My Tiny Life - free ebook

RCR · 01-20-2008, 10:55 PM

"My Tiny Life: crime and passion in a virtual world" by Julian Dibbell.

...Part memoir and part ethnography, My Tiny Life is about the social life of the online, text-based virtual world LambdaMOO .... in the early '90s. Andrew Leonard, in Salon, called it “the best book yet on the meaning of online life...

This is available as a free (pdf) download from Lulu.com at:

http://www.lulu.com/content/1070691

Thanks to Mr Dibbell and Lulu.

And thanks to the good folks at:

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/new.html

for their frequently updated list of this and other available free ebooks.

JSWolf · 01-21-2008, 09:05 AM

PDF? Why? That's just nasty.

Alexander Turcic · 01-22-2008, 05:04 AM

But, heh, they are releasing it for free. How is that for a starter?

JSWolf · 01-22-2008, 09:05 AM

True it is free. But then give that it's PDF, it's overpriced.

tobiasj · 01-22-2008, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

PDF? Why? That's just nasty.

Because LuLu (a self publishing house) only offers PDF as an ebook format. I have emailed them a number of times to offer other formats. At least the few ebooks I have gotten from them are NOT DRM'd...

-John

badgoodDeb · 01-22-2008, 06:53 PM

I should think the question is "PDF sized for what size screen" ? If it is set to produce a properly sized screen (so that one doesn't get microscopic print) that might be bearable. But you wouldn't be able to CHANGE the font size, which is one of the high points of an e-ink reader.

RCR · 01-25-2008, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baddorfdeb

I should think the question is "PDF sized for what size screen" ? If it is set to produce a properly sized screen (so that one doesn't get microscopic print) that might be bearable. But you wouldn't be able to CHANGE the font size, which is one of the high points of an e-ink reader.

Oh, my golly, guys. Why the big fuss about the pdf? I just saved it as text and copied it into a Sony sized rtf template in MS Word. It's not perfect but it's good enough for personal use.

01-20-2008, 10:55 PM	#1
RCR Addict Posts: 334 Karma: 992487 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: 2 x Sony 505, iPad, Samsung 7 Tablet, ASUS Transformer, Nexus 7	My Tiny Life - free ebook "My Tiny Life: crime and passion in a virtual world" by Julian Dibbell. ...Part memoir and part ethnography, My Tiny Life is about the social life of the online, text-based virtual world LambdaMOO .... in the early '90s. Andrew Leonard, in Salon, called it “the best book yet on the meaning of online life... This is available as a free (pdf) download from Lulu.com at: http://www.lulu.com/content/1070691 Thanks to Mr Dibbell and Lulu. And thanks to the good folks at: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/new.html for their frequently updated list of this and other available free ebooks.

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01-21-2008, 09:05 AM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,987 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	PDF? Why? That's just nasty.

01-22-2008, 05:04 AM	#3
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	But, heh, they are releasing it for free. How is that for a starter?

01-22-2008, 09:05 AM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,987 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	True it is free. But then give that it's PDF, it's overpriced.

01-22-2008, 06:53 PM	#6
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	I should think the question is "PDF sized for what size screen" ? If it is set to produce a properly sized screen (so that one doesn't get microscopic print) that might be bearable. But you wouldn't be able to CHANGE the font size, which is one of the high points of an e-ink reader.

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