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Before you put up your Free E-Books make sure you understand how your host will charge you for server time/usage. They may charge based on the ninth busiest hour in a month, at a rate that may cost as much as $15,000 for that level of usage (over 200 GB downloaded by more than 10,000 people). Will your host have any bandwidth limiters or warnings in place? Just because the dead tree edition of your book had poor sales doesn't mean the Free E-Book won't be in demand and have instant popularity.

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eBook has Geographic Restrictions. What's that?

E-Book Lending Practices
With DRM, you don't buy and own books, you merely rent them for as long as the retailer finds it convenient.

"Amazon in turn uses the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to take your books and privileges away if it finds you've been naughty."

According to Amazon's Kindle Store terms of use, "Kindle content is licensed, not sold". Should you attempt to break the DRM security block or transfer your purchase to another device, Amazon may legally "revoke your access to the Kindle Store and the Kindle Content without refund of any fees."

Under Amazon's rules, this type of action is barred, as the publisher seeks to control what content is read in which territory of the world.

It is legal to “share” digital copyrighted material with up to eight people.

Kindle book lending program

Dear Publisher,

We are excited to announce Kindle book lending http://www.amazon.com/kindle-lending . The Kindle Book Lending feature allows users to lend digital books they have purchased through the Kindle Store to their friends and family. Each book may be lent once for a duration of 14 days and will not be readable by the lender during the loan period.

All DTP titles are enrolled in lending by default. For titles in the 35% royalty option, you may choose to opt out of lending by deselecting the checkbox under “Kindle Book Lending,” in the “Rights and Pricing” section of the title upload/edit process. You may not choose to opt out a title if it is included in the lending program of another sales or distribution channel. For more details, see section 5.2.2 of the Term and Conditions.

For more info on how Kindle Book Lending works, see our FAQ here

Sincerely,
Amazon Digital Text Platform

CONTENT PROVIDERS


THE BUSINESS OF WRITING

The Copyright WebSite
Copyright Society (USA)
Law News Network
The Publishing Law Center
The Writer's Pocket Tax Guide

National Writers Union
UAW Local 1981/AFL-CIO Email Website National Office
West 337 - 17th Street, Suite 101 Oakland, CA 94612-3351
Phone (510) 839-0110 Fax (510) 839-6097
National Office East 113 University Place, 6th Floor New York, NY 10003-4527 Phone (212) 254-0279 Fax (212) 254-0673

The Authors Guild
National Writers Union
Pike's Peak Writers' Retreat
Writers.com
Writers write
Writer's Write Journal
BookWire from R.R.Bowker
BookWeb - by American Booksellers Association
Publishers Weekly
Writers Weekly
Writers Digest
Small Press of North America
Publisher Catalogues
Netread - "the publishing portal"
Small Publishers Artists & Writers Network
Bookmarket - everything you need to know about marketing books
Extensive list of university presses

Scribd, Smashwords Partner to Put Indie Authors' Work in Subscription Service
Scribd publishing partners Smashwords - Smashword List , INscribed Digital , BookBaby or Draft2Digital and your work will be up on Scribd and available to our members. If you have further questions, please contact Scribd support for assistance.

EBOOK FORMATTERS to publish on Createspace



Publishers Weekly magazine For the BEA Show Daily. It said the deadline was extended until April 24, however, they will accept late-breaking plans until May 4. Don't know if their advertising deadline is the same. No e-mail addresses were given, just snail mail. Mark all packages "Show Daily" and send to Daisy Maryles (adult) or Diane Roback (children's), PW, 245 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011. Advertising inquiries go to Howard Katz, 212-463-6549.

AGENTS & EDITORS:

Writers who would like to find a literary agent.

LITERARY PUBLICISTS

JOHN TASSINI

Tassini Win Landmark Lawsuit
From: NWU National Office West <nwu@nwu.org>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 11, 2000 Contact: Jonathan Tasini: 212-254-0279

NEW YORK, NY: In another significant victory for writers and all creators, the U.S. Court of Appeals has unanimously denied publishers a rehearing of the landmark electronic rights decision in a case brought by freelance writers.

The defendant-publishers had petitioned the 2nd Circuit for a full court review (ìen bancî hearing) of the three-judge panelís landmark ruling in the lawsuit, Tasini, et al v. The New York Times, et al ., Nos. 97-9181, 97-9650 (2nd Cir. Sep. 24, 1999). The ruling last Fall made clear that it is copyright infringement for a publisher to put a freelancerís work on-line or otherwise reuse or resell it without explicit written permission.

