04-01-2010, 08:29 AM | #1 |
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free ebooks for nook
I am very close to buying a nook.... I am hopeful that the public libraries will continue to expand their inventory but in checking the various free ebooks sites I find very few current fiction available...that is most of what I read...do you think this will change?
I have checked all the sites mentioned here...are there others I may be missing in my search for current fiction? |
04-01-2010, 10:10 AM | #2 |
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If you search the common torrent sites for 'epub', you'll discover quite few current books being added every day.
Of course, only take this advice if downloading files for non-commercial purposes is already legal wherever you are. |
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04-01-2010, 10:47 AM | #3 |
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am new to all this...not sure what you mean by "torrent sites"...i have checked all the sites mentioned here plus others checking for books I am looking for and none seem to have them ... sorry if I am asking silly questions.
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04-01-2010, 11:27 AM | #4 |
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There is relatively little current fiction available for free as ebooks. (Enough is available to read for a long, long time, but that's still a tiny fraction of books published.)
There's the Baen free library of science fiction books. Feedbooks has a collection of recent, rather than classic-public-domain, books submitted by their authors. Harlequin's 17 free sample romances are still available. Everything by Cory Doctorow is released under Creative Commons, in several formats. And many publishers release occasional free ebooks as promotions. But overall, for most books in print right now, there are no legal sources of free ebook versions. |
04-01-2010, 11:31 AM | #5 |
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Outside of the Baen Free Library, which is SF and Fantasy, there aren't many legal and free ebook sites that have "current fiction", as in works published after 1964. You can use Inkmesh to find free book promotions.
rmettier was saying that if you want free "current fiction" outside of the limited promotional material, you'll have to resort to downloading books from the darknet, which is copyright infringement and illegal in the US. |
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04-01-2010, 11:32 AM | #6 |
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Thanks for the info....have you (or anyone) heard of Good e-Reader....they provide unlimited downloads for a flat monthly fee of around $10...
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The only way I can think they'd be able to offer the books they depict is if someone buys them, strips the DRM, and "loans" them out through their subscription program--which is rather drastically illegal. They could, presumably, re-DRM them with their own DRM, to only allow them to be used for a limited time, and loan them out like library ebooks, only with more flexibility about device compatibility. I think that's fairly unlikely. Of course, it's possible that they don't actually offer the titles they show, and only have a few promo-freebie popular book titles, and a whole bunch of Gutenberg books. |
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04-01-2010, 01:54 PM | #8 |
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Yes, there is no way to see the list...i did join the forum (free) and asked if I could see the list as a guest...they do have a one-day trial for either $1 or $5....however, i don't even have my e-reader yet...so it is still research for me...
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04-01-2010, 02:22 PM | #10 |
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Yes, I agree and I did ask the question and will see what response I get...of course the $5 isn't a huge investment to find out but ... I also wonder about the firm...
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04-01-2010, 10:12 PM | #11 |
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they confirmed that I could only see a full list by subscribing....i am suspicious...
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04-01-2010, 11:07 PM | #12 |
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what does anyone know about diesel ebooks and books on board....not free but decent prices and lots of current fiction (esp. on books on board),,,
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does it bother anyone else that they spell "hottest" as "hotest" in the heading?
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04-03-2010, 12:23 AM | #14 |
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Both Diesel and Books on Board are reputable sites. I'm not real fond of Book on Board's website, and I think Fictionwise used to be cheaper with their Buyer's Club and sales, but now that the big publishers are switching to Agent Model pricing, that probably won't matter any more (and you can't join the Fictionwise Buyers' Club anywmore). You might find it easier to pick the retailer whose website you like best and primarily buy from them so that it's harder to accidentally buy a duplicate.
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04-03-2010, 08:55 AM | #15 |
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yes, well that's good news...i liked the BOB website and think between using the public library (when possible -- hopefully they will continue to stock more ebooks) for free books and BOB i should be ok...and yes, you are correct that sticking with as few sites as possible will avoid duplication.....now i just need to spring for the reader...think for my limited needs (just reading some fiction) that the nook will work fine....hopefully will make my purchase in the next week or so...
thanks to everyone for your insights and assistance...i will come back in a review once I have my nook in hand and running. |
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