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From: Mel Books <mel@books.com>
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Subject: Re: Tips for newcomers
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 17:43:32 GMT, "Baz" <baz@nowhere.com> wrote:
>Here are some tips for newcomers.
>
>1.
>A daily post of new items is provided by Psychopath, but without book titles
>(for his protection).
>Download them all to browse or:
>Download the "translation.txt" file to see the list of titles.
>
>2.
>A list with titles normally follows. This just gives the file name, hence is
>marked "Not a book"
>Use an nzb search engine (such as http://binsearch.info/) to find the post
>you want to download.
>
>3.
>For other books try Mobilism.org, but you need to create an account to
>search.
I hope you don't mind if I correct you on #3. You do not need to be a member to
search Mobilism, here is the procedure:
Bring up a Google search box, enter the title and or author followed by
site:mobilism.org e.g. band of brothers ambrose site:mobilism.org
This instructs Google to search the entire mobilism site and returns results
from that site only.
See the output here:
https://www.google.com/#q=band+of+brothers+ambrose+site:mobilism.org
>Be careful not to add malware when downloading files. See the ebook
>announcement page for more info.
>
>4.
>Even more books are available on IRC, which you will need to install.
>A good 'how to' is at:
>http://www.calvinshub.com/2008/11/how-to-download-e-books-from-mirc/
>
>5.
>For out-of-copyright classics go to Project Gutenberg
>(http://www.gutenberg.org/)
>Also: http://manybooks.net//
>Baen books provides a number of their SF titles for free at:
>http://www.baenebooks.com/c-1-free-library.aspx
>
>6.
>For info on devices and file formats try:
>http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Main_Page
>
>7.
>For info on DRM: http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/hello-world/
>
>8.
>The best (IMHO) library and conversion software is Calibre
>Free at:http://calibre-ebook.com/
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