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|description = Mathematics under the Microscope by Alexandre V. Borovik |
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|categories = Web, book, mathematics, cognitive science, psychology |
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|maintainers = |
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|license = CC-BY-NC-ND2.0 |
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|status = |
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|version = [0.919 http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/~avb/micromathematics/MMW.pdf] |
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|source-url = [http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/~avb/micromathematics/downloads www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/~avb/micromathematics/downloads] |
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|builds = |
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|mimetypes = .pdf |
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|l10n-notes = |
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|l10n-link = |
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|comments = The book explores the intersection of mathematics and cognitive science. |
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}} |
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{{Activity-summary |
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|simplename = read |
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|packagename = |
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|prettyname = |
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|description = "Difference Equations to Differential Equations" An introduction to calculus, by Dan Sloughter |
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|categories = Web, book, calculus |
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|maintainers = [mailto:dan.sloughter@furman.edu Dan Sloughter] |
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|license = CC-BY-SA |
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|status = |
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|version = |
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|source-url = [http://math.furman.edu/~dcs/book/ math.furman.edu/~dcs/book] |
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|builds = |
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|mimetypes = .html, .pdf, .ps, .js, .class |
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|l10n-notes = |
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|l10n-link = |
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|comments = The book is split into sections, with each section being its own PDF. There are links to solutions. There are Java Applets for some sections. |
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}} |
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* http://math.furman.edu/~dcs/mvbook/ |
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* http://math.furman.edu/~dcs/yact/ |
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* http://www.pdmi.ras.ru/~olegviro/ShchepinCalc.html |
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* http://www.whitman.edu/mathematics/multivariable |
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{{Activity-summary |
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|simplename = read |
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|packagename = |
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|prettyname = |
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|description = "Calculus" by Benjamin Crowell |
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|categories = Web, book, calculus |
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|maintainers = [http://www.lightandmatter.com/area4author.html Ben Crowell] |
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|license = CC-BY-SA |
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|status = |
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|version = |
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|source-url = [http://www.lightandmatter.com/calc/ www.lightandmatter.com/calc/] |
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|builds = |
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|mimetypes = .html, .pdf |
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|l10n-notes = |
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|comments = |
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}} |
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{{Activity-summary |
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|simplename = read |
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|packagename = |
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|prettyname = |
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|description = Elementary Calculus: An Approach Using Infinitesimals by Jerome H. Keisler |
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|categories = Web, book, calculus |
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|maintainers = |
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|license = CC-BY-NC-SA |
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|status = |
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|version = |
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|source-url = [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~keisler/calc.html www.math.wisc.edu/~keisler/calc.html] |
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|builds = |
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|mimetypes = .pdf |
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|l10n-notes = |
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|l10n-link = |
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|comments = |
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}} |
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=== Music === |
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{{activity-section-start}} |
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{{Activity-summary |
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|simplename = read |
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|packagename = |
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|prettyname = |
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|description = "Eyes and Ears" by Benjamin Crowell; an anthology of music for sight-singing |
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|categories = Web, book, music |
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|maintainers = [http://www.lightandmatter.com/area4author.html Ben Crowell] |
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|license = CC-BY-SA |
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|status = |
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|version = |
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|source-url = [http://www.lightandmatter.com/sight/sight.html http://www.lightandmatter.com/sight/sight.html] |
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|builds = |
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|mimetypes = .pdf |
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|l10n-notes = |
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|l10n-link = |
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}} |
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===Science=== |
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*[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0000/000056/005641e.pdf UNESCO Sourcebook for Science Teaching] |
