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Fill Your Home With Free Books, Magazines, Computer Software
There are plenty of freebies out there, if you like magazines,
computers and books. These opportunities exist in their own
little worlds, and while they often seem invisible to the average
person, there is an active industry in all three areas.
Take trade magazines and trade journals for example. Many of
these are controlled circulation magazines that give free
subscriptions to people in the field. Their interest is in
building a documented subscriber list; the larger the list, the
more they earn in advertising rates. In many instances, this
makes it easy for you to be put on the list of subscribers, even
if you are not in the industry.
Controlled circulation magazines are especially prevalent in
mature industries continually undergoing change in products and
methods. They are a way of keeping their readers up to date in
the industry. Electronics, computers, plumbing, trucking,
aviation, foods, energy, fishing, floristy and landscaping, home
furnishing, industrial operations, marketing, management,
medicine, animal care, sports, sales, and many other industries
feature their own controlled circulation publications. One source
for uncovering such controlled circulation publications is the
Writer's Market, a thick volume that comes out each year and is
found in most libraries
Do you like books? Book reviewers receive their books free from
the publishers. And this doesn't mean you have to review for The
New York Times. Publishers will send review copies to you even if
you're doing short reviews for small local publications, or if
you are writing about the subject of the book and want to refer
to the book in some way. Publishers will respond positively if
you have any way of making their book known to more people, so
don't feel limited if you aren't doing a book review.
Also, the United States Government provides a number of free
books on consumer topics through its clearing house in Pueblo,
Colorado.
For fee software, you can use your personal computer and modem to
download software known as public domain software and shareware
from the bulletin boards that dot the country. Shareware gets its
name because you are encouraged to download a copy to try out; if
you like it, you are supposed to send the fee requested by the
program's author, who will in turn send you printed documentation
on the program. Much of this software is so sophisticated and so
inexpensive compared to their commercial counterparts that even
if you choose to pay the fee you are getting a great deal.
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