The Babysitter's Code by Laura Lippman. This short story was originally published in the collection Hardly Knew Her.
by Laura Lippman. This short story was originally published in the collection 
.Jasmine Jade/Ellora's Cave is offering a free copy of Gryphon's Quest by Candace Sams. They have several formats available, including Mobi and HTML. You can only pick one format (even if you try to buy the book more than one time), so if you need to do conversions for multiple formats, html might be a better choice. Note that you do have to create an account and give them address and phone info (no credit card info will be required); also, their checkout procedure is cumbersome, requiring five or six clicks and screen refreshes before you are ready to download your book.
BeWrite Books has Poetry today for their free daily downloads: Vinegar Moon by Donna Biffar, Letters from Portugal by Jan Oskar Hansen and sexions by Renée Sigel. These are in PDF format and they had some problems early in the day with the Vinegar Moon download (it was less than 1K and they emailed out replacements), so make sure your files open after you download them.
Smashwords has a long list of titles that are free, free with a Coupon Code or 25%-50% off with a coupon code that are available this week. A great number of these are short stories and erotica/romance seems overly represented, but there are a few gems in there, for those that dig thru the list.
There is a great collection of original Science Fiction put together by Mike Brotherton over at Diamonds in the Sky. Not only great reads, but with enough science in them to be a resource for Astronomy teachers. Read them online or download in mobi, ereader or PDF formats.
Cory Doctorow has two of his books, Little Brother and Eastern Standard Tribe as free download, both in multiple formats.
If you haven't picked up Hal Spacejock yet, now is the time. This one is still free and the next 3 are now out in ebook format. The ordering process is a little rough for those yet (they are in Australia and it's the publisher's first foray into ebooks), but they are DRM free and in two formats, so you can read on most devices.
SciFriGuy has up a bunch of classic SciFi ebooks, all in PDF format.
Clif Burns has two books (also PDF format) on his site: Of the Night and So Dark the Night. Both are supernatural mystery/thrillers.
Ralph Lalonde has FreeGround [First Light Chronicles 1] available in PDF and Mobi formats for free.
M.D. Benoit has one free ebook and another buy one get one free offer for her (The Jack Meter Case Files series. At the least, be sure to grab Metered Space over at Zumaya. You can then buy Meter Destiny at Amazon (or elsewhere), email her proof of purchase and she'll send you Meter Made (and a copy of Metered Space) in return (with any luck, this would be in prc/mobi format; the free download of Metered Space is the ereader PDB format).
at Amazon (or elsewhere), Real Goods Solar has an offer for you: a free ebook containing everything you need to know about getting started with solar power. This 70-page eBook exerpts the “Renewable Energy 101—Solar, Wind, and Hydro Electric" section from Real Goods' Solar Living Sourcebook. This massive tome -- now in its 30th anniversary edition -- that covers everything you need to know about generating your own electricity. But this free eBook isn't all. The first 90-plus pages of the book are also available online for free. If you like what you read, you can also order the printed edition of the 600-page book for just $35.