"I am not surprised by the denial because the Appeals Court decision was a one-sided, unshakeable, lucid affirmation of the rights of freelance writers," said Jonathan Tasini, lead plaintiff and president of the National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981). "It is now time for the defendants to stop stalling and using legal maneuvers to deny writers and all creators' their fair share. While they stall, the enormous liabilities the defendants admitted they face will grow, as do the liabilities for all media companies who have stolen the work of creators. The New York Times and the other defendants would be wise to turn off their perpetual infringement operations, which are continuing to this day. We now proceed with vigor to the damages phase of the trial.

The April 6th, 2000 order denying the rehearing, Tasini said, would further undermine the publishers' public relations argument to financial investors that they face no liabilities from the landmark ruling. Recently, New York City Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who oversees $100 billion in pension funds, wrote to 36 media companies, expressing concern about the "potential liability of media companies" because of the landmark decision. "As Comptroller Hevesi and others have suggested, we urge the industry to accept the NWUís proposed solution the Publication Rights Clearinghouse to restore financial certainty to their businesses," said Tasini. The union has also asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate statements made by The New York Times in official SEC filings.

For full details of the lawsuit, the pension fund actions and the SEC complaint, visit the NWU's website

The National Writers Union has 6,000 members nationwide, representing journalists, book authors, technical writers and poets. It is the only union dedicated solely to advancing the interests of freelance writers. The NWU is affiliated with the United Auto Workers

The Bad News 2000
PRESS CLIPS BY CYNTHIA COTTS Times Co. to Freelancers: Sign, or Else! The Boston T-1 Party
Boston Globe/Times e-rights grab
This article describes the current stand-off between the Boston Globe Freelance Association and the Globe. There's also interesting financial data on the value of Web rights -- and excellent reasons why writers ought not to sign the Globe's contract.
" On April 6, just after the new contract arrived, a federal appeals court affirmed Tasini v. The New York Times, the 1999 decision that supports peons' rights. Siding with Jonathan Tasini, president of the National Writers Union, the Second Circuit found that the Times Co. violates copyright law every time it reprints freelance work electronically without obtaining permission to do so. But rather than face what its own lawyers call "enormous potential liability," the Times Co. has chosen to fight. This month, after the Second Circuit denied their request for a rehearing, Times Co. lawyers filed a motion to appeal Tasini to the Supreme Court."

Legal Tips

Any uses of quoted material have to be examined on a case by case basis, not only to determine whether or not the material is in the public domain but also, if not pd, whether a given use is "fair use" within the meaning of the US copyright law. This means that the context has to be examined. And if licenses are to be sought, which is the preferred approach if any doubt exists, then you need to get permission from the source and not from the book in which the quotes appear. Further, the licenses must be examined carefully as well. Read, among other articles, "Look Before You Sign: Restrictive Licenses" and "The Need for Vision" on my site. Click on "Articles for Writers and Publishers." IVAN HOFFMAN, B.A., J.D. Attorney At Law Lawyering With Integrity (sm) Internet Law, Writing and Publishing Law, Web Design Contracts and Law, Copyrights, Trademarks, Business Plans, Web Site Audits, Recording and Music Law. *A Four Times Award-Winning Site .* http://www.ivanhoffman.com

The latest development in Ukita's division is arguably the first successful attempt at a proper electronic book with a display that approximates the look of traditional paper. The ebook reader (the Librie EBR-1000EP) launches in Japan on Saturday, and we met with Sony in Tokyo for a sneak preview. Source 2004

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Project Gutenberg
Michael S. Hart Founder - Project Gutenberg is the oldest website for free electronic books.

8 tips and tricks to get the most of Project Gutenberg

Many or most of the Netlibrary eBooks come from Project Gutenberg, but are not kept up to date via error corrections, format changes, and many other improvements. . .not to mention that you can choose your own fonts, font size, pagination, etc. with the original book as presented by Project Gutenberg.
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~15,000 at Project Gutenberg of Australia
~ 500 at Project Gutenberg of Europe
! 100 at Project Gutenberg of the Philippines
Just starting Project Gutenberg of Canada, as we speak.
All free of all charges, many formats available, many languages. And. . .on July 4th, the 36th anniversary of eBooks on the Net-- there will be 2/3 - 3/4 million eBooks at: http://www.worldebookfair.com including ~100,000 from commercial vendors, the rest are free. Blog http://hart.pglaf.org

Children's Library http://www.archive.org/details/iacl
Drawing on materials from the New York Public Library, the National Yiddish Book Center, and the University of California Libraries, the Internet Archive has created this trove of digitized children's books. Currently, there are over 2,700 books available here and they include works like “Infant's cabinet of birds & beasts” from 1820 and “What the Moon Saw: And Other Tales” from 1866.


