Like many of
you I initially resisted the invasion of e-books and e-readers into our safe world made of shelves crammed
with printed books. I really didn’t
accept such a dramatic change and looked
at the new strange objects with great suspicion. I couldn’t think of a book without
its reassuring smell of dusty paper or
its smooth, black- inked white pages.
Anyway, again like many of you, I had to
surrender, to accept their presence in
my life and even recognize their charms and practicality. I can now honestly
say that I love e-books, though differently than my unforgettable first love, printed books.
Though I still
treasure the hundreds of books I’ve been collecting all my life through on my
shelves, I’ve recently discovered how easy and incredible is to have your
favourite titles, all of them and even more, stored in your iPad or e-reader
and be able to keep them hidden in your own handbag . That means you can always
carry them with you and everywhere!
What I want
to share with you today is one of my latest
precious discoveries, related to my relatively new love for
e-books. It’s a real treasure for someone like me with a high interest in
classic literature and drama. It's ForgottenBooks, an online digital library with thousands of
books that can be of great interest to avid readers, students, academics and
scholars of several different fields.