On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 19:52:17 -0800, Mitchell Waite wrote:
> In case you are wondering where to find ebooks to try out, you can find them
> at the following newsgroups:
> 
> alt.binaries.e-book
> alt.binaries.e-books
> alt.binaries.e-book.technical
> 
> Most are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
> 
> Note that these are not all legal ebooks, many have been scanned from the
> publishers pages. There are debates going on that conclude that using ebooks
> is like using royalty free MP3s, the person who wrote the book is not
> rewarded for there efforts.

If they're going on, they can't very well have concluded anything, can they? :)

Another place to find free e-books in many formats is 
http://www.baen.com/library/ .

They also have a service they call "WebScriptions" where you can buy the 
right to download ebooks for a very reasonable price, provided you are an
avid sci-fi reader (they only publish sci-fi and fantasy, and their system
requires you to download 3-5 books *of their choosing* to get the very best
price.)

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