"free publication" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to refer to something, such as a book, article, or other document, that is available for download, either for free or for a nominal fee. For example, "This novel is available as a free publication on our website."
Many computer security specialists argue that the free publication of vulnerability information encourages attacks.
When in London I enjoy the Evening Standard, which maintains high standards even as a free publication.
This month saw the lesbian lifestyle magazine g3 make the move from a free publication to newsstands up and down Britain.
With the investment, the Times Company becomes the latest traditional newspaper company to turn to a free publication to supplement the circulation of its paid offerings.
The Independent, a free publication that will be mailed to every household in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, should have plenty of territory to cover.
After buying The Evening Standard, a London newspaper, last year, Mr. Lebedev turned it into a free publication, sharply increasing the circulation and lifting the advertising take.
All the rest contain either free publications or dried leaves; some serve as storage containers for the homeless.
Others followed: the Grand Palace restaurant, the weekly newspaper Asian Week, and The Independent and its sister free publications in San Mateo County.
Before it went free in London, Time Out carried out research on consumer attitudes to other free publications, finding them highly valued.
"The whole entire time, my mom kept grabbing things" out of those street-corner boxes holding free publications and real estate ads, Ms. Clementi said.
Mr. Lebedev said advertisers had been reassured by the paper's insistence on maintaining journalistic quality — something that is not a hallmark of free publications.
