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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Anyway, I have the pdf file of the book on my hard drive. I scanned it with my antivirus program, which is up-to-date on the virus signatures. It tells me that there is "no threat," i.e., the file is clean. I know that there is a way to post attachments, but I've never done it. If someone would be kind enough to tell me how to do it, I would be happy to do that. There may be other Mobilereaders who would want to download it, too.
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Attaching a file is pretty easy. If you're using the "advanced" message creation (either click "NEW REPLY" under the last post or Go Advanced" under the quick reply), then there's a paperclip right next to a smiley face that brings up a dialog. You can only attach certain file types, but PDFs are OK (I've attached a list of recipes cloning patent medicines from a book published in 1895; you're welcome).
That said, it's probably not a good idea to attach the book that you downloaded. First, even if the download is free, you don't have the right to offer it as a download yourself without a license (GPL or Creative Commons, for example). Second, it's possible that the download isn't
supposed to be free. I've bought ebooks from authors that just email me a link to a Dropbox file or some such. This might be one of those and even if it's legal for you to download (I don't know that following a link would be illegal just because someone doesn't want you to, but the DMCA and various "hacking" laws in the US might apply), uploading it somewhere else certainly wouldn't be.
To keep this post firmly on-topic, Microsoft Press has a number of free ebooks. The list is pretty stable, but I see a few books that are new since the last time I checked. The link is to an actual Microsoft site, so you can trust it as much as you trust Windows.
Microsoft Virtual Acadamy free ebooks