{"id":1896,"date":"2009-08-06T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2009\/08\/the-top-ten-book-sites-on-the-net\/"},"modified":"2009-08-06T09:47:03","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T16:47:03","slug":"the-top-ten-book-sites-on-the-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/06\/the-top-ten-book-sites-on-the-net\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top Ten Book Sites On The Net"},"content":{"rendered":"

from The Times Online<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The 10 best book websites<\/h1>\n

On the internet, you can download page after page of free material, post your work online and even catch a publisher’s eye<\/h2>\n

by Mike Peake<\/p>\n

Literature is thriving on the web. It\u2019s not just for sale on mega-sites such as Amazon either, but being swapped, analysed and recommended by fellow bookworms. You can download page after page of free material, post your work online and \u2014 dare we say it \u2014 even catch the eye of a publisher.<\/p>\n

1\u00a0DailyLit.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Fancy a daily dose of literature? Just sign up, select a book (the emphasis is on out-of-copyright classics, and most are free), then set aside a few minutes a day to read the pages the site e-mails to you at whatever time you choose. The text is readable on a computer and most mobile devices.<\/p>\n

2\u00a0Shelfari.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Described as a \u201csocial network for people who love books\u201d, this site consists of a lot of people cataloguing the books they have on their shelves then indulging in some lively literary banter. For a similar proposition, check out\u00a0LibraryThing.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3\u00a0RareBookRoom.org<\/a><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll probably never get your hands on a first-edition Shakespeare, but this is the next-best thing: 400 priceless literary treasures scanned in ultra high-resolution, now yours to peruse online.<\/p>\n

[ click to read at The Times Online<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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