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To: Wardenclyffe

SO,

There are almost 30,000 volumes on http://www.gutenberg.org.

Free download, some in .txt and some in HTML. The HTML versions have illustrations and are a pleasure to read.

Some of the books have been out-of-print so long you simply cannot find a copy.

If you like classic literature this is a good site.


22 posted on 09/07/2009 3:20:12 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may. -Sam Houston)
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To: Texas Fossil
Thanks for the link. I actually have gone on the site many times and it's great. I guess my point was that I love the physical aspect of books. The way they feel, smell, etc. Modern technology is great for digitizing everything and therefore making it available to the masses at little or no cost.

But, just like digital signal processors in music allowing musicians to access hundreds of samples of guitar amps, for example, there is no replacing the harmonics of an old tube amp.

I'll take an old Fender Twin Reverb amp over a digital signal processor any day.

23 posted on 09/07/2009 3:47:25 AM PDT by Wardenclyffe
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