If you'd rather spend two hours a day reading forums to pick up a nugget here and there then spend $50 for a summary that would have taken you a month or two to learn then you're spending your time in an incredibly unproductive manner. Time == money I also find it ironic that someone who has review sites in their sig would say such a thing. People can find all that info on forums and google, if they have to go to a review site then they must be behind the curve.
you can get most of the ebooks on bittorrent if your sly. I think they opened me up to making money on the internet. Its probably why I am here. Although I'm only making about 100-200 dollars a month..
Yeah, you'll pretty much have to join some newsletters to get the freebies internet marketers give away. Hang around these forums or WarriorForums and look at signature links, you will most likely find some pointing you in the right direction.