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So I'm sure some of you know that Baen Books does this, but for those who don't know...
Baen periodically releases books in DRM-free ereader format... for free. 
http://www.baenebooks.com/c-1-free-library.aspx
Some examples (but nowhere near all inclusive):
1632 - Eric Flint
The Tank Lords - David Drake
On Basilisk Station - David Weber
Retief! - Keith Laumer
Star Soldiers - Andre Norton
The Road to Damascus - (A BOLO novel) John Ringo & Linda Evans
Have fun. You can curse me for your lost productivity later. 
Edit: Should mention, you don't really need an ereader. When they release 'em they include an HTML version too. You can just read 'em online if you want.
Here's March Upcountry (which is excellent by the way)
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How do you get those on your kindle?
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On Basilisk Station is the perfect example of Sci-Fi I can't get in to. I'm not nay-saying the genre for those who enjoy it, but I find all of the technical detail mind numbing. It isn't just sci-fi technical detail, it has tons of endless world building that doesn't really matter.
I like 1-2 paragraph explanations.
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Download the .mobi version and move it over using a program like Calibre.
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Tych2 posted:
How do you get those on your kindle?
Easy peezy
http://www.baenebooks.com/t-ereaderinstructions.aspx
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Copy the Ebook file into the Documents directory on the Kindle. On the Kindle Fire, drag and drop into the “Books†folder.
I didn't know you could do that. 
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BTW I only mention this because I was there buying the new Harrington novel and instead bought this month's bundle.
* A Rising Thunder by David Weber
* The Star Beast by Robert A. Heinlein
* The Forerunner Factor by Andre Norton
* The Amazon Legion by Tom Kratman
* Overkill by Robert Buettner
* Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra by Poul Anderson
* Bedlam's Bard by Mercedes Lackey and Ellen Guon
$18
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Neat.. thanks!
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Wow I need to get a Kindle Fire soon!
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Only sci-fi? Don't you geeks read anything else?
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those poor starving artists!
youre taking the food right out of their mouths!
how will the big execs buy another porsche if youre not paying for your books?
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Eternal_Midnight posted:
Only sci-fi? Don't you geeks read anything else?
It is a deal through Baen, of course it is only Sci-Fi.
Wikipedia posted:
Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy.
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Eternal_Midnight posted:
Only sci-fi? Don't you geeks read anything else?
Uh... what else is there? 
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Eternal_Midnight posted:
Only sci-fi? Don't you geeks read anything else?
Trying to read Blood Meridian for the second time, need to figure out how to get a MUCH better dictionary for the Kindle app though.
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Galois2005 posted:
Trying to read Blood Meridian for the second time, need to figure out how to get a MUCH better dictionary for the Kindle app though.
I'm a big fan of Cormac McCarthy, although I haven't read Blood Meridian. I really like his writing style, but it isn't for everyone.
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sci-fi
novels
fiction
blah
Any good books on the site?
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reesescups posted:
Any good books on the site?
No. There are no good books by David Drake, Poul Anderson, Andre Norton, David Weber, Mercedes Lackey or Keith Laumer. That's only why every single one of those names is a multi-bestselling author. Nothing to see there. Move along please.
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Koneg posted:
reesescups posted:
Any good books on the site?
No. There are no good books by David Drake, Poul Anderson, Andre Norton, David Weber, Mercedes Lackey or Keith Laumer. That's only why every single one of those names is a multi-bestselling author. Nothing to see there. Move along please.
Never heard of any of them...
No wonder you are always wrong about everything - you stuff your head with stupid ass fiction novel crap...
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I am an unlettered cro-magnon.
After you get to China you're going to live in one of those caves, aren't you?
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Thanks for the heads up Koneg, looks to be a lot of awesome there.
Tell me what you think of the new Honor book. I was bummed by the crappy, inconclusive "ending" of that series, seemed phoned in to me.
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