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Google Books lists nearly three million free e-books, which can be browsed by clicking on its Free Classics shelf and can be read on most devices, except for Kindles that aren't the KindleFire.
BBC: Free e-books provide unlimited holiday reading
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The cost of e-reading devices keeps dropping, and it's likely that in the next year or two companies like Amazon may be giving away basic e-readers for free (on the principle that you can make more money selling "blades" than "razors").
CNN: E-books spur reading among Americans, survey shows
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You'll need a library card, of course -- so if you don't already have one (more than 40% of Americans don't), borrowing free e-books might be a good reason to finally visit your public library and get a library card.
CNN: E-book lending: Your public library's best kept secret?
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Hence, more promotions (such as Buy Two, Get One Free etc) can be expected on companies? e-commerce websites.
FORBES: Rise in Online Shopping Threatens Avon's Model
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For most taxpayers, the biggest advantage of e-filing is that it is easy and can be free.
WSJ: Tax Report: What's New for Tax Season
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For example, for flights of 1, 500km or less where there is a delay of more than two hours, a passenger should be given meals and refreshments, along with two free telephone calls, e-mails, telexes or faxes.
BBC: NEWS | Business | Q&A: Grounded BA passengers
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In an e-mail exchange, I noted that higher-level Scientologists are supposed to be free of neuroses and allergies, and resistant to the common cold.
NEWYORKER: The Apostate
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It plans to ship more than 800, 000 products free of cost to help promote its e-commerce channel that promises to be a major contributor in the future.
FORBES: Target Tweaks Website, Stock Heading To $58
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But the move follows a string of incidents where either security in Passport - or the Hotmail free e-mail system to which it is tightly bound - has proved to be lax.
BBC: New flaw puts Passport offline
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These workers would be more free if they could work 40 hours a week at any time intervals they felt like, e.g. working ten hour days Saturday through Tuesday.
FORBES: Freedom and the Workplace