There are many ebook web sites; there are many free ebook sites, even. Planet eBook is special, and you should take a look for yourself and see what I mean.
They have been around only a few months, their offerings are few (just under 40 books, by my quick count), and the books are all available on other sites, such as Gutenberg (now the second place I will look for books of this type).
What makes them special? They offer the books in a very clean, pdf format (that even allows for cutting-and-pasting of the text!) while emphasizing their openness for people to access, use, or distribute. The only restriction is that one cannot sell them.
I think that it would be an easy and fruitful project for libraries to add these links to their records as they become available. A better balance of quality and access is unlikely in the near future, in my opinion.
I was impressed by the quality of the work that has gone into the creation of this site, and hope to see it grow, book by book, into the online core of any quality classic collection.
found via Open Access News
