You don't need a Kindle!....

You don't need to own a Kindle reader to read these books! You can read them on the internet or with the free Kindle apps for your computer, tablet, or smartphone:
...The Cloud Reader is automatically there when you have an Amazon account; you’ll see it under the buy button. In Cloud Reader, the books are stored on the internet and read on the web page.
...To download free Kindle reading apps for PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod touch, Android, Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry, IPad, or Android Magnet, go here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=sv_kstore_1?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771

Enjoy!

Friday, May 31, 2013

Preparedness Fair #16



Welcome to the 
PREPAREDNESS FAIR #16



If you haven't checked out the excellent posts on the previous Preparedness Fairs, please scroll down the right sidebar to "Preparedness Fair" under the Labels heading, or just click here.  Bloggers always appreciate readers showing support by leaving a comment when they check out posts too.

Please add your preparedness posts below--

And please TELL YOUR FRIENDS WHO ARE INTO PREPAREDNESS about the Fair.  We need lots of great posts--and we need as many as possible to benefit from them!   Could you please invite people to share here? 

Here's the Fair:
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The Preparedness Fair is a blog hop, a collection of posts from various people, where we'd love preparedness bloggers to share their posts about many aspects of being prepared!  A new Fair will begin every Saturday and will be open for 3 days.  The following week's Fair will include a Featured Post, which will be either the most viewed or a favourite that I choose. Featured bloggers can grab a Featured button to put on their blog, if they so desire.

Please take a moment to read through the guidelines.

What kinds of posts to enter....

--At the moment it's open to just about anything disaster-preparedness related--that YOU have written.  
--Pictures always help...they make posts more accessible, and more read!  The thumbnails on the "Fair" are fairly big, so the better quality the picture you choose, the better it will look once up.
--Please, no foul language or non-family-friendly images in the posts.  No stores or selling, please, or completely unrelated posts or spam.  Any of the these will have to be removed without notice.

Blog hop etiquette

1. Please grab the button below and add it to the exact post that you linked.  (That way people who read your post can find their way here to find other posts about similar topics.
HOW to add the button:
A. Copy the code that's inside the grab box under the image at the bottom of this post.  It's also on the sidebar at lower left.
B. Paste it into the html code of your blog post, so that the image shows up when it's posted. (For example, in Blogger, use the "HTML" option instead of the "Compose" option.) Write something like "This post shared at:" before the button.
You can add the button to your sidebar if you like also, but it still needs to be in the specific post that you enter as well. Many blog hop hosts say that posts that don't have a link or button added to the post itself can't be chosen as the Feature Post, or that it will be removed; I don't want to do that, but do ask that you choose to add the button.  
2.  Please don't enter posts with foul language or non-family-friendly images.  No stores or selling, no completely unrelated posts or spam, please, these will be removed.
3. Please link to the actual post, not the main blog.   I've set it to only accept specific posts.  Please let me know if this complicates things for you.
4. It's always appreciated if you visit some of the other entries, and people usually appreciate comments too.

Worried about anonymity?

I realize that a lot of people who are serious about preparing for disasters or hard times also are wary of sharing too much. Note that you don't have to enter your email address in the address field, you can just use a dash.  Or perhaps you don't have a blog for this reason so haven't written any posts. For the moment I'd suggest that you could open a blog that has little personal or identifying information. Please do share your wisdom, though--there are many of us who can benefit!

How to enter your post....
If you're a seasoned "blog hopper" you'll know this, but if you're new at it...
1. First put the Preparedness Fair button into your post. It's lower down in the blog sidebar at left and also way down at the very bottom of this post. (See Etiquette heading above, #1)
2. Click on the little blue "Add Your Link" button at the bottom of the post
3. Enter the URL (internet address) of the specific post, not the home page of your blog. This way the links will remain accurate indefinitely.
4. Where it says "Name" put the title you want for your entry (not your name!).
5. For email address, if you are concerned about anonymity, you can just put a dash. (If there's abuse I'll have to rethink it.) An email address means I can contact you if there's a problem with your entry.
6. Click 'Next Step."
7. Follow prompts for choosing a photo for a thumbnail. By clicking on the tabs at the top you can choose a photo from your blog post or from your computer. You can crop it yourself if it's from your blog post, or let the software crop it for you.
[If the photo is from your computer, you can't crop it yourself; the computer will crop for you. If that's a problem you might want to make the photo square on a photo edit program first.]
8. Come back to the original page to make sure your entry worked, and visit some of the other links.
9. If you make a mistake, you can click on the little red X by your entry to delete it, and do it again.



