Books Online

EduChoices lists 25 Places to Read Free Books Online.  With only 25 places listed it’s not surprising that they missed some that I look at frequently.  One big one that was missed is the Baen Free Library.  Another is Cory Doctrow’s site where he posts his novels and short stories.   For shorter stories, I like Eric Burns’ Banter Latte, though he seems to have quit writing there.

For a short while, Tor was offering free ebooks (currently they’re offering free short fiction).  I’d love to buy a lot of Tor’s books as ebooks, but I’m still waiting.  Kindle format for books doesn’t count - I’m not touching anything that has DRM that goes deeper than watermarking.  When I buy a book, I want to be able to read and reread it.  (If you want to know hy DRM is a bad idea for authors, publishers, and readers look at Eric Flint’s Salvos Against Big Brother columns.)

(via Copyfight)

EDIT: More books online

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