11.   The appliances download electronic books over phone lines directly from a central server.

12.   The books can be downloaded directly into a personal digital assistant like a Palm Pilot or onto a personal computer.

13.   The company spent undisclosed millions more on technology for downloading electronic books, providing storage space and processing payments.

14.   The fledgling company, founded last year, is developing technology that allows people to download books over the Internet.

15.   This cumbersome process involves first downloading the book to a conventional computer then transferring it to the e-book through a cable.

16.   Unlike previous versions, both devices include modems to download books.

17.   You download a book either to a PC or, in the case of the RCA devices, to the reader device itself using its built-in modem.

18.   The Bloomington, Indiana, company runs a Web site from which readers can download books for a price.

19.   The e-mail said the sender had discovered how to download the books for free, the papers said.