Second Annual World eBook Fair
+ 110,000 Commercial eBooks
3/4 Million Total eBooks Available as Grand Total
eBooks in over 100 Different Languages!
Created by Contributions from 150+ eLibraries Around the World

  • 787,000 Total eBook Files Will Be Listed [over 3/4 million]
  • 2/3 Million Unique Free eBook Titles Will Be Included
  • 1/3 million eBooks were offered free of charge at The First World eBook Fair.
  • This year there will be twice as many eBooks!!!

Last year The World eBook Fair gave away about 1 million eBooks a day for 30 days between July 4 and August 4.
The commercial eBooks are from Digital Pulp Publishing, presenting a wide and eclectic array bringing independent access to the broad open market through the efforts of many publishers; and also great numbers of additional books, perhaps totalling ~100,000 by July 4, from eBooks About Everything. Contact information is below.
These are all full text editions that are yours to keep once their files have been downloaded to your computer, enough titles to fill 25 average public libraries.
The Second World eBook fair includes the entire ~100,000 eBook set from Project Gutenberg's various collections as well as a
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~100,000 eBooks from The Internet Archive
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The Internet Archive
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The Internet Archive Hosts Over 100,000 unique finished eBooks. In addition, there are ~87,000 downloadable eBooks in progress.

SCIENCE - OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS

The ScienceDirect eBooks program
Elsevier, a leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information, has announced that more than 900 leading research libraries and corporations from all over the world are participating in the trial of eBooks on ScienceDirect. The trial will provide participating institutes with preliminary access to 500 of the 4,000 scientific and technical books that will be launched on ScienceDirect in the third quarter of 2007.

E-LIS is an open access archive for scientific or technical documents, published or unpublished, on Librarianship, Information Science and Technology, and related areas." There are presently 5,780 documents in their collection.

OPEN SOURCE EDUCATIONAL content

The eBook Reader 2.2 w/voice
With the release of Adobe® Reader® 6.0 software, Adobe has united Acrobat eBook Reader and Acrobat Reader in a single application. You no longer need to install Acrobat eBook Reader to enjoy eBooks. All of the eBook reading features formerly in Acrobat eBook Reader are now available in Adobe Reader. Download Adobe Reader now

WHERE TO GET FREE AUDIO BOOKS

Learn Out Loud

Library2Go

Librivox

AudioBooks.org
A few free audio books along with samples to fee-based titles and direct links to sources like Amazon and Audible as well as the Creative Commons. A few non-English language sources also listed.

AudioBooksForFree . It doesn't get much simpler than this. Browse using the tabs at the top or the lefthand navigation panel. (Note that there are tabs for Music and Ringtones; nothing here yet…content is “coming soon.”) There's also a search tool that lets you filter/browse or hunt for a particular title. The basic categories are fiction, nonfiction and childrens. If you're browsing rather than looking for an exact title, use the navigation panel to zero in on categories of interest. Books are in mp3 format; technical help is available, and there's an FAQ . Free registration is required. You can purchase higher quality files or book “collections” on CD, DVD, or already loaded onto an mp3 player, a hard drive, or a flash memory card.

Open Culture Audiobook Podcast Collection . While the collection itself here is not that large, if you scroll down the page, you'll find links to a whole bunch of audiobook podcast sites. Bookmark this one; it's a good fishing hole.

The venerable Project Gutenberg has both “ human-read and computer-generated audio books .”

AssistiveMedia is an interesting site that provides “audio access to reading materials for anyone with a reading access barrier.” The focus here is on magazine articles and other short works.

Podiobooks.com — “serialized audio books which are made available in podcast format.” You can receive episodes via RSS or download them directly. Lots of science fiction and mysteries by authors you've probably never heard of — check the “ charts ” page to find out what's hot/popular. Users rate the various offerings. Free registration.

The Digital Media Locater from OverDrive offers a database the can:
1) Help you determine if your library offers audio e-books and other e-media from Overdrive
2) Provides access to what specific titles are available

The Spoken Alexandria Project
The Spoken Alexandria Project is creating a free Creative Commons library of spoken word recordings, consisting of classics in the public domain and modern works (with permission). AAC, Ogg Vorbis, and MP3 audiobooks available for free download and redistribution.

Literal Systems: Audio Books You Just Can't Buy

StoryNory -
Stories for kids, ready to download.

WiredForBooks
Interviews with authors as well as several complete texts including The Iliad - Book I by Homer, Milton by William Blake, and The Tragedy of Macbeth and other works by Shakespeare .

Poetry Online (Most Poems Read by their Authors) as well as interviews with the poet.

