Unlike Stephenie Meyer, Tor.com knows how to give away free e-books for real. The site gave a bunch away as part of its launch promotion, and now it’s doing it again (albeit on a much smaller scale).
Four stories that premiered on Tor.com and are now eligible for Hugo, Nebula, or Locus awards are now available for free download via the US iBooks (no direct link available, but it’s showing up as “Award-Nominated Sci-Fi Short Stories” in the rotating ads at the top of the iBooks store right now), Kindle, and Sony Reader stores. They will remain available until the Hugo Awards are announced over Labor Day Weekend.
Most of Tor.com’s other stories are available for free download from the site in unencrypted PDF, Mobi, HTML, and EPUB formats; just click the story in question then click the “Download” link in the left sidebar.
Via Amazon:
“This title is not available for customers from your location in: Europe”
Sigh.
Yeah. Same here. Not for us europeans. 🙁