I love eBooks... XOXO...Especially free ones

And Microsoft has been giving them away all summer long. right now, Iris Johanson's Fatal Tide is one of the picks. I saw it for just under $8 at Fictionwise.com, then saw it for free at Microsoft.com a mere two mouseclicks later. Gotta love THAT. ;)

Here's the scoop. To read these eBooks, you need the Microsoft Reader, which is available for free. You can download it for use on the following PC platforms:

Desktop/Laptop PC: http://www.microsoft.com/reader/downloads/pc.asp
Pocket PC: http://www.microsoft.com/reader/downloads/ppc.asp
Tablet PC: http://www.microsoft.com/reader/downloads/tablet.asp

The download, installation and activation instructions are pretty straightforward. Once you have the reader on your PC, the world is your oyster when it comes to free classics and many contemporary titles.

Here's a few links to whet your appetite. There are several eBook reader programs/formats available both free and at cost, but I am highlighting those which offer tomes formatted for the Microsoft Reader since that's what I use.

VENDORS (some offer free eBooks):

Fictionwise has hundreds of titles to choose from, even some free ones: http://www.fictionwise.com

eBook Catalog - formatted especially for PocketPC: http://www.mslit.com/ppc/

eBooks.com: http://www.ebooks.com/

eBook Mall: http://www.ebookmall.com/

Contentlink.com: http://www.contentlinkinc.com/

Powell's Books - a neat bookseller, paper or electronic:
http://www.powells.com/ebookstore/mreader.html

ebookad.com: http://www.ebookad.com./


FREE:

Project Gutenberg - a wonderful project and resource for free eBooks: http://www.gutenberg.org/

Baen Free Library: http://www.baen.com/library/

Blackmask Online: http://www.blackmask.com/page.php

The University of Virginia Library has amassed an incredible collection of ebooks. They're all available for free download! http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/ebooklist.html


GOODIES FOR THE MS READER:

The Microsoft Reader add-on for Word 2000 and 2002 lets you create eBooks from any MS Word document: http://www.microsoft.com/reader/downloads/rmr.asp

There's a text-to-speech component is nice if you or someone in your home is visually impaired: http://www.microsoft.com/reader/downloads/tts.asp


This message was edited Sep 17, 2003 12:26 AM