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I find it particularly useful in keeping tabs on my favourite authors and their upcoming releases. It also gives
you an idea of what you will expect to pay for a book in whatever format you desire.

My second offering is the brilliant Internet Archive -

https://archive.org/

There should be a health warning with this site. Once you start searching, you could be there for hours. There
is so much content available for access from magazines, old software, music podcasts and old films to name
but a few of the topics.

Here is what Wikipedia has to say about it.
The Internet Archive is an American digital library founded on May 10, 1996 and chaired by free information
advocate Brewster Kahle. It provides free access to collections of digitized materials like websites, software
applications, music, audio visual and print materials. The Archive is also an activist organization, advocating
a free and open Internet. As of January 1, 2023, the Internet Archive holds more than 36 million print materi-
als, 11.6 million pieces of audio visual content, 2.5 million software programs, 15 million audio files, 4.5 mil-
lion images, 251 thousand concerts and over 808 billion web pages in its Way back Machine.

The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk
of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as
possible. Its web archive, the Way back Machine, contains hundreds of billions of web captures. The Archive
also oversees numerous book digitization projects, collectively one of the world's largest book digitization
efforts.

There are old computer magazines from the 1980’s – remember those Atari magazines from the states like
Antic and Analog. We used to pay a fortune for these. Later magazines such as Page 6 and Start are also
there. All the old computer magazines such as Byte and Computer Shopper – who said nostalgia is dead.

Delve into the film world and you will find many black and white classics, all of which can be downloaded. I
found some of the Ealing Comedy classics such as Whisky Galore, Hue & Cry and Passport to Pimlico all
downloadable.

Another favourite of mine is the Audio section which can throw up some interesting results – from podcasts
to live performances. Have a look and see what you can find.

Mick Sulley has been delving into some interesting niche market photography sites.