If you are fond of reading sci-fi books, you might want to check outTor.com, a new site managed by Tor Books, part of the Macmillan publishing group, which offers free downloads of e-books for a limited time only. The offer only runs through Sunday so hurry now!
Twenty-four (24 ) free e-books and a collection of high-resolution cover art suitable for use as a computer desktop background are available for download. The downloads are available in HTML, MOBI and PDF formats.
Available titles are:
- Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
- Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
- Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
- Farthing by Jo Walton
- The Outstretched Shadow by Mercedies Lackey & James Mallory
- Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell
- Lord of the Isles by David Drake
- Through Wolf’s Eyes by Jane Lindskold
- The Disunited States of America by Harry Turtledove
- Reiffen’s Choice by S.C. Butler
- Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder
- Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie Priest
- Spirit Gate by Kate Elliot
- Starfish by Peter Watts
- Touch of Evil by C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp
- A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham
- Orphans of Chaos by John Wright
- In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker
- In the Midnight Hour by Patti O’Shea
- Battlestar Galactica by Jeffrey A. Carver
- Flash by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
- Soul by Tobsha Learner
- Darkness of the Light by Peter David
- Three Shadows by Cyril Pedrosa
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Personal digital assistants (PDAs) or handheld computers, commonly known as palmtop computers, has evolved from simple organizers to being an e-book library plus several other uses. PDAs provided convenience to read and study your books anywhere. Recently released mobile phones also offer the convenience of storing e-books.
Where to find free e-books?
1. Memoware provides free ebook titles for your PDA. Memoware is a unique collection of thousands of documents (databases, literature, maps, technical references, lists, etc.) specially formatted to be easily added to your PalmOS device, Pocket PC, Windows CE, EPOC, Symbian or other handheld device. The documents available come in a variety of formats and cover a wide range of topics – from fiction to nonfictional.
Files are available in different file formats. Premium e-books titles are also available.
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Fullbooks.com offer thousands of full-text books for free. They offer fiction and nonfictional books. You can find historic books as well. The Darwinian Hypothesis by Thomas H. Huxley, The Boys’ Life of Abraham Lincoln by Helen Nicolay, and The Canadian Dominion, a Chronicle of our Northern Neighbor by Oscar D. Skelton are only among the thousands of books offered.
All books are available in html which offers the convenience to print and save it directly. You also do not need to download the book because it can be opened directly through your browser. Further, document readers are not needed to view them.
Books are also arranged alphabetically for readers’ convenience and easier find. However, a search function is not yet available.
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Medical iSilo™ Depot is a collection of medical documents created for use with the iSilo™, a highly versatile document reader available for Palm OS®, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile Smartphone, Sybmain UIQ, Symbian Series 60, and Windows® CE Handheld PC handhelds, as well as for Windows® computers.
Medical iSilo Depot has a collection of more than 150 iSilo documents for the medical PDA user and more than 100 are free! These documents are useful for doctors and medical students on the go for quick references while they are away from their books.
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Reading medical articles aid the medical practitioners including medical students to keep abreast with the latest developments in medicine. Although there have been numerous publications about these latest development, not most of us can afford to purchase an access, especially medical students like me. A single medical journal may cost you 20$ or plus. Sometimes, it’s just so frustrating to be redirected to an article, very related to your search, but you need to have a subscription to read the full text.
The Amedeo Challenge aims to provide the public with free full access to medical journals and books over the next few years.
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