Publishers Offer Eight Free Digital Books

Both F+W Media and Random House announced free digital book giveaways today, bringing a cash-strapped readership eight more e-books to cope with the deepening recession.

F+W Media will offer a number of free, practical e-books such as “70 Solutions to Common Writing Mistakes” by Bob Mayers and “Uncovering Your Ancestry Through Family Photographs” by Maureen A. Taylor . For fiction fans, Random House is offering a number of fantastical titles, including “Red Mars” by Kim Stanley Robinson and “His Majesty’s Dragon” by by Naomi Novik.

All these free science fiction and fantasy titles can be accessed at the Suvudu Free Book Library. Here’s more: “it can be hard to navigate the countless fantasy and science fiction series out there and figure out which ones are right for you. Well, we’re here to make those tough decisions a bit easier on you. With the Suvudu Free Book Library, you can read the first book in some of our most acclaimed series absolutely free!”

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