Free GLBT Non-Fiction E-book from the University of Chicago Press

[ein_myria]

"The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government" by David K. Johnson (2004)
Details: Go to the University of Chicago Press Website

“David Johnson’s engrossing study of the persecution of gays and lesbians during the Cold War, complete with a comprehensive picture of the gay culture that flourished in Washington, is an important addition to a subject all too often ignored.”—Dallas Morning News

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Hi, this is my first post to this community. *wave* I just wanted to share this rare free non-fiction find. Apparently this is a free e-book for the month of June. It does require Adobe Digital Editions. (For ipad users such as myself, this means downloading the Bluefire reader app & signing up with an adobe ID. For PC users this means downloading some software.)

Update: Eek, apparently some of our community members are experiencing trouble with the PC ADE software (see comments for instructions). (DRM, you cause more trouble than you are worth. :/)

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[copracat]

It must have scanned my hard drive to find the files it's decided it owns. Which it clearly doesn't own at all. They're still readable in their own formats but it's made an annot file for them. What a tedious program and one that is not reader friendly, either.

[jumpuphigh]

I'd really rather not have to ever use it but unfortunately, there are occasionally books that I want that I can't get without using it. Now, I want to see if I can trigger it to try to own some books of mine that it doesn't own.

[jumpuphigh]

Oh, you know what? I don't think I ever authorized my computer. I bet that might be the difference. (And I'm not going to cause why screw with success?)

ETA: Nope. That's not it. I authorized the computer.

[copracat]

It gave me a message that if I authorised my computer, it wouldn't lock them. Presumably because I could give my password on other computers and it would know it was me. I thought I had said no, I won't continue thanks, but must have clicked on the button that meant go ahead. So it did warn me and I did try to cancel rather than authorise or go ahead without authorisation. Eh. These things happen. It's not like I can't download the Doctorow books and the fan fiction and Steampunk magazine again what with them still freely availably on the internet.

[jumpuphigh]

The script to de-DRM ADE stuff through Calibre is super-easy to use. Some of the other ones (for Barnes & Noble especially) are a little more swear-worthy but the ADE one was really just plug-in and go.

[copracat]

Thank you for that advice! Worked a treat.

[jumpuphigh]

I am very glad to hear it.

[ein_myria]

Whoops, sorry for the trouble. I did not realize that the PC software would do that.