E-books (Electronic books)
NLB links to various websites offering access to e-books
The Complete works of Shakespeare can be found at http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare
Free e-books can be found on the Internet at a number of sites. Bexley Council libraries provide a useful list of links to over 100,000 e-books, e-poems etc. Note that not all the links may be accessible with screen reader or Braille output. Bexley library webpages E-books are available to buy from a wide range of sources, e.g. Amazon, WH Smith, Penguin; however, note that some software readers have security and encryption features that prevent screen reading/text-to-speech software working. Books published only on the Internet are available at www.onlineoriginals.com E-audio books are available from www.audible.co.uk and e-books published in the Adobe format have a 'Read Out Loud' feature, but this must be enabled by the publisher to allow the user to access it.
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Page last modified September 2006