Along the same theme as the item above, Phil and his colleagues are experimenting with
which he thinks will be interesting for missionaries. You can set up private communities in your areas, put your books on there (along with your friends), and then *borrow* a book instead of buying it. As Phil points out, this could work well for some, especially in view of int’l shipping costs. Just like a real (physical) book, you can keep track of the borrowers and rate them, as well. Phil claims it’s easy — and that information from Amazon fills out the book profile. Think outside the stack! :-) What do *you* think about digital libraries? Comment on this below.
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1 Anonymous // Sep 7, 2008 at 7:52 pm
I’m not sure I understand exactly how this works. At first I thought it meant that I would list all the books on my bookshelves that others could request that I mail to them. But it seems to refer to “digital books.” Are these books that I have myself authored? books that I have scanned with a flat bed scanner? Certainly this can’t mean copyrighted books, so does it mean only books that were published before 1923? I’m puzzled.
2 Phil // Sep 8, 2008 at 8:53 am
This is a distributed library of real hard copy books. You have to start a community to share books with your friends. You list your books on the library and your friends list theirs and pretty soon you have a large library. I was thinking if folks in say a capital city started an unlibrary community that it would be an interesting way to share books instead of everyone purchasing books and looking for a way to ship them overseas.
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