The British Columbia Digital Library

eBook Resources

Contents

1. Guides and eBook Promotional Aids
2. Standards
3. Software

See also General Collections by Title and general collections by place.

Guides and eBook Promotional Aids

• Center for eBook Information, Education & Resources. Also known as: Open an eBook.  " A program developed by members of the Open eBook Forum" . Site includes links to free eBook collections, eBook software, and an eBook FAQs (frequently asked questions). Date added: 2002-01-12.
• Digital Book Index: The Index to Digital and Electronic eBooks " In Print" on the Web. Summary: " Digital Book Index provides links to more than 88,000 title records from more than 1800 commercial and non-commercial publishers, universities, and various private sites. About 49,900 of these books, texts, and documents are available free, while many others are available at very modest cost." Bibliographic data can be searched or browsed a variety of ways. Date accessed: 2004-03-08. Date added: 2004-03-08.
• eBook Compilers. Kitimat, BC: eBooks N' Bytes. Primarily a guide to eBook software tools, but does include links to general information and downloads of free eBooks. Date added: 2001-12-28.
• e-Book Connections. This site includes a useful Reader’s E-Book Primer: An Introduction and Guide to the  World of Electronic Books  by Jamie Engle (HTML ed. Richardson, Texas: eBC Press, 2000-2004) and a similar guide to Palm OS ebooks by the same author, Books in the Palm of Your Hand. Date accessed: 2002-07-02. Date added: 2002-07-02.
• The eBook Directory. Ennis, County Clare, Ireland: Noel Hynes. A Yahoo-style directory with a site-search engine for free individual eBook titles, eBook collections, and Web sites about  the eBook industry. Date added: 2002-01-12.
• eBook-Promotion.com. Kitimat, BC: eBooks N' Bytes. Contains articles, books and online resources, including downloadable eBooks, for promoting an eBook. Date added: 2002-01-12.
• eBook Tool Kit. Boulder, CO: netLibrary. This promotional kit is intended for libraries affiliated with the netLibrary.com service. Date accessed: 2002-07-02. Date added: 2002-07-02. Date updated: 2003-02-03.
• eBookAd.com. Another source for Web news about the eBook industry. Date added: 2002-01-12.
• eBookBroadcast.com. Kitimat, BC: eBooks N' Bytes. The primary focus of this site is as a distributor of eBook Web news, as well as tips on promoting eBooks. Date added: 2002-01-12.
• eBookHome.com. Commercial eBook bookstore which includes current information on eBook handheld devices and eBook proprietary formats. Date added: 2002-01-12.
• eBooks in Print.com. Lincoln, Maine: DamnYankee.com. This site describes itself as " the first commercially-neutral registry of electronic publications." Date accessed: 2002-07-02. Date added: 2002-07-02.
• esspc-ebooks.com. Elegant Solutions Software and Publishing Company (Kenneth Mattern). Site contains a variety of Microsoft Reader format eBooks (modern and historic titles), all of which are free and unrestricted. Date accessed: 2002-02-04. Date accessed: 2002-02-04.
• Planet eBook. Australia and USA: BinaryThing. Founded in 1997, this is only one of several interconnected sites by this company which looks at electronic publishing. Date accessed: 2002-07-02. Date added: 2002-07-02.

Standards

• DAISY (Digital Audio-based Information SYstem) Consortium. International organization working towards a standard and implementation strategies for the production, exchange and use of digital talking-books (DTBs) using XML. The DAISY 2.02 Specification was formally recommended by the consortium on February 28, 2001 an errata was issued on November 23, 2001. Date added: 2001-12-15.
• DOI-eBook Initiative. Kidlington, Oxford, UK: International DOI Foundation. A special working group was established by the foundation to address the integration of the DOI system into eBook formats. Date added: 2002-01-10.
• Open eBook Forum. International effort to establish an open-source publication standard for eBooks. This organization plans to amalgamate with the Electronic Book Exchange (EBX) Working Group. Date updated: 2001-12-27.

Software

For a comprehensive list of eBook software (creation and conversion tools, readers, digital rights management systems, and hardware) see Planet eBook's eBook Tools & Technologies List.

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