Not exact matches
Among the features of the
library include a room dedicated to historical artifacts - including some relating to the life and times of Herbert Macaulay, an innovation hub that will serve as a Coding Centre, a lounge / café area, a
reading area with updated
books and an e-
library section, wheelchair accessible ramps and a
finished courtyard area, among others.
Students select appropriately leveled
books from both the school and local public
libraries, and when they've
finished reading a
book, they take an assessment quiz that measures comprehension.
If Look Inside isn't available, but I'm intrigued enough, then I will borrow the
book from the
library to see if it's worth buying (I have a bad habit of
reading about 15
books concurrently, so I rarely
finish a
book in the time allotted by the
library).
One of the things that make it so popular, aside from access to a huge
library of Kindle
books on Amazon.com, is that Amazon.com offers an app for just about any device you own, and it remembers where you left off from any Internet - connected device, so you can start
reading on your iPod and
finish on your Android.
Our authors receive no payment for allowing you to
read their free
books online, so please, whether you loved it or loathed it, when you
finish reading a
book from the obooko
library, return to the author's
book - listing page (enter the title in the search box if you can't find the page) and leave a Star Rating from 1 to 5.
Some of the features of the Readmill for Android app include the ability to start and
finish titles entirely in offline mode while still letting the location in the
book sync through the Readmill app when wifi becomes available, the ability to important titles from the
library of another
reading app, and the option to start
reading or simply browse with the swipe of a finger.
KU works like my
library, once I've
finished reading I send the
book back to Amazon.
The Kobo's home screen shows
books you're currently
reading (when you
finish, they disappear from the home screen but are still accessible in your
library, which I quite liked), and one tap opens up whatever
book you want.
So everybody knows that if they want the
book now they will have to buy it but if they are willing to go out of their way a bit (in the case of my local public
library, across the market square from Waterstones) and wait (in the Amazon case, if I understand it right, wait until they've
finished the
book they are currently «borrowing» and any they have ahead in their «want to
read» queue) then they can
read it for free.
It feels great, looks great, has 4 GB of storage — more than enough room for a
library of
books — vocabulary building tools, built - in Wi - Fi, free 3G, Whispersync to help you keep you place in
books and magazines no matter what platform you're using and social media hooks (tweet that you just
finished reading 50 Shades of Grey).
The
reading life section which allows you to view stats of your
reading habits and awards you badges for things like
finishing a
book, adding
books to your
library, spending an hour or two
reading etc and allows you to share such wonders on facebook seems utterly pointless and of strictly limited appeal to a very limited number of people, mostly the kind of people who wouldn't be buying this device in the first place.
«Most of the students
finish reading their
books before they are due, and they sign out extra trades from our classroom
library on a regular basis,» Roncoroni said.