I discovered Dailylit. DailyLit sends books in installments via e-mail or RSS feed. You choose the frequency of the installments. They have over 750 classic and contemporary books available either for free or a pay per read basis. The paid books cost about $5 each.
Titles include fiction, history …heck [...]

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Another idea the Web 2.0 class is bringing up is LibraryThing. Library Things is a social cataloging web application for storing and sharing personal library catalogs and book lists. Users, known as thingamabrarians, can catalog personal collections, keep reading lists, and can connect to people based on the books they share. Browsing [...]

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One tradition Julie, babs and I have developed is going to the Somerset Auctions. Once housed on its own, it now is bundled up with the Home and Garden Show at the Fairgrounds. Our 2007 Adventure and the 2005 are written up, but we have been going since 1999.
This year did not [...]

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One of the assignments in the Web 2.0 online class was to create an account in Flickr and pop up some pics of the library. Well I already had an account, but this was my chance to add photos via the iPhone. One of the negatives about the iPhone is the inability [...]

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I thought I had escaped the flu going around, but no I have it.  Worse then the raging throat, stuffy nose, constant coughing and aches and pains is the groggyness that makes it impossible to go online for more then 5 minutes!  The Horror!

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