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After dropping sail and anchoring for the night, I love to spend my time
reading. Books are heavy though and take up valuable space - but now I can
take my library to sea with me! I just loaded more than 2000 classic books
on CD, which I purchased at www.4literature.net for about $20. What a
bargain!
Scout

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Scout wrote:
After dropping sail and anchoring for the night, I love to spend my time
reading. Books are heavy though and take up valuable space - but now I can
take my library to sea with me! I just loaded more than 2000 classic books
on CD, which I purchased at www.4literature.net for about $20. What a
bargain!

Great as long as the batteries hold out ;)

Actually I'd rather read a real book that look at a computer screen. For
some reason, reading on screen hurts my eyes much more than reading print.

Anyway thanks for the link... interesting list of authors... why
Herodotus but no Heinlein? For that matter, why Thucydides but not
Xenophon? Sorry, I just finished re-reading Mary Rennault's non fiction
"Life of Alexander" (the Great, of course) and am on somewhat of a jag
for the ancients. And do they have all the cool illustrations with the
Rubaiyat??

I've never had a problem keeping a stock of good books on any of our
boats. Most cruisers seem to be readers, and book swap shelves are well
stocked at most clubs & marinas.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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"DSK" wrote
Great as long as the batteries hold out ;)
They ran down once on me, but that was because my father wanted to watch a
DVD "Saving Private Ryan" the night before. I just plug the laptop into my
12V system. Between my solar cell and my Honda EU2000, power isn't usually a
problem.

Actually I'd rather read a real book that look at a computer screen.
Me too - I would never take the laptop over a hardcopy in my own library

Anyway thanks for the link... interesting list of authors... why
Herodotus but no Heinlein?
You're welcome! I'm not sure why no Heinlein, but I suspect they went for
books with little or no copyright obstacles.

For that matter, why Thucydides but not Xenophon
Shortage of Athenian copyright lawyers?

And do they have all the cool illustrations with the Rubaiyat??
No, for some reason they didn't include illustrations ($ 20 ?), but of
course you could go to http://www.arabiannights.org/rubaiyat/index2.html and
extend your e-library to include those sexy graphics. I subscribe to
Scientific American too, and keep a library on my laptop of all their
journals for the past 10 years. SciAm is well worth the cost.

Most cruisers seem to be readers, and book swap shelves are well
stocked at most clubs & marinas.
lol - You mean they're not there as beer coasters?

Scout

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I've heard most cruisers watch TV.

"DSK" wrote...
Most cruisers seem to be readers, and book swap shelves are well
stocked at most clubs & marinas.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

dropping sail and curling up
 

How about for free... get newsrover at newsrover.com. It's free, then
you can download mp3s from the web for free, and burn them to a CD.
I have the complete Nightfall series (16 CDs) by Asimov for example.
You can find a bunch of music as well.

"Scout" wrote in message
...
After dropping sail and anchoring for the night, I love to spend my time
reading. Books are heavy though and take up valuable space - but now I can
take my library to sea with me! I just loaded more than 2000 classic books
on CD, which I purchased at www.4literature.net for about $20. What a
bargain!
Scout

dropping sail and curling up
 

Isn't that piracy?

Cheers

Jonathan Ganz wrote:

How about for free... get newsrover at newsrover.com. It's free, then
you can download mp3s from the web for free, and burn them to a CD.
I have the complete Nightfall series (16 CDs) by Asimov for example.
You can find a bunch of music as well.

"Scout" wrote in message
...

After dropping sail and anchoring for the night, I love to spend my time
reading. Books are heavy though and take up valuable space - but now I can
take my library to sea with me! I just loaded more than 2000 classic books
on CD, which I purchased at www.4literature.net for about $20. What a
bargain!
Scout

dropping sail and curling up
 

Free is good too Ganzy, but I also wanted to use some of these in my
classes, and nothing spells trouble in a public school like reprinted
materials with no proof of purchase.
I do have a huge collection of MP3's; some downloaded, some I made. Two
summers ago I purchased a Creative Sound Lab External Ripper/Burner and
converted my personal music collection (about 300 or so CD's) into high
quality MP3s; I plug my laptop into my boat's sound system and then enjoy
listening to Antonio V. while slicing across the bay. God I love technology
(in spite of what Mr. Einstein said about it).
Scout

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
How about for free... get newsrover at newsrover.com. It's free, then
you can download mp3s from the web for free, and burn them to a CD.
I have the complete Nightfall series (16 CDs) by Asimov for example.
You can find a bunch of music as well.

