The visionary and recently deceased Jim Baen believed that readers would want to buy the actual books after reading them online or buy additional books by the same authors.
Here is the link to the Baen Library.
I'm very impressed with it. There are 20-40 authors, each with many books covering the entire gammut of genres: space opera, traditional sci fi, fantasy and alternate history (my favorite).
You can view the books online in html, download them in many formats and even download them to your palm or pocket pc.
I personally am interested in trying out that approach for late night reading - hoping it won't keep my wife up (less light).
This is a great site and a brilliant idea. Has anyone seen similar publisher sites with full text for free?
Here are some of the authors to be found in the library:
- Aaron Allston
- Andre Norton
- Christopher Anvil
- Lois McMaster Bujold
- John F. Carr
- Paul Chafe
- Rick Cook
- John Dalmas
- David Drake
- Rosemary Edghill
- Linda Evans
- Eric Flint
- Michael Flynn
- Dave Freer
- Mark A. Garland
- James C. Glass
- Roland Green
- Ellen Guon
- Karen Koehler
- Mercedes Lackey
- Keith Laumer
- Murray Leinster
- Holly Lisle
- Duncan Long
- Howard L. Myers
- Charles G. McGraw
- Larry Niven
- Jerry Pournelle
- John Ringo
- Richard Roach
- Fred Saberhagen
- James H. Schmitz
- Ryk Spoor
- D. W. St. John
- Lars Walker
- David Weber
- K. D. Wentworth
- Michael Z. Williamson
As you can see it's a long list. Most of the authors are well known. A friend told me that most of them have free books available for download, others have links to ebooks for purchase. I look up David Webber and found many of his books available for free download, so you might start there.
Enjoy,
regards,
makingourway
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