Grab button for Prep-Utility-Vehicle

Free books updated May 30, 2013; New FROM SCRATCH magazine out...

The new From Scratch Magazine is now out for free download.  This is a beautifully done magazine about homesteading.


Front cover (not clickable, use above link):

Today's new books are entered.   As always, please double-check the price before you "Buy" your free books.

Free books are found under the tab headings above. (You'll have to go to the actual site if you're reading this on a "feed reader.")  These books have been found to be free in the USA as of this morning. Different countries may have differing pricing.  Please check prices before clicking "buy" to make sure they are still free.

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The new books each day are added to the top of each list.  Once you hit the books you saw yesterday, you can stop.  I will delete books as I have time to check they're no longer free.  (This may be never!)  Amazon makes it complicated and time-consuming for me to tell from Canada whether they're free in the US.
 
Some books that will end up at the bottom of the different lists are long-term free. 



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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Free books updated May 30, 2013

Today's new books are entered.   As always, please double-check the price before you "Buy" your free books.

Free books are found under the tab headings above. (You'll have to go to the actual site if you're reading this on a "feed reader.")  These books have been found to be free in the USA as of this morning. Different countries may have differing pricing.  Please check prices before clicking "buy" to make sure they are still free.

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The new books each day are added to the top of each list.  Once you hit the books you saw yesterday, you can stop.  I will delete books as I have time to check they're no longer free.  (This may be never!)  Amazon makes it complicated and time-consuming for me to tell from Canada whether they're free in the US.
 
Some books that will end up at the bottom of the different lists are long-term free. 



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Shared at:  
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Simple Lives Thursday
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Free books updated May 29, 2013

Today's new books are entered.   As always, please double-check the price before you "Buy" your free books.

Free books are found under the tab headings above. (You'll have to go to the actual site if you're reading this on a "feed reader.")  These books have been found to be free in the USA as of this morning. Different countries may have differing pricing.  Please check prices before clicking "buy" to make sure they are still free.

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The new books each day are added to the top of each list.  Once you hit the books you saw yesterday, you can stop.  I will delete books as I have time to check they're no longer free.  (This may be never!)  Amazon makes it complicated and time-consuming for me to tell from Canada whether they're free in the US.
 
Some books that will end up at the bottom of the different lists are long-term free. 



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Shared at: 
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The Country Homemaker Hop
The Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways Wednesday Blog Hop
Adorned From Above
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Free books updated May 28, 2013

Today's new books are entered.   As always, please double-check the price before you "Buy" your free books.

NOTE:  

I've replied to a number of newer and older comments, over on the comment page.  
This includes Harold who was having troubles with books not being free, and the Anonymous who was having trouble with Jack Pollard books.


Free books are found under the tab headings above. (You'll have to go to the actual site if you're reading this on a "feed reader.")  These books have been found to be free in the USA as of this morning. Different countries may have differing pricing.  Please check prices before clicking "buy" to make sure they are still free.

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The new books each day are added to the top of each list.  Once you hit the books you saw yesterday, you can stop.  I will delete books as I have time to check they're no longer free.  (This may be never!)  Amazon makes it complicated and time-consuming for me to tell from Canada whether they're free in the US.
 
Some books that will end up at the bottom of the different lists are long-term free. 



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day2day joys

Monday, May 27, 2013

Free books updated May 27, 2013

Today's new books are entered.   As always, please double-check the price before you "Buy" your free books.

