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03.02.10175 free woodworking booksTime to get your carpenter on: Evenfall Studios (www.evenfallstudios.com) has a collection of 175 old public domain woodworking books, mostly scanned via Google's book scanning project, that cover everything from carving, to upholstery, to using hand and machine tools. Most are rather old and might be more interesting as historical records, but here are three from the military that were published recently: Carpentry I (PDF) Carpentry II (PDF) Use and Care of Hand Tools and Measuring Tools (PDF) All of the books are in either HTML and PDF, so you might have to convert some of them before they're readable on your Kindle. Check ...
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02.02.10Best ebook library manager: CalibreSometimes something seems so obvious that you forget to mention it, and that's what keeps happening with Calibre. I've suggested it in passing in other posts, but it finally dawned on me that I've never come right out and said, "You should use this program to manage your ebook library." So... You should use Calibre to manage your ebook library. The simplest way to describe it is that it's an iTunes for ebook files--you can organize your ebooks, and then connect a device to your computer and automatically copy them over. Continue Reading...
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01.30.10Win a free ebook from Samhain publishingSamhain is an independent publisher of romance and erotica in pretty much ever sort of genre you can imagine--sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, mystery, urban, gay, lesbian, and action. (There are more categories than that listed on their site, in fact.) They're giving away a free ebook this coming Tuesday, February 2nd, and all you have to do to enter is tell them which book you want. To enter, first browse Samhain's catalog of titles and select a book you'd like to read. Then go here. For contest name, enter the following: Contest - Win a free ebook February 2, 2010! In the "Mailing ...
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11.17.09How to save excerpts from Kindle ebooks using your iPhoneEarlier tonight I figured out how to use my iPhone and a couple of free online services to take notes while reading, and then I realized that it was exactly the sort of thing Kindle readers with iPhones could take advantage of. Why? Because the iPhone Kindle app doesn't let you make annotations, or highlight sections, or save passages for later review. My solution isn't perfect, but it will at least help you save pages of text so that you can turn them into useful notes later. I imagine students and writers in particular will find it helpful. Two notes: 1. Pixelpipe ...
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10.30.09This Week In Free BooksHORROR EDITION Publishers and authors are always looking for new readers, and one way they find them is by giving away content for free. Sometimes the freebies are terrific, and sometimes they're free for a reason. But hey, that's the fun of exploring new writers. In honor of Halloween, all of the free books I found this week are in the horror genre. Horror Story and Other Horror Stories by Roberty Boyczuk Collection of 19 horror short stories, 14 of which have been previously published. The Blood That Bonds by Christopher Buecheler A heroin addict is rescued from her addiction by a vampire, but ...
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