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11-09-2013, 03:15
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Re: Some free kindle books
Hi Lohi
Many thanks for posting these. The "special price" was an offer too good to resist  .
I have downloaded all of them now to add to my growing collection to read "one day" when we have no internet access and I am desperate for new books. With a few hundred books now loaded on my Kindle I am just about ready to give up the security blanket of my most of my hard copies and clear some much needed storage space (note the "just about" comment LOL).
I will start reading Caribee when I have put on the kettle for a fresh cuppa.
Please add more free sailing Kindle books from Amazon when you find them. I find these easiest to load.
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11-09-2013, 04:53
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Cocoa, FL
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Re: Some free kindle books
Lohi,
Please add more of the E books, they are a great way to spend an evening by leds and a lite wine. Thanks
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11-09-2013, 05:04
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Add to that Blighs story if the mutiny and his subsequent epic small boat crossing. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006FL...AC_SX110_SY165
Also look for "South" by Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Both are FREE---- gotta love that word
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11-09-2013, 06:24
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Re: Some free kindle books
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"To me the simple act of tying a knot is an adventure in unlimited space." Clifford Ashley
"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea." Isak Dinesen
Unveiling Bullseye strops for low friction rings
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11-09-2013, 06:36
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Re: Some free kindle books
A source for a huge library of books that are out of copywright and free is the Guenberg Project. Free ebooks - Project Gutenberg
Nice thing, you don't have to use a Kindle to download them.
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11-09-2013, 15:56
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Re: Some free kindle books
The Project Gutenberg site is wonderful, I've spent hours browsing there. And for things not in kindle format, if you have a kindle don't forget that you can easily add them to your kindle library by emailing the file to your kindle email address. I've downloaded a slew of Robert E. Howard stories from Gutenberg, among other things.
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11-09-2013, 16:30
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Re: Some free kindle books
Gutenberg Project rocks
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11-09-2013, 16:57
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Re: Some free kindle books
excellent!
just bought a kindle this week and rnjoying it very much
yes the Gutenberg project rock!
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11-09-2013, 19:49
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Re: Some free kindle books
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12-09-2013, 04:55
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Re: Some free kindle books
I see there are a lot of freebies posted so instead of posting book by book i'll just give you my way of finding bargains (maybe i should have done that immediately)
Just go to kindle books, select a category and filter the books by price "low to high" and voila freebies
ex.
Amazon.com: Sports - Kindle Books: Kindle eBooks Outdoors & Nature, Miscellaneous, Individual Sports & More
lohi 
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12-09-2013, 05:13
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Subscribed. Great resource! Thanks for posting this.
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12-09-2013, 05:21
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Re: Some free kindle books
Quote:
Originally Posted by skipmac
Nice thing, you don't have to use a Kindle to download them.
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You don't need a kindle to use the Amazon offerings either. They can also be read through client applications targeting Android, IOS, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Windows, Mac OSX and browsers.
Still, I agree that Project Gutenberg is a great project that more people should know about.
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12-09-2013, 05:27
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Re: Some free kindle books
It doesn't hurt to contribute to the Gutenburg project either, for what you get. they give a great deal.
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