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https://hughmcguire.net/2008/10/28/books-versus-ebooks/ aging idealist. ai and education, open web, open publishing. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:01:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://hughmcguire.net/2008/10/28/books-versus-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-7638 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:01:32 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/?p=649#comment-7638 Hi Hugh, nice to meet you at the conference. Re: above, I agree that books and e-books are different animals. I think of e-books as metadata for print books. Like metadata, e-books make books more findable on the web, especially if they are full text. Like metadata, e-books provide a shortcut for evaluating a book’s value. Then, if it merits a proper read, I buy or borrow a print copy.

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]]> https://hughmcguire.net/2008/10/28/books-versus-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-7618 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:48:21 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/?p=649#comment-7618 […] has a great post on books versus ebooks. Well worth the read. It also includes a list of places you can get free ebooks. A teaser: Reading […]

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