Free Books: Under the Radar

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday October 21, 2002 @08:50AM from the publishing-without-paper dept.

bcrowell writes "Remember e-books, anti-books, and print-on-demand books? They didn't pan out. The surprise success story is free books." Of course, this defines "success" as number of readers, not in terms of monetary profits. E-books and their ilk were concentrating on the latter definition, rather than the former. Still, it's good to see free books preferred in some circles based on their merit, and not just the cost.

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FP by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-21 08:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This fp is for my dying grandmother.
first post by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-21 08:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic

i did it, guilty as charged
These nuts by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-21 08:56 · Score: -1, Offtopic

These nuts
Re:Interesting Cathedral. by CaffeineAddict2001 · 2002-10-21 09:12 · Score: 2, Offtopic

Richard Stallman definatly represents the Bizarre.

"Rhinophytonecrophilia" comes to mind.
Re:And this is exactly why I support DRM... by anthony_dipierro · 2002-10-21 09:18 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Huh?
Stephen Hawking found dead, 60 by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-21 09:56 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I just heard the sad news on the radio. Reviled adulterer and gangsta rapper Stephan "M.C." Hawking was found dead in his Cambridge crib early this morning. He was apparently the victime of a drive by wave function collapse. You may not have been a big fan of his acting in "Battlestar Galactica", but no one can deny his epochal impact upon the British gansta rap community. Truyl an English icon, he will be missed.
Free Boobs by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-21 10:40 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Anyone else read this as Free Boobs at first glance?