Hi Derry, That was really nice of you, many thanks,*smiles*. Paul. -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Derry Walsh Sent: 31 October 2008 20:28 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] Re: [vicsireland] 22,067 free eBooks Thanks Paul T for that. By the way I dedicated a Song to you on my Radio programme . It is by Dire Straits and its called 'Calling Elvis'. I thougth it very appropriate. Derry -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Traynor Sent: 31 October 2008 08:35 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] Re: [vicsireland] 22,067 free eBooks Hi Derry, Here are some definitions of what a PDA is; Short for personal digital assistant, a handheld device that combines computing, telephone/fax, and networking features. ... Basically some mobile phones we have around today are really types of PDA's. -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Derry Walsh Sent: 30 October 2008 19:48 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] Re: [vicsireland] 22,067 free eBooks Martin Thanks for the email on the free ebooks. Do you know what a PDA is ? -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin O'Sullivan Sent: 30 October 2008 10:08 To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; List for discussing news and issues relating to the visually impaired in Ireland; vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] Re: [vicsireland] 22,067 free eBooks Hi the following may be useful 13) In briefer pieces of information from Fred's Head Companion, the Global Text Project claims that it will create open content electronic textbooks that will be freely available from a website. http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/ WitGuides claims to be a source for downloadable e-books: http://www.witguides.com/ And Open Textbook is an online registry of textbooks free for anyone to use: http://www.opentextbook.org/ On 10/27/08, Gerard Ellis <gerry.ellis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > ManyBooks is a site that contains thousands of free eBooks. 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