Two FREE ebooks: Catering and Hasan al-Banna

Guys, two ebooks to be downloaded. Yes, its FREE! One is about my experience in catering business (part 1.1 & 1.2) and the other one is story of the late Hasan al-Banna, Islam Mujahid.

Here and here for catering ebook. Here for Hasan al-Banna.

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BlogBash - 30 days 30 experts! was one of the most successful events ever done on the Chitika Blog. Dreamed up by Chitika's CTO Alden DoRosario and inspired by an interesting series from the Month of Apple Bugs, Chitika's goal for this event was to "empower the blogger."

The experts wrote about an array of wide-ranging topics, from "Dare to be Odd" and "Shopping and Blogging: How to make the marriage work", to "Help me! My mom is my blogs only reader!" and many more.

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Discover Islam Download

The project of Discover Islam present "Discover Islam Web Book" to those who are seeking the truth.The most comprehensive Web Book about Islam.

The Web Book CD includes: The Holy Quran (eBook), Holy Quran Software, Recitation of Holy Quran With English Translation, Islamic audio, Islamic flash video, Islamic software, Islamic eBooks, Islamic Software, Islamic mp3, Quran recitation in mp3, Quranic Searching.

This is a very useful Web Book CD for anyone Muslims/non-Muslims who are searching for information on Islam or want to learn more about the Islam.

The web book is a convenient and easy way to gain knowledge about Islam. You can learn about Islam wherever you are - on the road, at home, in the office.

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E-books: The end of paper?

Ask C.T. Liu about future growth engines for his company, LCD maker AU Optronics, and he whips out his Kindle e-book in lieu of an answer, reports Reuters from Taipei, Taiwan.

Strong reception for the Kindle, the brainchild of web retailer Amazon, is attracting a growing number of developers looking to tap interest in devices that let consumers read newspapers, magazines and books in a digital form that updates wirelessly and saves paper.

Sony Corp has joined the paperless wave with its own e-readers, partnering with Google to offer public domain books that are no longer protected by copyright.

Other believers in the dawn of a paperless age include Taiwan’s Netronix, which is making similar models with touch screens, and Dutch Polymer Vision, set to soon introduce a pocket e-reader with rollable displays.

Amazon.com Inc’s Kindles have proved a hit since their launch in 2007. Citigroup estimated the US online retailer sold a half-million Kindles in 2008, about one-third more than the number of iPods sold by Apple in its first year.

Some critics argue that e-books could become the victim of their own success if cellphone makers take notice and start to incorporate the newer LCD technology into their own models and include similar reading applications.

MORE HERE.

What is an eBooks?

There are tons of websites that offer eBooks, most of them are free. What is an eBooks? An eBook is an electronic version of a traditional print book that can be read by using a personal computer or by using an eBook reader. (An eBook reader can be a software application for use on a computer, such as Microsoft's free Reader application, or a book-sized computer that is used solely as a reading device.

Users can purchase an eBook on diskette or CD, but the most popular method of getting an eBook is to purchase a downloadable file of the eBook (or other reading material) from a website (such as Amazon.com) to be read from the user's computer or reading device. Generally, an eBook can be downloaded in five minutes or less (depending on which type of internet access you are using; broadband is better).

Although it is not necessary to use a reader application or device in order to read an eBook (most books can be read as PDF files), they are popular because they enable options similar to those of a paper book - readers can bookmark pages, make notes, highlight passages, and save selected text. In addition to these familiar possibilities, eBook readers also include built-in dictionaries, and alterable font sizes and styles.

Typically, an eBook reader hand-held device weighs from about twenty-two ounces to three or four pounds and can store from four thousand to over half a million pages of text and graphics. A popular feature is its back-lit screen (which makes reading in the dark possible).

Some eBooks can be downloaded for free or at reduced cost, however, prices for many eBooks - especially bestsellers - are similar to those of hardcover books, and are sometimes higher. Most eBooks at Amazon.com, for example, are comparable in price to their traditional print versions. (Source: WhatIs.com)

Nevertheless, I don’t know when an eBooks can replace paper based books that dominated the market for a very long time. To be honest, I still don’t see any drastic change in people’s habit to see, touch and hold books. In Malaysia, eBooks seems not popular, yet.