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Allessandro, I agree with you. I spent most of the day today on the Sony Google sight and I am quite enjoying what I downloaded.
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Because there are actually some books out there that were not available that are now. I just downloaded some I have been searching for since I got my readers. I found them, at least some of them.
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#108 |
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Hi
I'm new here but have been readign this forum since I first saw the Sony Reader on the Gadget Show (UK) way back in last year and was bought one for Christmas. I have a question on this topic, I would like to know if this googly books thing is available in the UK? I know that the Sony shop isn't and the link in the library on my laptop takes me to Waterstones (where the books are VERY expensive). Do I need to get a library update for the google to come through? My reader has become my life and read from it every day in my lunch and whenever I get spare time, the only paper books I read now are modern ones (Pratchett and Tolkien mostly). |
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I need a holiday!
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Sony-Google books in epub format only available at Sony ebook store which is a US site.
Try going to the Sony ebook store and download the US version of the software. (You will need to tick the box which says you live in the US.) Some people have been able to have both UK and US software running side by side. But I know it hasn't worked for everyone. I only have the US software loaded and I am able to access US site. You won't be able to buy books from the US ebook store though if you can get someone in the US to buy you a gift voucher, you can use that. Last edited by Curly; 03-20-2009 at 04:30 AM. |
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#110 |
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I hope google will eventually do away with this whole regional stuff...and not just google. It really can't be that an international system likte the internet gets artificial boundaries built into it...
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But you cant deny that technology has really gone so far in making books available to many all over the world. |
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edit: I see it's not a classic and not available. Not old enough... Last edited by dragonbone; 03-20-2009 at 04:47 AM. Reason: not a classic |
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I have noticed that several readers are complaining about the quality of the downloads. All I can say is that with 500,000 books out there maybe each of the complaining readers will volunteer to edit the OCRed documents. Be thankful for what we have gotten so far. The only other option is to wait for a 9.7 inch reader or buy an iliad to read the pdf files.
Personally, I am happy that I can access the documents. In the future I will buy a bigger reader but for now I am being patient. |
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If you were to download the ePub you can change the extension to .zip and un-zip it to get at the underlying HTML. You can then compare the text to the PDF scan of the same book from the Google books website and make your corrections.
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2. Download a copy of the book. Start reading it. When you come to an error, if it is obvious then fix it. If you don't know what it should say, then go to step 3. 3. Find a string of words near the error that you beleive to be correct. Go to the link you saved in step 1 and search for that string of words. This will get you close to the error, and you will be able to see what the correct text is. Then again, some of these books have so many errors that you won't need to search for the correct text. You'll just advance through the book 1 page at a time. |
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I do have a problem with someone complaining about errors in a Project Gutenberg document without attempting to fix/improve it themselves for freely sharing with others. |
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