If you like to read but need to stick to a budget or just want to go green, check out wowio.com. They have a nice selection of e-books (PDF format) and they are adding more. Best of all, they are free! There is a decent gay and lesbian section – I just downloaded Going to Heaven: The Life and Election of Bishop Gene Robinson – along with all the other title categories one would expect.
You are asked to sign up, which amounts mostly to verifying your location. Apparently their licensing allows only those in the US to benefit (this may change). A valid, non-free email address will take care of that, or if not, you can use a credit card (verification only) or even your driver’s license. They allow up to three downloads a day, for a maximum of 30 each month. The PDFs are even printable – unusual for e-books.
Compensation seems to come from advertising, both on the site and on the first page of the e-book. There are also quite a few marketing survey questions asked during sign-up, but answers aren’t required. I couldn’t find any catch, but feel free to comment if you do.
So, head over and enjoy guilt-free reading pleasure!
Note: XGW is not affiliated with wowio.com in any way.
Well, a decent LGB selection. No trans books that I can find.
I believe the site is quite new, so they may still add some later. That’s a considerably smaller category, and I suppose there is also the difficulty of convincing the publisher to allow this free offering. There is an RSS feed at the bottom of their main page, you can keep up with additions there.
In the mean time, since I only put the post up a few minutes ago, I just changed my description of that section to be more accurate.
Are you sure there are “B” for bisexual books there as well? I have never heard of a book written by or about bisexuals before. It should be very interesting. : )
There will be, we hope, a “special xgw service” for the favoured few… right? 😉
Now, for the list itself…
Thanks for the info can’t wait to look.
Any early reviews of Janelle Hallman’s new book, “The Heart of Female Same Sex Attraction?” It came out last week.