"Public domain stuff available for only 24 hours!" Meh.
You can find that text in about a gazillion places. Just use Mobipocket to convert it if you'd rather have it in an ebook format.
Amen - I have an awesome copy in ArtOfWare.prc (eBook) format I downloaded from memoware.com years ago. Bundling the book with a reader is just marketing, there's no real reason it has to be that way.