SharewareShareware started in the early 80's as an initiative to share free software amongst users of the newly launched IBM PCs. Jim Button and Andrew Fluegleman are considered to be the "fathers" of the shareware concept. They began to share software with other personal computer users for free. They requested 20 dollars for financing the development of the programs they shared, rather than demanding payment with software registration codes in the usual way. Shareware prices are set by the software user. In many cases the software is used for free. FreeRead BooksFreeRead authors do not distribute their books via the conventional publishing channels; you are receiving books directly from the writer. The savings are passed on to the reader; you. |
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About the StoryI have been posting a serial-type story on the message board of an online hiking community (club) for a few months. The story was posted as a series of “short chapters”, at a rate of about 2 per week. The story gained, on average, 1,000 page views for every chapter posted. The story has about 30 chapters so far, and therefore, about 30,000 page views. Unfortunately the online version of the story is now locked by the message board administrator. He locked it due to the “virtual turmoil” it was creating between many of the members of the online community. People are still emailing me (over six months after the message board thread containing the story was locked) and ask about the conclusion of the story. Many people really want to know how it ends. |
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