A blog like this isn’t purely a work of passion. Well, I mean, sure, it is that. But I don’t know of anyone who’s passionate about writing who sits around dispensing advice absolutely for free, unless it’s to a close friend. Like anyone else, writers have to do things to keep the lights on, the rent paid, food on the shelves and clothes on their backs. Once you have a family, this is even more true.
That’s why Script Surgeon often has links in it; the references may sometimes seem like nonsense at time, phrases ill-devised to fit into the topic at hand, but such link sponsorships keep a small blog like this going.
Usually, I don’t make a big deal about it. But every now and then a special deal comes along that plays well into whatever I was going to talk about anyway, but offers a deal so unique I have to go on about them at length.
Now, I’ve made the point here before that the best training for a writer is to read good writing. Yet it’s not always easy to read. The latest James Patterson best sellers hit the shelved at about $27.95, the latest Stephen King titles for even more, and even Harry Potter books are rather pricey. Then there’s all that reading time; where can any busy, but avid, reader find the right balance of convenience and cost-effectiveness?
That’s where BooksFree.com comes in. Whether your passion is paperback books, audio CDs or MP3 audio CDs, BooksFree.com has plenty of selections, and its growing every month. Whether you’re in love with an old-fashioned “curling up with a good book” or more modern audiobooks experiences, reading by listening to save time, BooksFree.com has you covered.
With a selection that includes, at the moment of this writing, 79,800 paperback titles, 18,000 CD and MP3-CD audiobook titles and 3,200 MP3-CD audiobook titles, the site may have a ways to grow just yet, but it’s well on its way toward its goal, which is to become the book and audiobook version of Netflix. Local libraries are passé and never up-to-date; buying all the books an avid reader goes through can get cost-prohibitive.
As a result, just like Netflix for movies or GameFly for videogames, BooksFree.com is the perfect way to rent books and audiobooks without bleeding money or having to worry about reading a title within a public library’s tight lending deadline. Check ‘em out!
