Lately I've been writing some columns on TeleRead looking back at writing groups that were cranking out Internet fiction years before the term "e-book" even entered common usage. Here's the first two:
http://www.teleread.org/2009/04/26/supergu/
http://www.teleread.org/2009/04/27/t...-of-netheroes/
These groups (and the others I'll be covering in future entries) have copious archives. At last count, Superguy had over 12 and 1/2
million words in its archives. It even has a handy CGI script to retrieve just those archives which need reading.
Free to read, some great stories (though granted, some pretty lousy ones too), fascinating stuff. See the links for more details.
I'll be writing about more "Paleo E-book" sources in future columns, and will link them in responses to this thread.