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Download free books on your PDA or cellphone - Mobile Minute

Mobipocket Today I'm going to show you an easy way to download eBooks for your phone or PDA.

I've been reading eBooks on my PDA for years. For a while, I was convinced that I could actually read faster, and get more out of books on a handheld device. The small screens actually organize text in such a way that your eyes don't have to scroll very far from left to right, making speed reading a little easier.

Adding bookmarks with eBook readers isn't quite as simple as bending a page or sticking a piece of paper between the pages, but many modern eBook readers allow you to create multiple digital bookmarks, highlight text, and easily search for text within a document.

But the main reason I still read paper books is because there's still a much larger selection of hardbound and paperback titles than digital texts.

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Free kids books at the Baldwin Project

baldwin project booksIt's like the Gutenberg project for kids' books. The Baldwin Online Children's Literature Project is the full title of a project whose mission states, "The Baldwin Project seeks to make available online a comprehensive collection of resources for parents and teachers of children. Our focus, initially, is on literature for children that is in the public domain in the United States." The site is the brainchild of Lisa Ripperton, a home schooling mom with a background in the classics and software development. Her husband is also a software person, and they share a love of books.

So the Baldwin project is the digitization of children's books (initially) that are in the public domain. There are hundreds of books available so far, complete with pictures, tables of contents, etc. There are all free, and some aren't even in print anymore. According to Lisa you can print these, provided you aren't going to use them commercially. To next time a kid asks you to read them a story, no excuses, just print out a book.

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