A few titles for those that have an e-reader.

Diomedes Industries

Diomedes Industries

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I just received a Nook (Barnes and Noble) for Christmas and set about loading it up with books. There are a BUNCH of free books (anything prior to 1923 is free as it is before Copyright laws) out there so I looked for some. On a whim I checked out some bushcraft authors I liked and knew would be free.

Project Gutenberg is a GREAT resource for free books - so I linked some here:

Here are two books by Nesmuk:

http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/s#a26594

One by Horace Kephart:

http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/k#a35425



I put these two on my nook and started reading them - you have the choice of getting them with or without images.

Please feel free to post up any more books you think are cool for e-readers.

TF
 
It stinks that those don't work for Kindle, else I would be all over them.
 
My mother in law bought me a kindle. I haven't played with it yet. Can I only buy e-books from Amazon?
 
ac1d0v3r1d3 said:
My mother in law bought me a kindle. I haven't played with it yet. Can I only buy e-books from Amazon?
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Amazon has a lot of free books for the kindle also, they just don't make it easy to find them all. I got a kindle for my wife this Christmas and we've already downloaded a dozen free books. I'm 80% through with "Treasure Island" on her's and I already want an e-reader of my own. :D

IIRC some public library's will also allow downloading of their free digital book collection to the nook.
 
There are two ways, as I understand it. Kindle has a proprietary format (.mobi) that it reads. You can have Amazon convert those files to .mobi by sending the file to an e-mail address, which it converts and automatically sends back to you (at your Amazon address).

Directions are here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200140600

However, project gutenberg sets most of their files to .mobi - so you can just get it from there.

TF
 
PDE said:
It stinks that those don't work for Kindle, else I would be all over them.
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My wife has a kindle. I just browsed some of the books on amozon. There is one called "What I Saw in California" thats looks WS&S related. I think its a free one.
 
Kindle Owners just go to the Kindle Store and search for George Sears. Woodcraft is downloadable for free and Woodcraft and Camping is $0.99 which is worth it. Or you can go to Gutenberg and transfer them for free via your USB connector.

John Goulds book on Camping is free (How to Camp Out) as is Liz Custer's book about Gen Custer camping in the 1880s in Kansas and Texas. Lots of related free stuff on Kindle.

OBTW, Dr. John Kallas new "Edible Wild Plants" book is on sale on the Kindle. I'd strongly suggest you buy it in printed format because the photos he presents are outstanding but the Kindle version is very good sans the b/w photos. Kallas is the real deal...he is a Ph.d who actually eats and harvests wild foods for the past 30 years. His classes are very good too. He is both an academic who has the brain power to back up his play but is a pragmatist who actually eats wild foods.

I wouldn't say he is a hard core wilderness bum like most of us but we can certainly learn a great deal from him. He is going to write an entire series of books on this subject. Right now this edition is about ID/Harvesting and Preparing wild edible plants from our neighborhood/backyard.

Also check out http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28255

Daniel Carter Beard's book called Shelters, Shacks and Shanties. Dan Beard is the father of the Boy Scouts and member of the earlier pioneer's of camping.

Check out another classic by Mr Gibson - Camp Life in the Woods - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17093

Since I work and live weeks at a time in the wild I take my Kindle and it works great. I often cannot access the 3G network but I just turn it off and the battery lasts a really long time. If it does get low (which it hasn't yet) I have a couple Brunton Solar panels that I can deploy to charge it with.

Finally you can transfer .PDF documents over for free if you use the USB cable from your computer to your Kindle. I have many of my field manuals loaded onto my Kindle to have on the trail and in camp if I need them.
 
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TF
THanks for the links. I also recieved a nook and have plunged deeply into the fray. OK so I only got a cover so far, but I will check out the link you posted. Anyone have one for long enough to try "it in the bush?" There was a recent thread on what you do to relax at camp or sum such and several brought books to read by the fire. Maybe an e-field guide on animals or edible plants??

late add: havent tried download yet but thanks for the details on pic quality. We thke so much for granted.
 
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I've taken to doing some reading on my Iphone. For free books I'd recommend James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Takes. I've finished reading "The Deerslayer" and "The Last of the Mohicans". Next will be "Pathfinder".

As for e-reading in the bush, I think it’s a great idea. I read a chapter or two of "Last of the Mohicans" while on my last backpacking trip.

Brandon
 
I just downloaded, to the Kindel "What I Saw in California" for free. Its about a Dr. who traveled from Missouri to California in 1946. Should be a good read . Autobiographies that are wilderness related are my favorites.
 
So what is the latest version of the Kindle and what is a fair price for one?

Also, can you download a program that will allow you to read .mobi files on your laptop?
 
Don Rearic said:
So what is the latest version of the Kindle and what is a fair price for one?

Also, can you download a program that will allow you to read .mobi files on your laptop?
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Kindle 3 is the latest. You can get the WIFI only for around $139 and the same unit with 3G for $189. Since I live/work in the woods I went with the 3G so I could access the store and I have. If I lived/worked in town where I had consistant reliable WIFI I would have gone that route.

Yes, you can get a complimentary version of Kindle and download/install on your Android, iPhone, iPad, and/or PC or Mac computers so you can share the same files.

Also you can transfer over .PDFs at no charge as long as you do not use the 3G network. I have all my equipment field manuals loaded on mine so I don't have to pack the paper versions anymore.
 
I thought Caliber software enabled conversion of ereader files to give you the option of loading any file in any brand reader.
 
I'm not a gadget buff but I got a Kindle for Christmas and I'm currently loading it up with survival and SHTF books.
 
Thanks for the titles to check out. I put all of the free John Muir books at gutenberg.org on my computer, and transferred a couple to my Kindle today.

Here are the available titles:
-Cruise of the Revenue-Steamer Corwin in Alaska and the N.W. Arctic Ocean in 1881: Botatical Notes
-Notes and Memoranda: Medical and Anthropological; Botanical; Ornithological.
-The Grand Cañon of the Colorado
-The Mountains of California
-My First Summer in the Sierra
-Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon
-Stickeen
-The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
-Travels in Alaska
-The Yosemite
 
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