Hello and thanks for dropping by
Having been involved with the printed word for a very long time now, ebooks was a natural progression for me, just a different medium but one lacking in certain fundamentals, something I am trying to address with this website.
Some of these fundamentals I think should be: What's in it for me?
Being able to see what is in the ebook prior to purchase just like you would in a library or bookstore
- you don't just go by what it says on the dust jacket
- you want to flick through its pages and CERTAINLY check the list of contents
- does it cover the things I am interested it/want to learn more about?
Checking the writing style
Could I "get on" with the authors writing style?
- is it "jokey", "chattey" or serious
- what sort of language does the writer use
- is it simple or complicated, easy to understand or incomprehensible?
Wanting it in printed form
Reading on screen is OK but there's nothing like browsing a real book, making notes, flipping back and forth, taking it with you (easily). So why not be able to get a hard copy?, yes, I know you can print it out yourself, but can you double side print it properly (we all know what happen when there is a blank you've missed when you come to print the reverse side!!! or your printed runs out of ink half way through printing the second side!!!) or bind it properly or even bind it all.
Checking for duplicate content
- has the information already been covered in a book I already have?
- is it the same book as I already have but with a different title?
Not interested in or have difficulty with
- downloading, unzipping etc.
WELL NOW YOU CAN --
-- GET A SAMPLE
Of the first three to ten pages (PDF only - of the ones suitable) - more being created on a regular basis. So you can -
- check the contents page - does it cover what I want?
- check the writing style - is it understandable?
- check for duplicate info - have I already got the info?
-- GET A PRINTED COPY
Printed both sides of the page (saves paper and postage costs), plastic comb bound, it lies flat. Read on the bus/train, in the car (whilst stationary or a passenger).
-- GET IT ON CD
Know where it is, there's nothing quite like a computer for loosing things, we've all downloaded a file then had trouble finding it, or even remembering its name. It can be the same when you unzip a file as well, you unzip it and WOOSH it could be ANYWHERE. - not anymore if its on CD.
At the time of writing (20th May) there are 10 PDF books with samples available and seven of these are/will be available on eBay, just search the title or check out my eBay ID: ronwood50
Thanks for reading (if you have got this far).
The plan is to make samples of all the suitable PDFs on the site and add new ebooks on a regular basis.
Your comments, suggestions or thoughts would be very welcome. How I can improve the site, What would you like to see. etc.
Please call again both to the site and here to the "About Me" page, I have some other special elements I intend to include on the site in the near future.
Regards, Ron
PS. Sorry this has been more About The Website rather than About Us - this will come later.
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