NOTE:  

I've replied to a number of newer and older comments, over on the comment page.  
This includes Harold who was having troubles with books not being free, and the Anonymous who was having trouble with Jack Pollard books.


Free books are found under the tab headings above. (You'll have to go to the actual site if you're reading this on a "feed reader.")  These books have been found to be free in the USA as of this morning. Different countries may have differing pricing.  Please check prices before clicking "buy" to make sure they are still free.

----------
The new books each day are added to the top of each list.  Once you hit the books you saw yesterday, you can stop.  I will delete books as I have time to check they're no longer free.  (This may be never!)  Amazon makes it complicated and time-consuming for me to tell from Canada whether they're free in the US.
 
Some books that will end up at the bottom of the different lists are long-term free. 



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Shared at: 
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MixitupNatural Living MammaLilyWhiteMonday2 Make the Scene Monday #70

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Free books updated May 26, 2013

Today's new books are entered.   Sorry, they were entered a while ago but I forgot to click on "update" on this post.

As always, please double-check the price before you "Buy" your free books.

NOTE:  

I've replied to a number of newer and older comments, over on the comment page.  
This includes Harold who was having troubles with books not being free, and the Anonymous who was having trouble with Jack Pollard books.


Free books are found under the tab headings above. (You'll have to go to the actual site if you're reading this on a "feed reader.")  These books have been found to be free in the USA as of this morning. Different countries may have differing pricing.  Please check prices before clicking "buy" to make sure they are still free.

----------
The new books each day are added to the top of each list.  Once you hit the books you saw yesterday, you can stop.  I will delete books as I have time to check they're no longer free.  (This may be never!)  Amazon makes it complicated and time-consuming for me to tell from Canada whether they're free in the US.
 
Some books that will end up at the bottom of the different lists are long-term free. 

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Free books updated May 25, 2013

Today's new books are entered.  

Saturdays can be tough to get done early.  Today, there was a dance lesson, garage sale-ing, and an all-afternoon dance recital, followed by a visit from parents.

I hope you had as great a Saturday as I did! :)

As always, please double-check the price before you "Buy" your free books.

Free books are found under the tab headings above. (You'll have to go to the actual site if you're reading this on a "feed reader.")  These books have been found to be free in the USA as of this morning. Different countries may have differing pricing.  Please check prices before clicking "buy" to make sure they are still free.

----------
The new books each day are added to the top of each list.  Once you hit the books you saw yesterday, you can stop.  I will delete books as I have time to check they're no longer free.  (This may be never!)  Amazon makes it complicated and time-consuming for me to tell from Canada whether they're free in the US.
 
Some books that will end up at the bottom of the different lists are long-term free. 


Friday, May 24, 2013

Preparedness Fair #15


Welcome to the 
PREPAREDNESS FAIR #15



If you haven't checked out the excellent posts on the previous Preparedness Fairs, please scroll down the right sidebar to "Preparedness Fair" under the Labels heading, or just click here.  Bloggers always appreciate readers showing support by leaving a comment when they check out posts too.

Please add your preparedness posts below--

And please TELL YOUR FRIENDS WHO ARE INTO PREPAREDNESS about the Fair.  We need lots of great posts--and we need as many as possible to benefit from them!   Could you please invite people to share here? 

+ +

The Preparedness Fair is a blog hop, a collection of posts from various people, where we'd love preparedness bloggers to share their posts about many aspects of being prepared!  A new Fair will begin every Saturday and will be open for 3 days.  The following week's Fair will include a Featured Post, which will be either the most viewed or a favourite that I choose. Featured bloggers can grab a Featured button to put on their blog, if they so desire.

Please take a moment to read through the guidelines.

What kinds of posts to enter....

--At the moment it's open to just about anything disaster-preparedness related--that YOU have written.  
--Pictures always help...they make posts more accessible, and more read!  The thumbnails on the "Fair" are fairly big, so the better quality the picture you choose, the better it will look once up.
--Please, no foul language or non-family-friendly images in the posts.  No stores or selling, please, or completely unrelated posts or spam.  Any of the these will have to be removed without notice.