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*in Spanish: <BR>[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0000/000056/005641so.pdf Manual de la UNESCO para la enseñanza de las Ciencias] |
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*In French: <BR>[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0000/000056/005641F.pdf Manuel de l'UNESCO pour l'Enseignement des Sciences] |
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All have tested OK on Read on a G1G1 machine, except the Read interface takes a lot of usable space [[User:Yamaplos|Yamaplos]] 12:56, 24 June 2008 (UTC) |
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==== Physics ==== |
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* The Motion Mountain Physics Texbook, 1612 free pages at http://www.motionmountain.net/download.html, with many figures, tables and embedded animations, also downloadable in 6 separate parts, CC-NC-ND licence. |
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* The Physics textbooks by [[User:76.93.42.50|Benjamin Crowell]]: |
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** Electricity and Magnetism |
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** The Modern Revolution in Physics |
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** Conceptual Physics |
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** Optics |
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** Conservation Laws |
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** Newtonian Physics |
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{{Activity-summary |
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|simplename = read |
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|packagename = |
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|prettyname = |
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|description = "Motion Mountain - The Adventure of Physics" by Christoph Schiller; introductory physics text |
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|categories = Web, textbook, physics |
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|maintainers = [http://www.motionmountain.net/author.html Christoph Schiller] |
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|license = CC-BY-NC-ND |
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|status = |
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|version = 23rd edition, October 2009 |
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|source-url = [http://www.motionmountain.net/download.html www.motionmountain.net/download.html] |
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|builds = |
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|mimetypes = .pdf |
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|l10n-notes = |
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|l10n-link = |
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|comments = with over 2000 pages, 700 figures and films, 1700 puzzles and challenges |
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}} |
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{{Activity-summary |
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|simplename = read |
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|packagename = |
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|prettyname = |
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|description = "Light and Matter" by Benjamin Crowell; college-level introductory physics for life science majors |
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|categories = Web, book, physics |
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|maintainers = [http://www.lightandmatter.com/area4author.html Ben Crowell] |
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|license = CC-BY-SA |
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|status = |
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|version = |
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|source-url = [http://www.lightandmatter.com/books.html www.lightandmatter.com/books.html] |
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|builds = |
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|mimetypes = .html, .pdf |
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|l10n-notes = |
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|comments = |
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}} |
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{{Activity-summary |
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|simplename = read |
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|packagename = |
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|prettyname = |
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|description = "Simple Nature" by Benjamin Crowell; introductory physics for engineering majors |
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|categories = Web, book, physics |
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|maintainers = [http://www.lightandmatter.com/area4author.html Ben Crowell] |
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|license = CC-BY-SA |
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|status = |
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|version = |
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|source-url = [http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1sn.html www.lightandmatter.com/area1sn.html] |
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|builds = |
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|mimetypes = .html, .pdf |
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|l10n-notes = |
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}} |
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{{Activity-summary |
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|simplename = read |
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|packagename = |
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|prettyname = |
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|description = "Conceptual Physics" by Benjamin Crowell; introductory physics for gen ed students |
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|categories = Web, book, physics |
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|maintainers = [http://www.lightandmatter.com/area4author.html Ben Crowell] |
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|license = CC-BY-SA |
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|status = |
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|version = |
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|source-url = [http://www.lightandmatter.com/cp/index.html http://www.lightandmatter.com/cp/index.html] |
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|builds = |
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|mimetypes = .html, .pdf |
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|l10n-notes = |
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|comments = |
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}} |
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{{Activity-summary |
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|simplename = read |
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|packagename = |
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|prettyname = |
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|description = A Radically Modern Approach to Introductory Physics by David J. Raymond |
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|categories = Web, book, physics |
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|maintainers = |
