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Technology and the Web Provide Greater Access to Books

Whether you are looking to find a copy of the Suze Ormon’s 9 Steps to Financial Freedom or The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, if a reading disability or handicap has prevented you from visiting your local library or bookstore, that is all changing.  The Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/texts) is scanning and making available at no cost, over 1000 books per day, in a wide variety of subject areas.

The USA Today discusses this wonderful application of technology to traditional paper books, and how it is empowering a previously under served population.  Read the full article here: http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-07-14-InternetArchive14_st_N.htm

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