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ATDrake · 05-11-2015, 12:35 PM

Ernie: A Special Photographic Tribune by the Chicago Tribune Staff is a lavishly photo-illustrated retrospective career tribute to the late pioneering African-American baseball star Ernie Banks (Wikipedia, CT obituary), assembled from the newspaper's coverage of the long-serving Chicago Cubs team member (who was also their first African-American player) over the decades, free courtesy of publisher Agate's Digital imprint.

This is a specially-formatted title which will require a compatible actual sufficiently-advanced Kindle or app-supporting device to even get (neither K4Mac/PC nor the Cloud Reader will do, although if you're a Blackberry Playbook person with the unofficially ported version of K4Android installed, you can "purchase" but not read this).

Currently free, probably just until the weekend @ Amazon (not available to Canadians, but also free in the UK). This doesn't seem to exist at B&N yet, but might possibly show up later @ the publisher's webcatalogue page as a DRM-free PDF direct download available worldwide, as Agate freebies sometimes do.

NB: this is a 62 meg download, so you probably don't want to do it over 3G if you have some sort of data plan limits on your device.

And this has been the (late!) selected 3rd (non-repeat) free ebook thread of the day.

Because even though I can't actually see what's inside this one, we've gotten enough great-quality non-fiction freebies, especially when it comes to the arts & community/cultural history, from Agate and the Chicago Tribune that I trust this will be another one worthy of a feature spotlight.

Enjoy!

Description
With his boundless optimism and enthusiasm for the game of baseball, Ernie Banks embodied what it meant to be a Cubs fan. Celebrate the magnificent, ground-breaking career of "Mr. Cub," a Chicago icon who touched the lives of millions, with this collection of stories and photographs from the staff of the Chicago Tribune.

05-11-2015, 12:35 PM	#1
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free (Kindle) Ernie [African-American Baseball Star Journalism Retrospective Artbook] Ernie: A Special Photographic Tribune by the Chicago Tribune Staff is a lavishly photo-illustrated retrospective career tribute to the late pioneering African-American baseball star Ernie Banks (Wikipedia, CT obituary), assembled from the newspaper's coverage of the long-serving Chicago Cubs team member (who was also their first African-American player) over the decades, free courtesy of publisher Agate's Digital imprint. This is a specially-formatted title which will require a compatible actual sufficiently-advanced Kindle or app-supporting device to even get (neither K4Mac/PC nor the Cloud Reader will do, although if you're a Blackberry Playbook person with the unofficially ported version of K4Android installed, you can "purchase" but not read this). Currently free, probably just until the weekend @ Amazon (not available to Canadians, but also free in the UK). This doesn't seem to exist at B&N yet, but might possibly show up later @ the publisher's webcatalogue page as a DRM-free PDF direct download available worldwide, as Agate freebies sometimes do. NB: this is a 62 meg download, so you probably don't want to do it over 3G if you have some sort of data plan limits on your device. And this has been the (late!) selected 3rd (non-repeat) free ebook thread of the day. Because even though I can't actually see what's inside this one, we've gotten enough great-quality non-fiction freebies, especially when it comes to the arts & community/cultural history, from Agate and the Chicago Tribune that I trust this will be another one worthy of a feature spotlight. Enjoy! Description With his boundless optimism and enthusiasm for the game of baseball, Ernie Banks embodied what it meant to be a Cubs fan. Celebrate the magnificent, ground-breaking career of "Mr. Cub," a Chicago icon who touched the lives of millions, with this collection of stories and photographs from the staff of the Chicago Tribune.