e-books

What do people recommend as software/templates for publishing e-books?

In 'honour' of the Fall of Jonah Lehrer (he of the fake Bob Dylan quotes) Sam Harris has released his book on deceit, 'Lying' as a free ebook; PDF and mobi formats. Link.

I recently bought myself an eBook reader. An Elonex eBook reader on discount for only (AU)$49 at Dick Smith's Electronics. With electronic paper display and thin enough that I'm using a modified DVD case to keep it in, I think it was a pretty good buy. There's plenty of places to (legally) get...

Here is a really good source for ebooks about science: Download the Universe. From their About page: It's now one of my bookmarks.

About a month ago, I was taking my son out of his car seat, was distracted by a call from my wife, and placed my Kindle on top of the minivan. Upon my wife’s request, I promptly closed the van’s door and did exactly what you think I did: drove off with the Kindle still on top. I never saw that...

I have recently seen and heard some press about advances on e-book readers. I heard a story on NPR and just now saw the prez of Amazon pimping the Kindle on The Daily Show. My initial impression as that this is the type of tech that would fit my lifestyle very well. I enjoy reading a lot but...

NPR reports this morning that a small university in Southern Missouri has decided to go textbook-free. All students are issued a laptop on admittance, and textbooks are downloaded in e-book form. Students are free to cut & paste, share notes, network, etc. The e-books cost about half as...

I like to listen to audio books while travelling to work . As I have almost listened to the majority of Terry Pratchett audio collection, I want to have more variety to listen to. Often I read an e-book during a work break and am stumped for the next e-book to get next. Does anybody have...

With the growth in eBooks and sites such as the fabulous Gutenberg Project there are a lot of free books out there and many ways to read them. So what are your recommendations from the store of free eBooks? Where are your favourite sites for free eBooks? Which free eBook are you reading now...