2,000,000 free e-books from the 4th Annual World eBook Fair

Sonist · 07-15-2009, 04:09 PM

2,000,000 free e-books from the 4th Annual World eBook Fair. Free downloads for a month.

Mostly reference, technical and government stuff, but also some random non-copyright fiction.

Mostly in PDF format.

Bilbo1967 · 07-15-2009, 04:14 PM

Looks interesting - many thanks

ahi · 07-15-2009, 04:29 PM

This is a company that generally charges for what are in part (if not in whole) freely available PDFs from other organizations not designed for viewing on digital readers.

Basically a subscription search engine for content that won't be usable for most of us.

Already covered and dismissed in an earlier thread.

- Ahi

Renaldo · 07-15-2009, 10:35 PM

Two earlier threads, I believe.

And yes, they're not offering anything but links to sites that give it away for free.

Dr. Drib · 07-15-2009, 11:31 PM

This is the third thread on this, and in this Forum. I am therefore posting my same message as I posted in the other two threads:

In the interests of full disclosure: This is an organization that charges money. Whether PDFs are useful to you will have to be your decision.

Quoted:

"Our goal is to provide Free public access for a month to 2 Million eBooks. During the rest of the year you may continue to download your selection of about 500,000 PDF eBooks by joining the World Public Library. Annual membership is only $8.95 per year."

Don

07-15-2009, 04:09 PM	#1
Sonist Apeist Posts: 2,126 Karma: 381090 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The sunny part of California Device: Generic virtual reality story-experiential device	2,000,000 free e-books from the 4th Annual World eBook Fair 2,000,000 free e-books from the 4th Annual World eBook Fair. Free downloads for a month. Mostly reference, technical and government stuff, but also some random non-copyright fiction. Mostly in PDF format.

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07-15-2009, 04:14 PM	#2
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	Looks interesting - many thanks

07-15-2009, 04:29 PM	#3
ahi Wizard Posts: 1,790 Karma: 507333 Join Date: May 2009 Device: none	This is a company that generally charges for what are in part (if not in whole) freely available PDFs from other organizations not designed for viewing on digital readers. Basically a subscription search engine for content that won't be usable for most of us. Already covered and dismissed in an earlier thread. - Ahi

07-15-2009, 10:35 PM	#4
Renaldo Addict Posts: 294 Karma: 250590 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: The Great Pacific Northwest Device: Kindle 3G + WiFi	Two earlier threads, I believe. And yes, they're not offering anything but links to sites that give it away for free.

07-15-2009, 11:31 PM	#5
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,343 Karma: 59447733 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	This is the third thread on this, and in this Forum. I am therefore posting my same message as I posted in the other two threads: In the interests of full disclosure: This is an organization that charges money. Whether PDFs are useful to you will have to be your decision. Quoted: "Our goal is to provide Free public access for a month to 2 Million eBooks. During the rest of the year you may continue to download your selection of about 500,000 PDF eBooks by joining the World Public Library. Annual membership is only $8.95 per year." Don

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