I found some titles that are surely public domain now--Edgar Allan Poe
and others that you see in B&N and Borders under the house imprint.
But I was surprised to see several titles from Kurt Vonnegut. I wonder
if they were just listed in the last couple of weeks.
On 4/26/07, Bryan Carson <bryan.carson@wku.edu> wrote:
> When I looked at the about page on WOWIO, it looks like their business
> model is to work with the publishers, paying compensation. WOWIO is
> getting their revenue from ads that they sell.
>
> The other reason that publishers will sometimes make their books
> available online is when they have a series. Some publishers will put
> the first part of a series out on the web so it hooks readers.
>
> --Bryan M. Carson
> --
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> Western Kentucky University Libraries
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>
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>
> DMende6938@aol.com wrote:
> > Hello,
> > How can those new e-book sites, such as www.wowio.com
> > <http://www.wowio.com>, get away with offering books online for free?
> > TIA
> > Deb M. Information Broker
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > See what's free at AOL.com <http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503>.
>
>
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