Blog hop etiquette

1. Please grab the button below and add it to the exact post that you linked.  (That way people who read your post can find their way here to find other posts about similar topics.
HOW to add the button:
A. Copy the code that's inside the grab box under the image at the bottom of this post.  It's also on the sidebar at lower left.
B. Paste it into the html code of your blog post, so that the image shows up when it's posted. (For example, in Blogger, use the "HTML" option instead of the "Compose" option.) Write something like "This post shared at:" before the button.
You can add the button to your sidebar if you like also, but it still needs to be in the specific post that you enter as well. Many blog hop hosts say that posts that don't have a link or button added to the post itself can't be chosen as the Feature Post, or that it will be removed; I don't want to do that, but do ask that you choose to add the button.  
2.  Please don't enter posts with foul language or non-family-friendly images.  No stores or selling, no completely unrelated posts or spam, please, these will be removed.
3. Please link to the actual post, not the main blog.   I've set it to only accept specific posts.  Please let me know if this complicates things for you.
4. It's always appreciated if you visit some of the other entries, and people usually appreciate comments too.

Worried about anonymity?

I realize that a lot of people who are serious about preparing for disasters or hard times also are wary of sharing too much. Note that you don't have to enter your email address in the address field, you can just use a dash.  Or perhaps you don't have a blog for this reason so haven't written any posts. For the moment I'd suggest that you could open a blog that has little personal or identifying information. Please do share your wisdom, though--there are many of us who can benefit!

How to enter your post....
If you're a seasoned "blog hopper" you'll know this, but if you're new at it...
1. First put the Preparedness Fair button into your post. It's lower down in the blog sidebar at left and also way down at the very bottom of this post. (See Etiquette heading above, #1)
2. Click on the little blue "Add Your Link" button at the bottom of the post
3. Enter the URL (internet address) of the specific post, not the home page of your blog. This way the links will remain accurate indefinitely.
4. Where it says "Name" put the title you want for your entry (not your name!).
5. For email address, if you are concerned about anonymity, you can just put a dash. (If there's abuse I'll have to rethink it.) An email address means I can contact you if there's a problem with your entry.
6. Click 'Next Step."
7. Follow prompts for choosing a photo for a thumbnail. By clicking on the tabs at the top you can choose a photo from your blog post or from your computer. You can crop it yourself if it's from your blog post, or let the software crop it for you.
[If the photo is from your computer, you can't crop it yourself; the computer will crop for you. If that's a problem you might want to make the photo square on a photo edit program first.]
8. Come back to the original page to make sure your entry worked, and visit some of the other links.
9. If you make a mistake, you can click on the little red X by your entry to delete it, and do it again.



Grab button for Prep-Utility-Vehicle

The Preparedness Fair is coming tonight....And readers, it needs your help!

We really, really need your help here....

To be direct (I'm usually not too direct but I'm getting really tired and  discouraged) I put in hours and hours every day (no exaggeration) so people who come here daily can get loads of free books on the subjects you want, in 5 minutes......

I would be really grateful if some of you who haven't already, would sacrifice 5 minutes of your time to ask your colleagues on any prepping forums, on Facebook pages, wherever you socialize on the subject of preparedness, to come over tonight or tomorrow morning to share a post or two on the next Preparedness Fair.**

I know that many preppers have a blog, and many of you have a lot of knowledge and wisdom to share.

Thank you so very much!








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P.S.
I do know that several (or even more than several) of you really do sincerely appreciate this blog.  I know because of your kind comments, which keep me going, honestly, probably when I really shouldn't!  Thank you, thank you!  :D

And thank you, thank you, to those who contribute to the Fair week after week, even though you're almost on your own now.






**If anyone wonders why I don't just do this myself, in fact I have spent hours inviting people to post at the Preparedness Fair, and that has certainly helped somewhat;  Several people have come over and posted, and there have only been a couple rude responses.  I still do some inviting, but just have so little time, now that simply finding the books is taking so much longer.  I could do way more promotion if I were not so compulsive about listing the books first. After that, I'm so exhausted, I just need your help!  




