[ATDrake]

So, since the non-Amazon stuff is so hard to find, here's a thread for the backlist, small-press, and established author self-pub offerings which are available elsewhere, preferably free to all via Smashwords or direct from the source in a downloadable format which may require conversion for your reader, but not a mere "Save HTML As" from your browser.

NB: Since Smashwords distributes to a fair number of stores and other stores will also often price-match when something at SW goes free, I will assume that if you have a preferred store that is not SW, you are

a) bright enough to look up for yourself if the freebie is also there if you want to get it from there and

b) think that your fellow MR members are also similarly bright and motivated, should they choose not to avail themselves of the DRM-free format of their choice which is free to all via Smashwords.

Therefore, I won't be mentioning other stores unless something's a pricing catch-up situation where the other stores have it still temporarily free until the price adjusts back again.

I also don't do general bargain-finding, but am willing to mention if there's some sort of low-cost-looking deal from the same author/publisher if they've got a free thing on offer for you to try before you buy.

I have this vague idea of using the first couple of posts in this thread to keep a sporadically updated "permafreebie" collection of anything that people find which has been on offer for a while, to reward the authors/publishers for sharing and make their stuff easier to find.

So, general/rotating site freebies will probably go into the 2nd post, sf/fantasy/speculative into the 3rd, mystery/thriller & historical/litfic/other in the 4th, and probably romance in the 5th since there's so much of that it's going to need its own post.