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1500+ Free Microsoft eBooks

mslit.com — Everything from pocket dictionarys, to "The Time Machine" by H. G. Wells.

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  • tempusrob, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Might want to pick up one of those pocket _dictionaries_ now, eh?
  • bossm4n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Digg slammed.
  • knightblade2oo4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yeah this site just got ***** nailed bandwidth wise
  • kev01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0is it just me or .... i dont even see the links to download the books?

    like.. i find the book, but theres no real like to download it, just links to other ebook sites to buy from..

    or is this just... catalogue of 1500+ microsoft ebooks?
  • speel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1the hell .. almost none of these are free
  • theantidote, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You gotta click on the big Msoft logo on the left side of the eBook's info page.
  • Darth_tater, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0ust click the avaiable from: link.... that brings u to the DL

    so this is legal?
    cuz im gona DL all the good ones...if they have any....
    *looks for LOTR*
  • tarun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0And to think my PocketPC saw its last just a couple of weeks ago. Sigh.
  • tarun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I have to commend MS for their Reader software. It's pretty nice--of course not available on Palm, but it's got highlighting and annotating functions and if you download their free dictionary you can even lookup words from the context menu.
  • ColdChilli, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Not all of the books are Free.They're links to Amazon etc..
  • Laythor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Mostly free is Microsoft's version of free.
  • auricomnet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0the real free book source PROJECTGUTENBERG.COM
  • jiub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I can't stand reading books off of a screen but it's nice to know they're there if I ever need a passage for a report.

    +digg
  • wastern, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0what is this MS e-book reader.......

    i don't think i want that. haha


    i'm with auricomnet. projectgutenberg.com all the way
  • Gnomelord, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2gutenberg.org
  • bigbooger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0anyone have all these books in a .zip format? :D
  • dbarbour, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah.. I'm not a big fan of eBooks. I appreciate what they were created for and would use them for technical reference materials, but if I were going to read Great Expectations, I would much rather have a paper copy. I find it more enjoyable and easier on my eyes.
  • sfacets, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Free? Microsoft? Haha.
  • echimu, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Heh good collection but since it has m$ tag, sorry I will stay away...
  • smithco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It seems that many of the books selected come from the University of Virginia's public ebook archive. It is worth pointing out that that archive is over 2100 free ebooks, so there's some more goodies there.

    http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/

    But overall, its nice to be able to use this to search across several sources.
  • OrangeTide, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So how do I read these LIT files? I totally don't get it. Is this some Windows only file format or something?
  • Maajid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Microsoft reader.

    Argghh!!
  • tehubersheezy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0why are you all such haters of MS damn.....................
  • ChrisB, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Linux/MacOS users and Microsoft haters, try www.convertlit.com
  • ScottyTee, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0"why are you all such haters of MS damn....................." Im not a Mcft hater.. ^_^


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  • rajkalex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Free as in $1.95 (for 911 Report that was available free online. No Digg since this is really just spam.
  • julaun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0See how long the free part lasts. "Microsoft is looking at several options, including models where users would be charged to access the content." http://www.networkingpipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=172900389
  • thenomad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0misleading title... where is the bury link ?
  • iamtheshow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0www.online-literature.com :)
  • mediaphile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i remember they released michael crichton's "timeline" as a free e-book back in the day. no longer available as free, but that was an awesome book. i found reading it on my pocket pc to be great. they really put a lot of design thought into it, and the cleartype that they used on the PPC is a lot better than the cleartype on windows. it really makes the text stand out, and it doesn't hurt your eyes to read for hours. plus, you can read at night with the screen's backlighting. and as someone above mentioned, if you have the pocket dictionary ebook installed as well, it automatically enables looking up words just by tapping them. great for school books if you can find them, you can make all the notes, drawings, and bookmarks you want. far better than a simple txt or pdf ebook.
  • nibble128, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11500+ eBooks of stuff no one wants to read
  • savister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0If you want tons of free ebooks with resell rights, this is the best place to visit. Updated daily too. http://www.bugabong.com
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