Wowio has good free ebooks and comics which you should take advantage of

Back in the early boom days of the internet everything seemed to be based on some vague notion of giving stuff away for free and somehow, someway there would be a payday on the other end, whether advertising-supported or underpants gnome-supported. Wowio seems in ways to be a relic of that time, in that for no money at all you can sign up and download 3 ebooks in pdf format per day (including some indie comic books) , up to 30 per month, with the only caveat being a couple of pages of adverts stuck in at the beginning and end.

Of course, the selection is necessarily limited, but with some searching within your areas of interest you’ll find enough stuff to fill your download queue quickly enough. In the comics area, there’s not really any Marvel or DC obviously, but I recommend searching for anything by Steve Rude (Nexus) or Bill Willingham (Fables) to start off with. Oh, and definitely anything by Bill Mantlo, as that actually is some stuff Marvel put out and the mere act of downloading it somehow goes to contribute to Mantlo’s medical bills in his declining years by internet magic. Even if you’re not really one for reading on your computer — yet — you might as well grab a few things to stick on your flash drive or iphone or whatever: you never know when having something good to read on hand is gonna come in handy.

(I feel somehow compelled to point out that this is a genuine endorsement and I have not been in any way compensated for this, it’s my actual opinion. Anyway, what would Wowio have to offer me for my endorsement anyway? More free ebooks? Woo.)

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