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|license = CC-BY-SA |
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|status = |
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|version = |
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|source-url = http://kestrel.nmt.edu/~raymond/classes/ph13xbook/node1.html |
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|builds = |
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|mimetypes = .html, .pdf |
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|l10n-notes = |
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}} |
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{{Activity-summary |
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|simplename = read |
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|packagename = |
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|prettyname = |
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|description = Radio Antenna Engineering by McGraw-Hill |
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|categories = Web, book, physics, radio |
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|maintainers = |
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|license = BY-NC-SA |
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|status = |
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|version = |
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|source-url = [http://snulbug.mtview.ca.us/books/RadioAntennaEngineering/] |
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|builds = |
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|mimetypes = .pdf |
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|l10n-notes = |
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|l10n-link = |
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|comments = |
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}} |
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=== Psychology === |
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... |
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=== Economics & Social Science === |
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* http://www.introecon.com/ |
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* [http://www.businessbookmall.com/Economics%20Notes.htm Economics I and II] outlines college level Economics. Links provided to make material current. |
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* ... |
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=== from Kerala === |
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''jgay has some'' |
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* http://www.toe.org/ |
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== Literature and more == |
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* [http://manybooks.net/ Manybooks], a tremendous improvement on raw Gutenberg texts |
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* [http://fictionbook-lib.org/ fictionbook-lib.org], library of free eBooks in fictionbook format |
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self-published |
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* [http://www.sancairodicopenhagen.com/tbpmd.html TBPMD] - not for children. |
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Baen Books Free Library |
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* [http://www.baen.com/library/ Baen Free Library] - Science Fiction and Fantasy are Available formats HTML, Ebookwise, Mobipocket, RTF, Microsoft Reader. |
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* [http://www.businessbookmall.com/Free%20Online%20Books%20Internet%20Library.htm Free Online Books Internet Library] |
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== Searches and collections == |
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*[http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search?lr=&num=10&as_brr=1&as_libcat=0 Google Books Full View Search] |
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* [http://www.freetextbooks.eu/ Textbooksfree.org] |
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*[http://www.businessbookmall.com/Free%20Business%20Books.htm Free Business Textbooks] |
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*[http://www.businessbookmall.com/Free%20Nonbusiness%20Books.htm Free Nonbusiness Textbooks] |
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Creative Commons & license-savvy searches: |
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* http://search.yahoo.com/cc |
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* http://www.google.com/advanced_search |
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==Directories== |
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* [http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm Internet Public Library] Multilingual |
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* [http://librarianchick.pbwiki.com/ Librarian Chick] |
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==Sites== |
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* https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior |
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* [http://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg] publishes mostly English material, nearly all in the Public Domain. (Some works copyrighted but freely distributable--not necessarily Free. For instance, [http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/d#a3826 Cory Doctorow's works] are CC-NC-ND.) |
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* [http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/ McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought] |
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* [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ The Perseus Digital Library] Classics in original languages and English translations, and more. |
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* [http://www.archive.org/ The Internet Archive] More than 300.000 books, principally from American and Canadian libraries. In PDF and djvu format. |
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== More Collections == |
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Also working on the [[LiveContent]] DVD process: |
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* http://textbookrevolution.org |
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* http://wiki.creativecommons.org/LiveContent_2.0 |
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General texts |
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* http://www.textbooksfree.org/#Free_Internet_Libraries_ |
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* http://linear.ups.edu/opentexts.html |
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* http://education.jimmyr.com/ |
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* http://users.ictp.it/~stefanov/mylist.html |
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* http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page |
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* http://www.math.gatech.edu/~cain/textbooks/onlinebooks.html |
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* http://www.fhsst.org/ |
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* http://homepages.nyu.edu/~jmg336/html/mathematics.html |
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General digital books: |
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* http://www.downloadfreepdf.com/ |
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* http://www.ebooknetworking.com/ |
