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Below you'll find lnks to downloadable editions of the text of For the Win. These downloads are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike license, which lets you share it, remix it, and share your remixes, provided that you do so on a noncommercial basis. Some people don't understand why I do this -- so check out this post if you want my topline explanation for why I do this crazy thing.

It's kind of a tradition around here that my readers convert my ebooks to their favorite formats and send them to me here, and it's one that I love! If you've converted these files to another format, send them to me and I'll host them, but before you do, make sure you read the following:

  • Only one conversion per format, first come, first serve. That means that if someone's already converted the file to a Femellhebber 3000 document, that's the one you're going to find here. I just don't know enough about esoteric readers to adjudicate disputes about what the ideal format is for your favorite device.
  • Make sure include a link to the reader as well. When you send me an ebook file, make sure that you include a link to the website for the reader technology as well so that I can include it below.
  • No cover art. The text of this book is freely copyable, the cover, not so much. The rights to it are controlled by my publisher, so don't include it with your file.
  • No DRM. The Creative Commons license prohibits sharing the file with "DRM" (sometimes called "copy-protection") on it, and that's fine by me. Don't send me the book with DRM on it. If you're converting to a format that has a DRM option, make sure it's switched off.

    Download: Official files
    Plain text file
    HTML file
    PDF file

    Download: Fan-conversions

    * ePub: .EPUB file (Thanks, Kurt Sels/CyberWasteland!)

    * eReader for Palm: .PDB file (Thanks, Robotech Master!)

    * iSilo: .PDB file (Thanks, Nick Vargish!)

    * Kindle: .AZW file (Thanks, Tony/Orlovsky!)

    * Mobipocket: .MOBI file (Thanks, Michael Hellwig!)

    * Plucker: .PDB file (Thanks, Clark Burbidge!)


    123 Responses to “Download for Free”

    1. Holi says:

      Page 55(in the pdf) Big Sister Nor lost an s and became Big Siter Nor when she was infinitely far from them during the fleeing scene. Loving the book so far though, looks like I'll have to order it next payday :)

    2. Goldsteal says:

      Hey there !
      I just wanted to say that I enjoyed reading Little Brother and because of that I'll start to read FTW and I'll buy it if that is possible for me here in Germany -but I guess that my local bookstore is able to do it.

      I'll do so because of four things actually :

      1. I like CC-licensed work, because it gives me as a consumer a lot of freedom :D

      E.g. that I start can reading on Saturday evenings or night where my bookstore is closed :D

      2. I think 'Little Brother' was a blast -sorry that I couldn't find a more formal word for discribing.

      3. I am a Gamer :)

      4. -and obviously I love (!) reading books.

      So long,
      Goldsteal - 'Fire in the hole !'

      P.S: Maybe this (http://www.flattr.com/) would be another way to earn some money for the things anyone of you is doing. The concept sounds promising anyway ...
      (Just my 2 cents :D )

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    15. B. Ross Ashley says:

      Hi, where can I upload a fanconversion to .fb2?

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