VitalSource: It's like iTunes for eBooks

I spotted this via James Duncan Davidson's blog, where he began talking about it by noting, "The best way to describe it is 'It's like iTunes for eBooks.'"

The program is called VitalSource Bookshelf and allows you to "Simply download entire books to your computer for as low as 99 cents." Unfortunately, not all of the books are $0.99. On the homepage to the VitalSource Bookshelf store, the highest priced book is Medicine by Mark C. Fishman for $31.99. On the other hand, there are several books which can be had for free, including St. Augustine's Confessions. You have to register for an account to download books, but the interface is very clean and nice, and once you download an ebook for reading you can highlight sections and take notes along the way. Davidson hits the coolest feature in his post, where he says, "Once purchased, the books can be downloaded and viewed on any client machine that you own." Nice. Check it out.