"Scout" wrote in message
...
After dropping sail and anchoring for the night, I love to spend my time
reading. Books are heavy though and take up valuable space - but now I
can
take my library to sea with me! I just loaded more than 2000 classic
books
on CD, which I purchased at www.4literature.net for about $20. What a
bargain!
Scout

dropping sail and curling up
 

wouldn't know... it's posted on a newsgroup not an individual's machine...
don't think
there's any law about downloading it... doubt there's any tracking either.

"Nav" wrote in message
...
Isn't that piracy?

Cheers

Jonathan Ganz wrote:

How about for free... get newsrover at newsrover.com. It's free, then
you can download mp3s from the web for free, and burn them to a CD.
I have the complete Nightfall series (16 CDs) by Asimov for example.
You can find a bunch of music as well.

"Scout" wrote in message
...

After dropping sail and anchoring for the night, I love to spend my time
reading. Books are heavy though and take up valuable space - but now I
can
take my library to sea with me! I just loaded more than 2000 classic
books
on CD, which I purchased at www.4literature.net for about $20. What a
bargain!
Scout

dropping sail and curling up
 

Scouty, you didn't say you were using it in a classroom. You said you were
using it on your boat at anchor.

"Scout" wrote in message
...
Free is good too Ganzy, but I also wanted to use some of these in my
classes, and nothing spells trouble in a public school like reprinted
materials with no proof of purchase.
I do have a huge collection of MP3's; some downloaded, some I made. Two
summers ago I purchased a Creative Sound Lab External Ripper/Burner and
converted my personal music collection (about 300 or so CD's) into high
quality MP3s; I plug my laptop into my boat's sound system and then enjoy
listening to Antonio V. while slicing across the bay. God I love
technology
(in spite of what Mr. Einstein said about it).
Scout

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
How about for free... get newsrover at newsrover.com. It's free, then
you can download mp3s from the web for free, and burn them to a CD.
I have the complete Nightfall series (16 CDs) by Asimov for example.
You can find a bunch of music as well.

"Scout" wrote in message
...
After dropping sail and anchoring for the night, I love to spend my
time
reading. Books are heavy though and take up valuable space - but now I
can
take my library to sea with me! I just loaded more than 2000 classic
books
on CD, which I purchased at www.4literature.net for about $20. What a
bargain!
Scout

dropping sail and curling up
 

I can't do both?
Scout

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
Scouty, you didn't say you were using it in a classroom. You said you were
using it on your boat at anchor.

"Scout" wrote in message
...
Free is good too Ganzy, but I also wanted to use some of these in my
classes, and nothing spells trouble in a public school like reprinted
materials with no proof of purchase.
I do have a huge collection of MP3's; some downloaded, some I made. Two
summers ago I purchased a Creative Sound Lab External Ripper/Burner and
converted my personal music collection (about 300 or so CD's) into high
quality MP3s; I plug my laptop into my boat's sound system and then
enjoy
listening to Antonio V. while slicing across the bay. God I love
technology
(in spite of what Mr. Einstein said about it).
Scout

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
How about for free... get newsrover at newsrover.com. It's free, then
you can download mp3s from the web for free, and burn them to a CD.
I have the complete Nightfall series (16 CDs) by Asimov for example.
You can find a bunch of music as well.

"Scout" wrote in message
...
After dropping sail and anchoring for the night, I love to spend my
time
reading. Books are heavy though and take up valuable space - but now
I
can
take my library to sea with me! I just loaded more than 2000 classic
books
on CD, which I purchased at www.4literature.net for about $20. What
a
bargain!
Scout