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By bmatthie, August 5, 2011 7:25 am

Charleston, SC & London, UK – BiblioLabs, LLC and the British Library have launched their British Library 19^th Century Historical Collection App for iPad – now available on the App Store. The App was announced in June with an initial offering of a thousand 19^th century books – it now makes some 45,000 titles available to subscribers, expanding to over 60,000 titles by the end of the year.

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By bmatthie, June 14, 2011 12:40 pm

The British Library announced that it is making 1,000 e-books available via its iPad App.

“This application provides access to titles from the British Library’s 19th century book collection. It includes classic novels, works of philosophy, history and science. Browse, search and read these historic books on a platform that enhances the reading experience. These digital book images have been captured in color to preserve the look of the original book. Marbled papers, embossed covers, engraved illustrations maps, and beautifully colored plates are intact and help create a unique reading environment.”

For more information please see this link.

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By bmatthie, June 1, 2011 7:09 am

The National Library of Medicine recently released several hundred historical eBooks.  You can access them at this link.

“Medicine in the Americas is a digital library project that makes freely available original works demonstrating the evolution of American medicine from colonial frontier outposts of the 17th century to research hospitals of the 20th century.”