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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Plans for world's largest collection of OA ebooks

Paradise Publishers plans to develop the world's largest collection of OA ebooks. From Monday's announcement:
Paradise Publishers Inc, a web based publishing firm acquired the website www.Free-eBooks.net earlier this month....The site currently generates over 26 million hits monthly and Paradise Publishers Inc. plans to increase traffic tremendously by creating the world’s largest free e-book online database.  “We want to be people’s source of information” says Nicolas Gremion, Paradise Publishers Inc. President. “Similar to the Google model, we’re giving our users instant access to free info on any topic under the sun” he continues. “By providing great benefits to our visitors we shall continue to increase our traffic flow and elevate Free-eBook.net among the ranks of the most popular sites on the net, period”.

The website www.Free-eBooks.net is currently a top resource on the internet for free e-books and offers selections from a wide variety of authors on a vast array of topics. Currently the website offers thousands of e-books downloadable instantly without cost or membership. Large renovations are ongoing to enhance user experience, expand the library and offer additional free products to all visitors....Free-eBooks.net will also soon permit users to submit their own e-books to the site....