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* http://www.freebookzone.com/ |
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* http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video#play15184 |
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* http://www.marxists.org/ |
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* http://theassayer.org/ |
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Libraries and search sites: |
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* http://www.bartleby.com/ |
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* http://www.ipl.org/ |
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Audiobooks: |
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* The [http://libravox.org/ Libravox directory] (including [[Librivox|Libr'''''i'''''vox]]) |
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=== South Africa === |
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''see the 16 books recently released in 6 languages'' |
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== childrens books online == |
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* eBook formats : Bob DuCharme has put epub versions of some of the [http://www.snee.com/epubkidsbooks/ Project Gutenberg Childrens Books] together. |
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*[http://books.google.com/books?lr=&num=20&as_brr=1&q=subject%3A%22Juvenile+Fiction%22&btnG=Search+Books Children's Fiction] from [http://books.google.com Google Books] |
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*[http://books.google.com/books?lr=&num=20&as_brr=1&q=subject%3A%22Juvenile+Nonfiction%22&btnG=Search+Books Children's Non Fiction] from [http://books.google.com Google Books] |
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* [http://www.schoollibrary.com/OLPC/ World Public Library] has made more than 1,000 eBooks freely available to the public specifically gathered for OLPC folks. Please visit to download the titles. |
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* [http://bluesock.org/~willg/cgi-bin/booktrac.cgi/wiki/BeeCarefulMarvin Bee Careful, Marvin] Children's book about a bee named Marvin released under a CC license. |
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* [http://www.utm.edu/vlibrary/docust5.shtml The Andy Holt Virtual Library "Docustack"] is hosted by the university of Tennessee at Martin, and focuses on children's literature. |
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See also The OLPC [[literature]] page, with links to sites offering collections of free (Public Domain out-of-copyright) and commercial Ebooks in many languages. There are also specific '''[[Ebook collections|book collections]]''' being developed by libraries and archives for OLPC (add your own!). |
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== terminology == |
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A "digital book" is a book that is stored in a computer and read on a computer screen. These are sometimes called "ebooks", but we refer to digital books simply as "books". Books are data without a reader application. (This last point is stretched somewhat by recent versions of Adobe Acrobat's [[PDF]] reader which can handle embedded Javascript applications in a [[PDF]] document and for HTML files containing Javascript). There is a place for rich documents containing their own reader code, but these blur the line between activities with lots of data and books as such. |
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{{:Books/Formats}} |
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{{:Books/Renderers}} |
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=OLPC Features= |
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There are some pages already discussing how book formats and book readers could be specially adapted to the OLPC: |
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* [[book reader feature set]] |
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* [[Wiki as a book reader]] |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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* [[Books/Spanish|Spanish]] (and [[Libros]]), |
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* UNESCO [http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=18610&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Online Books, Theses, Research Publications and newspapers] |
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* early discussion on [[Book reader]], and [[Book reader feature set|feature set]], |
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* the Wikibooks [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior Wikijunior project] of non-fiction books up to age 12, |
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* early discussion on using [[Wiki as a book reader]], |
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* [http://openeducationeuropa.eu/ Open Education Europa] launched by the European Commission in September 2013, offering access to European Open Educational Resources. |
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* [[Deployment Guide]] for how books can be put on the XO laptop prior to deployment, or as downloads once classes start. |
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* [http://ec.europa.eu/education/policy/strategic-framework/education-technology_en.htm strategic framework] of education and training in European Commission, |
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* Collecting books to be put on the XO laptops is in a phase prior to a deployment, see [[Deployment Guide]]. |
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[[Category:Developers]] |
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[[Category:Software ideas]] |
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Latest revision as of 02:37, 26 June 2014
We are no longer asking for books for inclusion in the XO laptop. Thank you all for your contributions! --Quozl 01:07, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
- According to Wikipedia page Book - "A book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf is called a page. A set of text-filled or illustrated pages produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book, or e-book."
- According to Wikipedia page E-book - "An electronic book (variously: e-book, eBook, e-Book, ebook, digital book, or even e-edition) is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on computers or other electronic devices."
Using
There are several ways to put books on an XO laptop:
- adding books to the Library as Collections using OSBuilder, then deploying to laptops en-mass, suitable for large deployments,
- adding books after install but before use with the Customization stick, or Tiny Core Linux, suitable for small deployments,
- using the built-in Software update feature,
- by portable media such as a USB drive,
- by download from a School server, appliance, or internet.
Lists
During the early years of the project, before e-books were popular, we asked for a list of books, and the community responded. See our list of books.
Readers
An e-book reader is software that displays the book for reading. The XO laptop includes readers, and other readers are available. See the early page on readers.
Formats
E-books come in different formats, for which a compatible reader is required. See the early page on formats.
See also
- Spanish (and Libros),
- early discussion on Book reader, and feature set,
- early discussion on using Wiki as a book reader,
- Deployment Guide for how books can be put on the XO laptop prior to deployment, or as downloads once classes start.