Free books updated May 24, 2013

Today's new books are entered.  

NOTE:
I recently started using a new search program.  As always, please double-check the price before you "Buy" your free books.

Free books are found under the tab headings above. (You'll have to go to the actual site if you're reading this on a "feed reader.")  These books have been found to be free in the USA as of this morning. Different countries may have differing pricing.  Please check prices before clicking "buy" to make sure they are still free.

----------
The new books each day are added to the top of each list.  Once you hit the books you saw yesterday, you can stop.  I will delete books as I have time to check they're no longer free.  (This may be never!)  Amazon makes it complicated and time-consuming for me to tell from Canada whether they're free in the US.
 
Some books that will end up at the bottom of the different lists are long-term free. 



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Shared at:
Small Footprint Fridays
sshbutton From The Farm Blog Hop

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Free books updated May 23, 2013

Today's new books are entered.  I also recently added a link on the Nature Survival page for anyone collecting the Survival Instincts series.

NOTE:
I recently started using a new search program.  As always, please double-check the price before you "Buy" your free books.

Free books are found under the tab headings above. (You'll have to go to the actual site if you're reading this on a "feed reader.")  These books have been found to be free in the USA as of this morning. Different countries may have differing pricing.  Please check prices before clicking "buy" to make sure they are still free.

----------
The new books each day are added to the top of each list.  Once you hit the books you saw yesterday, you can stop.  I will delete books as I have time to check they're no longer free.  (This may be never!)  Amazon makes it complicated and time-consuming for me to tell from Canada whether they're free in the US.
 
Some books that will end up at the bottom of the different lists are long-term free. 



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Shared at: 

Down Home Blog Hop
The Country Homemaker Hop
The Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways Wednesday Blog Hop

Natural Living Link-up
Simple Lives Thursday
http://www.anoregoncottage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/jtgpfinal.pngLiving Green Link-up
PhotobucketAdorned From Aboveday2day joysSemi Homemade MomThe Self Sufficient HomeAcrePhotobucket

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Free books updated May 22, 2013

I didn't have more than 2 or 3 hours today so didn't finish the fiction but the non-fiction is mainly done.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Free books updated May 21, 2013

Blurb as usual! ;)  I had them mostly done much earlier but forgot to post this update.

Monday, May 20, 2013

Free books updated May 20, 2013

Today's new books are entered.  I also added a link on the Nature Survival page for anyone collecting the Survival Instincts series.

NOTE:
I recently started using a new search program.  As always, please double-check the price before you "Buy" your free books.

Free books are found under the tab headings above. (You'll have to go to the actual site if you're reading this on a "feed reader.")  These books have been found to be free in the USA as of this morning. Different countries may have differing pricing.  Please check prices before clicking "buy" to make sure they are still free.

----------
The new books each day are added to the top of each list.  Once you hit the books you saw yesterday, you can stop.  I will delete books as I have time to check they're no longer free.  (This may be never!)  Amazon makes it complicated and time-consuming for me to tell from Canada whether they're free in the US.
 
Some books that will end up at the bottom of the different lists are long-term free. 



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Shared at: 
Homestead Barn Hop
MixitupNatural Living MammaLilyWhiteMonday2 Make the Scene Monday #70

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Free books updated May 19, 2013

Today's new books are entered.  

NOTE:
I recently started using a new search program.  As always, please double-check the price before you "Buy" your free books.

Free books are found under the tab headings above. (You'll have to go to the actual site if you're reading this on a "feed reader.")  These books have been found to be free in the USA as of this morning. Different countries may have differing pricing.  Please check prices before clicking "buy" to make sure they are still free.

----------
The new books each day are added to the top of each list.  Once you hit the books you saw yesterday, you can stop.  I will delete books as I have time to check they're no longer free.  (This may be never!)  Amazon makes it complicated and time-consuming for me to tell from Canada whether they're free in the US.
 
Some books that will end up at the bottom of the different lists are long-term free. 



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Shared at: 
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sshbutton From The Farm Blog Hop