Free books

for frustrated writers,
for adventurous readers.

This site hosts original text works – nonfiction, fiction or poetry of any length, published or unpublished – submitted free by the author. The author gives up no copyright or any other right to his or her work. This site and the author agree that no work may be reused commercially, that no modification of the work is allowed except for style formatting and that any noncommercial reuse give credit to the author.

To upload...

Submit text works in one of three categories – nonfiction, fiction or poetry – to sidleavitt@yahoo.com. Simple text is preferred. Any images or graphics within it cannot be reproduced. For details on author certification and permission, click on the 'Contact details' link.

To comment...

Readers are free to download any listing from the 'Works' section in the righthand column, subject to the aforementioned restrictions, and to provide comments to the site administrator at sidleavitt@yahoo.com for publication in the 'Comments on works' listing. To comment on any excerpt or other post shown in the center column, simply do so directly beneath the post by clicking on the '(No) Comments' link. Unless otherwise specified, all comments will be published, subject to libel guidelines.

About us...

Readersandwritersblog.com is a nonprofit website intended to give writers a place to publish their work at no cost and readers a chance to read that work and, if they choose, to comment on it. We also seek out well-written sites and post them on our blogroll. The site's founder and unpaid administrator is its first nonfiction contributor, Sid Leavitt, a retired newspaper editor who lives in Lake Katrine, N.Y.

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