Amazon’s Kindle solves two major problems with e-books and at the same time creates a major problem as well.

Kindle’s good :) side:

• Portability – you get to carry your whole library with you.
• Experience – almost like having a real book in your hands.

Kindle’s bad :( side:

• Another gadget to buy and lug around.

Inkcover will solve all three problems:

1. Reading Experience – after extensive research, we’ve developed a web based interface that recreates the experience of having a physical book in your hand (WITHOUT the eye strain of reading on a computer monitor).

2. Portability – how does 60,000 free books at your fingertips sound?

3. Cost – you already carry your laptop with you, why buy another gadget to lug around.

While we’re gearing up to launch, checkout Read Print in the meantime. It’s a free online books library for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast. They have over 8,000 online books by 3,500 authors.

Each author’s page not only has his/her works but also a plethora of quotations and a detailed biography. Read Print makes up for a pretty site to read books.

Our blog got featured on the homepage of CSS Mania today. CSS Mania is web design gallery that showcases top designs from all over the world. It’s a site we check regularly for inspiration and to see what design trends are popular. Being featured on a site we admire so much feels like a huge achievement.

Inkcover is a place to read and discuss books.

Our goal is to be the world’s largest free online library. It’s lofty, but achievable. 60,000 books have already been added!

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.”
- George Gordon Byron

We love books. To us, books are a form of action, capable of influencing change. It’s a powerful medium.

Sites like Gutenberg Project allow you to read books online for free as well. Unfortunately, what they lack is the reading experience.

What Inkcover does is recreate the experience of reading an actual book — online.

“I have a Kindle”, you say snobbishly? That great! Then you’ll love being able to download all the books in our library for free and read them on your shiny new Kindle. And don’t worry, Amazon won’t be able to snatch them away from you.

This blog will discuss issues surrounding books and publishing. And of course, keep you updated on our progress. Inkcover is due to launch Q1 2010.