Monday, August 12, 2002
eBook Locator search database
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "CONTENT" @ 05:00 AM
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/karpencolumns/karpen08.06.02.asp
Ebooks are steadily gaining popularity but shopping for an ebook is more like shopping for a car than a real book. Just like when shopping for a car where you have to visit various dealerships to find what you want, you have to visit an increasing number of ebook etailers to find the ebook you want. Worse actually, because when you buy a car, you know it will work on your roads. With an ebook you might find exactly what you want but in the wrong format! Well, Jim Karpin at Pocket PC Magazine has found a great link to help you search for an ebook. The eBook Locator.
Overdrive, the company that has various ebook compilers for the Microsoft Reader .lit format, has put together an ebook search library. "Their new eBook Locator service offers up-to-the minute information on thousands of eBooks from over 400 publishers worldwide. They specifically cover the three most popular formats: Microsoft Reader, Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader (PDF) [yuck], and Palm Reader." My first visit when doing an ebook search is usually at Peanut Press because I like their reader and friendly digital rights management implementation, but I can assure you if I don't find the ebook there, the eBook Locator is my next stop.
Ebooks are steadily gaining popularity but shopping for an ebook is more like shopping for a car than a real book. Just like when shopping for a car where you have to visit various dealerships to find what you want, you have to visit an increasing number of ebook etailers to find the ebook you want. Worse actually, because when you buy a car, you know it will work on your roads. With an ebook you might find exactly what you want but in the wrong format! Well, Jim Karpin at Pocket PC Magazine has found a great link to help you search for an ebook. The eBook Locator.
Overdrive, the company that has various ebook compilers for the Microsoft Reader .lit format, has put together an ebook search library. "Their new eBook Locator service offers up-to-the minute information on thousands of eBooks from over 400 publishers worldwide. They specifically cover the three most popular formats: Microsoft Reader, Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader (PDF) [yuck], and Palm Reader." My first visit when doing an ebook search is usually at Peanut Press because I like their reader and friendly digital rights management implementation, but I can assure you if I don't find the ebook there, the eBook Locator is my next stop.
