This issue was discussed at length about a week ago, and James Simmons and Alexei (I think) were discussing the provision of a library activity. Until that happens, I think James' reader activity and Sayamendu's fbreader activity should be packaged for SOAS to allow epub, comic format and text formats to be read conveniently in SOAS. <br> <br><a href="http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/search?q=newbery&cat=all">http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/search?q=newbery&cat=all</a><br><br>is a package on aslo of all the free Newbery honor books by women authors as a .xol package. The texts themselves are epub format. I wish someone would reinstate the ability to access .xol files in SOAS.<br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Caroline Meeks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Edward Cherlin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com" target="_blank">echerlin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Add the Bible and Qur'an reader programs?</blockquote></div><div><br>Those should at least be on the activity portal. Can you see if you can get in touch with the maintainers?<br><br>Thanks,<br><font color="#888888">Caroline <br> </font></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br> <div><div></div><div><br> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Caroline Meeks<br> <<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com" target="_blank">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>> wrote:<br> > For the next SoaS Beta I'd like to help users trying out Sugar, especially<br> > educators, have an "ah ha" moment about how Sugar on a Stick can open a huge<br> > world of books for their students.<br> ><br> > The US elementary schools I visit have a computer lab and they have books.<br> > But they certainly don't have the budget to get as many copies of as many<br> > different books as they would like.<br> ><br> > Maybe our new users will know that there are free books on the internet.<br> > Good chance they have never actually tried it themselves. Plus, having a<br> > book on the internet doesn't help their students if they get one hour of<br> > computer time in the lab.<br> ><br> > But having a book on your Sugar Stick and being able to read it in multiple<br> > locations is actually very useful!<br> ><br> > This is one of the many things I want educators to discover as they play<br> > with their Sugar Sticks.<br> ><br> > I know we have wonderful library apps coming down the pike. What I'm<br> > interested in right now is what is the art of the possible for the next Beta<br> > in June?<br> ><br> > Suggestions so far:<br> ><br> > - Include the FLOSS Sugar manual in the SoaS Image<br> > - Add a link to one or more free book sites in the startup page on Browse<br> > - Include a kids book in the SoaS Image.<br> ><br> > Other ideas?<br> ><br> > Thanks,<br> > Caroline<br> ><br> > --<br> > Caroline Meeks<br> > Solution Grove<br> > Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br> ><br> > 617-500-3488 - Office<br> > 505-213-3268 - Fax<br> ><br> </div></div>> _______________________________________________<br> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br> > <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br> ><br> <font color="#888888"><br> <br> <br> --<br> Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name<br> And Children are my nation.<br> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination.<br> <a href="http://earthtreasury.org/worknet" target="_blank">http://earthtreasury.org/worknet</a> (Edward Mokurai Cherlin)<br> </font></blockquote></div></div></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div><div></div><div class="h5">Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br><br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br> </div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br> <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br></blockquote></div><br>