AudioBooks.com
Rent, download, buy, trade. Useful database to see if a title is available.

FREE EBOOKS

netLibrary
National University's 41,000+ netLibrary collection consists of a broad range of reference, scholarly, trade, academic, and professional books from our country's top university presses. You may search by subject, author, and title, as well as full-text and "check out" ebooks books for 24 hours.

Kellscraft.com

ELECTRONIC BOOKS LINKS AND INFORMATION :
The On-Line Books Page Links to Over 10,000 Online Books and More is one hub for focusing ones access to free online books that are not restricted in access by copyright restriction. This is therefore a major resource for classic literature. There is a search tool on this page so that one can search for specific items desired by author or title keyword or exact entry searches. Book files are frequently available in both full text online and indownloadable zip files from electronic book collections on the internet. There is also a subject listing for this collection of linked public domain electronic monographs that is arranged by broad categories of Library of Congress Classification. While the numbers of nonfiction titles are fewer than the fiction publications, there are nonfiction works represented in this collection and it is easy to get to these titles by picking a classification subject description that is in the area in which one wishes to read and then browsing through the titles available in that category.

UG Library Electronic books Our e-book collections cover a wide range of subject areas. Search specific collections via the links below. Many of the books can also be found through TRELLIS , the Library catalogue.

Free Electronic Books about biology, evolution, psychopathology, human nature, and society.

Internet Public Library Online Text Division:
This site offers full text online versions of books, including a link to research materials. Great when you don't have access to the library.

Alive & Free Live Authors giving it away

African American Women Writers the 19th Century

Banned Books On-line

Bibliomania - fiction and reference
BookValley.com - classic novels

CELT Irish literature
Information Resources
FreeLit - HTML texts

Free Downloads - offers dictionary

Great Writers and Poets

H P Lovecraft

Hypertexts - from Virginia university

Internet Classic Archive - over 441 classics
Books and Culture: A Christian Review
Internet Library of Early Journals

Jane Austen - personal collection of literature

Lady Liberty: The Changing Face of American Freedom
Litrix Reading Room
Lost Poets of the Great War
Luminarium Medieval, Renaissance and 17th century English literature.

Marxists Internet Archive
Mission Creep Online Publishing -
anthology of humor, comics, stories, poetry, and
art (with emphasis on artists from Philadelphia)

National Academy Press Reading Room
Online Literature Library classics

Perseus Project Greek classics
Philosophy e-texts
Project Runeberg - Nordic texts
Project Bartleby - classics in HTML format

The National Women's History Project William Blake Archive
The World of Dante
Thomas Jefferson Online Resources - from U Virginia

University of Pennsylvania - over 9000 listings xRoads.Virginia.edu

Victorian Women Writers Project (VWWP) [Indiana]

Women and the Civil War - Resources at Duke
William Blake Archive

Safari Tech Books Online
Safari Tech Books Online offers IT professionals instant access to the full text of hundreds of leading technology books.

ebrary
ebrary offers over 25,000 full text books and other documents through ebrarian. The collection specializes in Business, Economics, and Computer Science books. National University students have unlimited access to the ebrarian collection.

Ebook Library
Ebook Library offers more than 22,000 scholarly e-books across all subject areas.

ABC-CLIO
ABC-CLIO provides high quality history reference books. The eBooks purchased by the National University Library are listed in the first section of the main page. Books listed in the second section may be available online through the National University Library Catalog.

Gale Virtual Reference
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.

Oxford Reference Premium
Oxford Reference Online Premium offers 124 dictionaries, and reference works published by Oxford University Press

National Academy Press This site contains over 2,500 free ebooks published by the National Academies.

FORENSICnetBASE/LawENFORCEMENTnetBASE
More than 100 electronic books relating to counterterrorism, Criminal Justice, Forensics, and Law Enforcement.

ENVIROnetBASE
More than 150 electronic books relating to ecology, geology, environmental engineering, occupational health, occupational safety, and environmental risk analysis.

Oxford Scholarship Online
Oxford Scholarship Online contains over 1,200 Oxford books in the areas of Economics and Finance, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion. Up to 200 new books will be added each year.

PsycBOOKS
PsycBOOKS from the American Psychological Association, contains approximately 500 APA titles (including 100 out-of-print books) in PDF format with copyright dates from 1953-2005.

MBS Direct , sells some 700 college textbooks in digital form. They started the program at 10 campuses fall 2005 and 31 spring 2006. Interest has been modest -- about 5 percent of the total sales for a given text -- but that's encouraging enough to expand to more than 300 campuses next semester, says Dennis Flanagan, chief executive of MBS Direct.