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It was the author of "million reader web-comic"
Dreamland Chronicles,
http://www.wowio.com/users/searchresults.asp?txtSearch=%22Scott+Christian+Sava%22
who first led me to WOWIO.com by a mention in
his comic's blog.
Now I have 0.9 gigabytes / 102 items downloaded,
sixteen more items queued, and my hard drive is
starting to bulge at the seams. Not all of
everything I want is there, I'd like a lot of
computer science reference stuff, of course, but
there's a lot of poetry, political history,
classical novels, biography, and other very readable
stuff, free for the cost of download and of having
modest advertising in the beginning and end of
downloaded documents. As Scott notes on his site,
http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/
so far the clientele is limited to US residents, due
apparently to advertisers wanting to know that they
are paying for ads read by people who can actually
buy their products, but that's still a big chunk of
all Internet users (though less than half since as
far back as 2002, if I recall correctly).
Authors of current works get a tiny royalty for each
document downloaded from WOWIO.com, so
downloading is a low pain way to support authors
whose work you admire.
The damages so far to my hard drive, not the titles
of the original PDF files from WOWIO.com, but the
titles I gave them so I'd know what I had when I
looked at the directories where they are stored:
Already read:
LullabyVol1WisdomSeeker_01_45710.pdf -- comic
LullabyVol1WisdomSeeker_02_45711.pdf -- comic
LullabyVol1WisdomSeeker_03_45712.pdf -- comic
TheSecretGarden.pdf -- famous children's novel
TheDreamlandChronicles_01_44236.pdf -- comic
TheDreamlandChronicles_02_45709.pdf -- comic
TheDreamlandChronicles_03_60702.pdf -- comic
Currently reading:
FarewellToTheStarlightInWhiskey_59148.pdf -- poems
Downloaded but not yet begun:
2006BritannicaWorldData_58202.pdf -- reference
ACitizensGuideToEcology_55785.pdf -- biological science / current
politics
AdamsVersusJeffersonTheTmultuousElection_48988.pdf -- political
history
AMatterofBlue_62632.pdf -- poems
AmericanOriginalALifeOfWillRogers_48990.pdf -- biography
AmericasFoundingDocumentsTheChartersOfFreedom_48989.pdf -- political
history
AnAbruptClimateChangeScenario_44234.pdf -- political forecasting
AngelsForTheBurning_60701.pdf -- poems
APortraitOfTheArtistAsAYoungMan_52983.pdf -- famous autobiography
AreWeHardwiredTheRoleOfGenesInHumanBehavior_42958.pdf -- biological
science
AssemblingTheTreeOfLife_47442.pdf -- biological science
BeforeAndAfterTheFall_60700.pdf -- poems
Beowulf_52984.pdf -- epic poem
BrightHunger_60699.pdf -- poems
BrownVersusTheBoardOfEducation_48991.pdf -- political history
CatsCradle_42961.pdf -- famous excellent novel
DantesDivineComedy_52985.pdf -- epic poem
ElegyWithAGlassofWhiskey_62631.pdf -- poems
Emma_52986.pdf -- comedy of manners classic novel
EmpireOfLibertyTheStatescraftOfThomasJefferson_48992.pdf -- political
biography
EnginesOfCreation20_41378.pdf -- nanotechnology science
FromBabelToDragomans_50484.pdf -- current political analysis
GreatPhysicistsTheLifeAndTimes_56888.pdf -- mini-biographies
GroundedAngelPart1_61363.pdf -- comic
GroundedAngelPart2_61364.pdf -- comic
GroundedAngelPart3_61365.pdf -- comic
GroundedAngelPart4_62628.pdf -- comic
HatingAmerica_50485.pdf -- current political analysis
HowToMakeALivingAsAPoet_47443.pdf -- personal economic strategy for
"unusual" income sources
ImpossibilityTheLimitsOfScience_59145.pdf -- philosophy of science
