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Saturday, May 20, 2006

World eBook Library

The World eBook Library and Project Gutenberg are sponsoring the World eBook Fair. During the month-long fair (July 4 - August 4 2006), users will have free online access to 330,300+ PDF eBooks. (Thanks to ResourceShelf.)

Comment. If you're wondering why one month of free online access is something special when Project Gutenberg offers free online access with no time limits, the answer is that the World eBook Library is offering a one-month waiver of its membership fee ($8.95/year). I don't normally blog limited-time offers of free access; they're not free services so much as ads for fee services. But I made an exception in this case because of the Project Gutenberg connection.