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“Your one-stop answer to every major iPod and iTunes question” - a 194 page book available for free download

The iPod Book from the hugely popular iLounge website is version 2 of their guide to all things iPod. Here’s the blurb:
“Weighing in at 194 pages, this revised and expanded second edition of our popular Book is your one-stop answer to every major iPod and iTunes questionâ?¦ plus much, much more. Inside, youâ??ll find 20 exclusive sneak peeks at new iPod accessories from Atlantic, Belkin, Griffin, Monitor Audio, Oakley, Power Support, Sonic Impact, Targus, v-moda, and others, ratings of over 900 accessories and iPods, plus extraordinary guides to All Things iPod, All Things iTunes, and Beyond”

Link to download page.

“An extraordinary blend of swingeing satire and touching love story” - and available as a free PDF to download

â??An extraordinary blend of swingeing satire and touching love story.â?? Anne Weale, bestselling author of Time and Chance.

Harry is a divorced man who has not been able to see his daughter Lisa since she was five years old. But Harry still loves Lisa more than anyone else in the world; and he worries about her future because she was born without a left foot. When Harry is offered the chance to win a million pounds for Lisa, by taking part in a reality TV show, he immediately accepts. All he has to do is find a woman who is willing to risk her life for him â?? and he has just three months to do it.

Michael Allen’s novel is available in complete form to download as a free PDF - download link

Google’s not just a search engine - and this 220 page book which is free to download will explain why

“You probably use Google everyday, but do you know… the Google Snake Game? Googledromes? Memecodes? Googlesport? The Google Calculator? Googlepark and Google Weddings? Google hacking, fighting and rhyming? In this book, youâ??ll find Google-related games, cartoons, oddities, tips, stories and everything else thatâ??s fun. Reading it, you wonâ??t be the same searcher as before!”

The book is written by Philipp Lenssen of the respected Google Blogoscoped blog which keeps close tabs on the search engine giant.

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The entire Continuity graphic novel to download for free

The theory goes that people who download music illegally are the ones who actually buy the most music as well. Apparently there’s a burgeoning trade in pirated comics on file sharing networks too - so Larry Young, publisher at PlanetLar, has taken the bold step of providing the entire Continuity graphic novel, which is forthcoming in June, for free on the Web now. It’s downloadable as a 12 MB PDF file - all 105 gloriously illustrated pages of it. It’s certainly got my attention - I love graphic novels but never have the patience to find the next big thing beyond Alan Moore, Frank Miller or Warren Ellis - so this is a great chance to sample writers completely new to me at no cost - and more importantly, no effort either.

Continuity has been reviewed already by Postmodern Barney, who say:

“This upcoming graphic novel from AIT/Planet Lar focuses on Alicia, a pregnant teenager who ran away to New York. The problem is, she’s never had sex and no one’s heard of New York. And every time she goes to sleep, the whole world changes. But in this story, what could have been a sci-fi cliche becomes an examination of teen loneliness and anxiety. Alicia is quite literally no longer in control of her life, as her dreams continually blur the boundaries between fantasy and reality. And she never quite manages to take control, despite forming new attachments in a family of choice, of sorts, as she still spends all her time and energy focusing on avoiding her central dilemma. Only at the end does she reach a resolution which manages to be both touching and tragic.”

Definitely off the track from the usual pants-outside-the-tights superhero fare.

AIT/PlanetLar blog

Continuity graphic novel direct download link [12 MB PDF file] [via BoingBoing]

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Brand new book about being a great entrepeneur has its complete text published online for free at the same time as its print publication

Bit of a historical curio this one. Bruce Judson’s Go It Alone! is a brand new book, but it’s also the first book whose entire text is being given away by publisher Harper Collins for free on the Web. You can’t download it, only read it page by page on the book’s website, but it is an interesting move by such a major publishing house as Harper.

The book itself is subtitled as “The Secret to Building a Successful Business on Your Own” so it’s one of the entrepeurial advice business tomes. Worth skimming if, like me, you are supposedly self-employed. (ie. making tea and eating toast all day). Found at MeFi.

Book table of contents link

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A PDF guide to being a tourist in Japan’s capital city - specifically to adjusting to the inevitable culture shock of Tokyo. The guide came out in 2002, but its advice is more about of an overview than Lonely Planet-style logistics.

Cory Doctorow said this when it was originally released:

“Put down that ‘Prague on $5 a Day,’ you hippie! Justin’s Tokyo-On-No-Yen-Just-Confused-Smiles will have you flirting, reeling with liquor and dressed up like an extra from a bootleg high-school production of Neuromancer as you chow down on a hearty breakfast of vending-machine schoolgirl panties. As you lie awake in your coffin hotel, listening to the midnight symphony of salaryman flatulence and drunken good cheer, fire up your DoCoMo handset, aim its flat-panel display at this book and read and you will feel comforted.”

Just In Tokyo is free to download under Creative Commons license, but author Justin does suggest a donation if you enjoy it. And why not. Visit the download page.

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