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01/21/2003 Archived Entry: "Taking a Wiz...and keeping it!"

The wonderful Baen books, purveyors of all that is good in the world, have opened a free library where some brilliant authors have put up some brilliant books to download. Some of these are my favourites, and I've put them online here in HTML and zipped HTML formats for you to enjoy: Rick Cook's Wizard's Bane HTML, ZIP and Wizardry Compiled HTML, ZIP. There are plenty more in the library, stuff that I haven't ever read and some that I've forgotten. I have planned on re-buying the Wiz series anyway, this just gives me added impetus to do so. My full set of the series disappeared, and I surely wish I knew where they went (maybe an ex-girlfriend has them?). Please note that these are books that the authors have agreed to share these novels, the publisher went along, it's not some big corporation making any blanket decisions "for the good of the consumer" (which never ends up being good for anyone but the corporation anyway, but that's a whole 'nother rant). My most frevent hope at this time is that Rick Cook writes again...I'd certainly appreciate the geek humour.

Another book note: Cafepress, who allow people to create and sell their own t-shirts, clocks, pants, jackets, thongs, and so much more with graphics supplied by the shop-creator. Now they are getting into print-on-demand books, audio CDs and DVDs. This can't help but be good for the artistic elements of society, and of course every crackpot conspiracy theorist (godluvem) will be able to sell his shapeshifting alien reptile ideas. It's all cool by me - I can happily see myself attempting to sell my words online without going through the one thing that scares me about submitting my writing to a publisher - actually submitting it.

To top it all off, Cory Doctorow, an up-and-coming-and-extremely-frothed-about author has put his brand-new novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom available for free download!

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