We've got E-Books, YES WE DO! We've got E-Books...How 'Bout YOU???

I was recently asked about E-Books that are available online. Great idea! Though curling up with your computer is not quite like curling up with a good book, it can help your student with research. Students who struggle with reading comprehension will find E-books available in Audio format to be helpful. ESL students will also benefit from reading along with audio books. Also, the ability to access a book via the Internet if you are unable to make it to the library is very handy.

E-Books allow a viewer to see the book exactly as it exists in the "physical" world. Page numbers, colors, cover art...it is all there.

Here are some links to get you started:

Bookshare.org - http://www.bookshare.org/web/Welcome.html
Bookshare has many large print titles and text-to-audio books available. It's a great site because it has POPULAR titles...many other E-Book resources do not.

Free Classic Audio Books - http://freeclassicaudiobooks.com/
Free. Classic Books. Downloadable to your IPod or MP3 player. It's a beautiful thing...what more can I say?

Adobe Digital Editions - http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/library/
A limited collection of free books E-Books available from the folks at Adobe Software Products. You will need to download their E-Book software (for free) but it is worth it for some of the great titles available. Others available for a fee.

International Children's Digital Library - http://www.icdlbooks.org/
Beautiful children's books available in many languages. A must see.