Still Moving Forward....

Since I joined the Anokaberry group on the 23 Things Ning, I've been spending a lot of time reading and reviewing books for the Anokaberry award. So far I have finished five books, three of which were pretty good reads. Everyone is welcome to contribute-take a look at the Anokaberry blog to get more information. I have also discovered a new website that I love- Fantastic Fiction. On this site you can get comprehensive information about all of your favorite authors. They list all books published by the author (by year and series), pictures of the covers, awards and nominations received, new and forthcoming books, etc. Its nice to have all of the information in one place.

Beyond the 23 Things - The Open Library

I decided not to number my "things" anymore, since no one will be keeping track and checking them off. Today I explored the Open Library, whose vision is to build an online library that makes all the published works of humankind available to everyone in the world. The Internet Archive plans to do this by digitizing books using high end digital camera technology, and then loading them onto their site. The library went online in July 2007, and there are already over 7 million records in their catalog, and over 230,000 full text books. Of course, there are copyright issues, so most of these items are either in the public domain, or used under a creative commons license. You can take this guided tour of the Open Library to see how it works. The magnitude of this project is staggering! If they include every edition of every book ever published, it will take years and years and years......, even with today's technology.