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    ximi82 Posts: 9, Reputation: 1
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    Sep 23, 2009, 06:24 PM
    How can I download books?
    Hi,

    I really need to find some novels by an American author, and the critique written on him.

    Can somebody tell how I can download them?

    Thanks
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    Sep 23, 2009, 07:30 PM

    Google Guttenberg has a website where there are free downloads. When you hit the download button, a popup screen will appear and please read the instructions. Also, be sure that your firewall is on as there are some websites that "pass" viruses or trojans and other ugh things to your computer with the downloads.
    There are authors that have copyrights so you have to pay to download them.
    Your local library has free borrowing. You could check with them for the author you wish if you don't have the money for a download. Good luck
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    Sep 24, 2009, 04:20 PM

    Gutenberg.org is the largest free online library that I know of. All works are in the public domain, so you won't find anything post-1925, but you can find almost anything pre-1925.
    Are you looking for any title in particular?
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    Sep 24, 2009, 04:23 PM
    For example, here's a link to the works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an american author and poet from the 19th century:

    Browse By Author: L - Project Gutenberg
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    Sep 25, 2009, 05:27 AM
    Thanks for your answers.

    My author is Bernard Malamud (1916-1986), a Jewish-American writer.

    Can you help me please?
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    Sep 25, 2009, 10:17 AM

    Malamud is a recent author, so his works aren't in the public domain yet, which means you'll probably have to buy them. These are the best downloads I found:
    Amazon.com: Bernard Malamud's "Black Is My Favorite Color": A Study Guide from Gale's "Short Stories for Students" (Volume 16, Chapter 2): Books

    Amazon.com: Bernard Malamud's "The Fixer": A Study Guide from Gale's "Novels for Students" (Volume 09, Chapter 4): Books


    This is an online summary with study notes that you can buy for $3.29:
    The Fixer by Bernard Malamud<br>MonkeyNotes Summary / Study Guide PDF Version

    If you are going to pay anyway, you might decide to just get the books. You can get them used from just $3.47:
    Amazon.com: Used and New: The Complete Stories

    What you can find online for free are reviews and critiques of his books, like these:
    The Natural
    http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/04/0...l-natural.html
    The Fixer
    Review of Bernard Malamud's The Fixer - BrothersJudd.com
    General Critiques:
    Bernard Malamud (1914-1986)
    Bernard Malamud Criticism

    Hope that helps!
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    Sep 25, 2009, 10:23 AM

    Some copyrighted books can be downloaded to the Kindle which is sold by Amazon. It's a epaper reader. Sony and then Kindle are the most popular.
    There are others in the works from other manufacturer's and 8/5 x 11 versions of ebook readers, I think are due out 1Q of 2010 I think.

    What was not known, however, is that Amazon had the ability to unknowingly delete works previosly downloaded and paid for.

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