E-CLASSICS BOOK FOR IPAD


The British Library is making digital copies of more than 40,000 classic books accessible for the iPad.
The e-books will be complete with their original page markings and drawings and will take in novels, poetry and historical accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Users will have to pay a monthly payment of £1.99 to entrance the full collection.
Apple's iPad was selected to open the service because its tangible interface was clever to "recreate the experience" of flipping through the real books.
The British Library said that it hoped to add other mobile devices in future and that it was talking to a range of partners, plus Amazon.

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