Review: Not for the Astute
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2011
This...essay is primarily an introduction to public domain sources for free Kindle books, along with a technical primer that applies mostly to the Kindle but not to devices like, for instance, the iPad. I personally found that it was very elementary from a technical standpoint and that the sources mentioned were ones that I already knew about for the most part. While the author certainly had good intentions in writing this, and while it was certainly not very expensive, I wish I hadn't spent the money anyway. There was nothing especially enlightening in this effort, and it's just taking up space as far as I'm concerned.Of more practical value to me has been the effort to browse through the Kindle bestseller lists, which in many cases show free books alongside the books with a price tag. When I find a book for $0.00, I also check the lists of other books viewed by those interest in the same item. This has been the most practical way to identify low-cost or no-cost items. Granted, this does not cover the public domain libraries, but it has been more than sufficient for my purposes.