I.Online exchange of books – A boon for book lovers
Books are considered by many to be the best friend of the human race. This is at least somewhat true because ultimately books keep increasing our knowledge without expecting anything from us. Books also serve as an alternative to our memory as we cannot remember everything, but books bring back the old, forgotten things to life. Books are, in fact, a good collection of the past and the present, with an insight into the future.
True avid readers never sit idle -- they always keep at least one book with them to read in their spare time. Books are not only a great way to spend leisure time, but they also help in the all around development of a person. It’s a tough job for book lovers to go on a shopping spree every time they get the urge to read a new book (which is quite often), due to lack of time, and also the expense of new and even used books. Those who are fond of books are always looking for new and better ways to get more good books. Some book lovers trade books with their companions, family and coworkers, but this is dependent upon them all having similar interests, and it can sometimes be a bit of a hassle.
Luckily, today there are venues available for book lovers to help them feed their voracious appetites for reading material. These online book exchanges provide platforms through which readers can trade books with other readers, without regard to the distance between them. These book exchanges encompass the reading interests of people from all parts of the country and are the best service available to date for book lovers.
Online book exchanges are easy to use and convenient, with everything done from the comfort of home. Any book lover knows how easy it is to order duplicate books, so the exchanges make available a personal record of the user’s transactions so this common mistake can be avoided. These services are a welcome gift for book lovers. If you’re an avid reader and haven’t yet tried an online exchange service, you should!
II.Free Online Books for Everyone
Why are not there more sources for free online books? There are cheap books, good offers on online book stores, or online books available for download, but mostly not the best selling books or at least not right at release date. The reason is that the book industry has not really figured out how to make money with books in the digital space.
Easily available and distributable, buyable anywhere where consumers have an Internet connection. In the novel 8W8 – Global Space Tribes by Ralf Hirt, the Internet-think-tank The Golden Sky each member uses a device called “Inraxx”, which allows them to do everything users desire or would expect from a device. So the world is turning digital, consumers want to have their books digital, too. No problem, but the book publishing industry has got a headache because of this. Who cares? The digital consumer may think, and actually, true, who cares? Free online books will be available more and more as the new generation is going to publish – digitally and explore other revenues streams than just book prices. Without natural resources wasted and logistics to be paid. The good news is: There will be more cheap books, there will be more free online books also. Online books will be there for everyone and the online book stores will need to do more than just boringly list their inventory, which are simply commodities in cyber space.
What is more in the world of globalization, the Internet, globalized economies and businesses everyone has to go new ways and in order to visualize this “8W8 – Global Space Tribes” offers a glimpse into the futures. From free online books to a globalized, flat world seems to be a long way, but it just all part of the change happening right now and everyone is part of it. Whether someone wants or does not. We are all part of this single tribe of human beings on this little planet we do not have quite under control. Understanding it better and making knowledge available for everyone for free should be the greatest accomplishment of the next few years.
