Baen's Free Library

UTAlumnus · 06-01-2008, 06:50 PM

Baen Books Free Library

Many of the books that are in Baen's Webscriptions service are also offered for free download.

Edit: they're offered in multiple formats. Off the top of my head: txt, html, .lit, mobipocket, & rocket.

LeisureSuitLarry · 06-01-2008, 07:11 PM

Don't forget to look here before buying on Webscription.

http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/

These are cds that were released with some of the books. You can get virtually entire series here, like the Honor Harrington series if you pick the right cd.

GeoffC · 06-02-2008, 05:04 AM

I must be missing something here - my free download is costing $6.00!?

Edit: Doh - ignore me, only some are free, and those that are can also be paid for.....if you press the wrong buttons!!!

JSWolf · 06-16-2008, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by UTAlumnus

Baen Books Free Library

Many of the books that are in Baen's Webscriptions service are also offered for free download.

Edit: they're offered in multiple formats. Off the top of my head: txt, html, .lit, mobipocket, & rocket.

Do not forget they are also offered in BBeB (LRF) format for the Sony Reader 500/505.

carandol · 06-16-2008, 07:22 AM

And if you're disabled, you can get *all* their books for free.

GeoffC · 06-16-2008, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by carandol

And if you're disabled, you can get *all* their books for free.

And that is explained, where?

IceHand · 06-16-2008, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

And that is explained, where?

On their news page:

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11/14/2006 Baen Books Free to Disabled Readers

Baen Books (www.baen.com), a publisher of science fiction, will provide its books to fans who are blind, paralysed, or dyslexic, or are amputees, in electronic form free of charge, effective immediately.

GeoffC · 06-16-2008, 08:06 AM

Thanks; that is a very noble cause, and is a generous offer that they make.. Well done them...

jerryleejr · 06-23-2008, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Do not forget they are also offered in BBeB (LRF) format for the Sony Reader 500/505.

I just wonder how they do that I thought lrf was only at the Sony Store?

JJ

pilotbob · 06-23-2008, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by jerryleejr

I just wonder how they do that I thought lrf was only at the Sony Store?

JJ

The non-DRMed BBeB is a published spec... many apps create or convert to .LRF files. Only Sony sells DRMed (.lrx) BBeB format...as far as I know.

BOb

jerryleejr · 06-23-2008, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

The non-DRMed BBeB is a published spec... many apps create or convert to .LRF files. Only Sony sells DRMed (.lrx) BBeB format...as far as I know.

BOb

I always learn something everyday from this site.

igorsk · 06-23-2008, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

The non-DRMed BBeB is a published spec...

Nope it's not. What's published is "Xylog XML" (aka LRS) spec - the source XML format Sony uses in their workflow. The binary LRF format was reverse engineered. Both Fictionwise and Baen use libprs500 (now Calibre) to produce their LRF books.

pilotbob · 06-23-2008, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by igorsk

Nope it's not. What's published is "Xylog XML" (aka LRS) spec - the source XML format Sony uses in their workflow. The binary LRF format was reverse engineered. Both Fictionwise and Baen use libprs500 (now Calibre) to produce their LRF books.

ah, I sit corrected, They said they were going to release the specs, I just assumed they had.

06-01-2008, 06:50 PM	#1
UTAlumnus Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Cybook Gen 3	Baen's Free Library Baen Books Free Library Many of the books that are in Baen's Webscriptions service are also offered for free download. Edit: they're offered in multiple formats. Off the top of my head: txt, html, .lit, mobipocket, & rocket. Last edited by UTAlumnus; 06-01-2008 at 06:53 PM.

06-02-2008, 05:04 AM	#3
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	I must be missing something here - my free download is costing $6.00!? Edit: Doh - ignore me, only some are free, and those that are can also be paid for.....if you press the wrong buttons!!! Last edited by GeoffC; 06-02-2008 at 05:13 AM.

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