InDarwinsShadowTheLifeAndScienceOfAlfredRusselWallace_64233.pdf --
science biography
InspirationAndIdeasACreativitySourcebookForGraphicDesigners_47444.pdf
-- reference artist guidebook
JaneEyre_52987.pdf -- comedy of manners classic novel
JRobertOppenheimerALife_56889.pdf -- science biograhpy
LookingBackward_54047.pdf -- famous early science fiction novel
LullabyVol1WisdomSeeker_04_55784.pdf -- comic
LullabyVol2PowerGrabber_01_45713.pdf -- comic
LullabyVol2PowerGrabber_02_47440.pdf -- comic
LullabyVol2PowerGrabber_03_47441.pdf -- comic
NorthangerAbbey_56890.pdf -- comedy of manners obscure classic novel
NotesFromUnderground_54048.pdf -- famous novel of existential
philosophy
OffSeasonInThePromisedLand_62629.pdf -- poems
OnLiberty_54049.pdf -- famous political science tract
OnTheOriginOfSpecies_64234.pdf -- evolutionary science
ParadiseLost_54050.pdf -- epic poem
Philosophy100EssentialThinkers_42959.pdf -- capsule philosophy
PiratesAnIllustratedHistory_50486.pdf -- virual coffee table book
PlatosEthics_64231.pdf -- famous philosophy
PoemsSeries_I_54051.pdf -- famous poems
PoemsSeries_II_54571.pdf -- famous poems
PoemsSeries_III_54572.pdf -- famous poems
PrideAndPrejudice_54573.pdf -- comedy of manners classic novel
RestorationOfTheRepublic_50487.pdf -- political advice for the US
ScienceTruthAndDemocracy_62630.pdf -- political philosophy of science
SelfReliance_54574.pdf -- personal philosophy
SenseAndSensibility_54575.pdf -- comedy of manners classic novel
ShoelessJoe_60698.pdf -- novel base for movie "Field of Dreams"
SixDaysOfWar_50488.pdf -- recent political history
SLAN_44233.pdf -- famous science fiction novel
SlaughterHouseFive_42962.pdf -- world class anti-war novel
Sonnets_55781.pdf -- Shakespeare's, in particular, poetry
SurfingThroughHyperspace_66102.pdf -- cosmological science
TheArtOfWar_41379.pdf -- famous advice to generals
TheAscentOfScience_59144.pdf -- overview of historical and current
science
TheBattleoverHetchHetchy_44235.pdf -- environmental history
TheBetterAngelWaltWhitman_52351.pdf -- biography
TheBookOfEvidence_64235.pdf -- philosophy of science
TheFirstStepsInAlgebra_66104.pdf -- math textbook
TheFundamentalsOfDrawing_59147.pdf -- art textbook
TheGreatDesignParticiclesFieldsAndCreation_66103.pdf -- science of
physics and cosmology
TheLab00_58198.pdf -- comic
TheLab01_58199.pdf -- comic
TheLab02_58200.pdf -- comic
TheLab03_58201.pdf -- comic
TheMarketplaceofRevolution_52353.pdf -- political analysis
TheModernRevolutionInPhysics_66105.pdf -- science overview
TheNatureOfMathematicalKnowledge_66101.pdf -- philosophy of science
ThePrince_41380.pdf -- famous advice to political rulers
TheScarletLetter_56887.pdf -- famous classic novel about intolerance
TheSirensOfTitan_42960.pdf -- science fiction
TheTheoryOfEverything_41377.pdf -- cosmology
TheVelveteenRabbit.pdf -- classic children's novel
TheWhistle_64232.pdf -- personal philosophy
ThusSpakeZarathustra_56886.pdf -- philosophy
ToolsOfTheAncientGreeks_55782.pdf -- technology history
TrialAndErrorCreationAndEvolution_52352.pdf -- evolution science
UnderTheCopeOfHeaven_52354.pdf -- US political history
Utopia_61362.pdf -- novel of philosophy
VenusAndAdonis_61361.pdf -- epic Shakespeare poem
VirtualRealism_44237.pdf -- modern technology
Walden_41381.pdf -- autobiographical personal philosophy
WaldenPondAHistory_52355.pdf -- biography
WillowWineMirrorMoon_59146.pdf -- poems
WithTwentyFiveSoldiersOfLead_55783.pdf -- personal philosophical essay
FYI
Go thou and do likewise, if the price suits you.
xanthian.
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