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15 Best websites where you can find Free eBooks

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By shailini


From ancient times, libraries are the places where people go to find and read books. Now, in this modern age, there are ebooks that you can view and read on your computer screen. You can sit at your home and read books, listen to, trade or borrow books using websites.

There are plenty of directories that host free ebooks that you can legally download and read at your home. But, there are some grey sites (black sites) that violate the copyright law where people share their ebook collection for others (I am not talking about the Peer-to-Peer sharing over computers which is a different world).

You need to be wise to choose what you want to read and what you want to skip based on your ethical values. But, here are some of the best collection of websites that every book lover would love. And yea, these are ebooks that are virtual - so, nothing beats the real feel of reading a book on a sunny afternoon sitting in a beach.


10 Best Websites for Booklovers

1. Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is a repository of all the free texts that are in the public domain. It is the Internet's oldest web portal that stocks the largest colelction of FREE electronic books that you can use legally. Billions of volunteers from all over the world scan, create, proof-read, edit and maintain this ebook collection. You can download the entire collection or individual books as a plain txt file.

2. eSnips

eSnips is a place for sharing ebooks, mp3 songs, photographs or paintings. You can list your creations for free or set a price and sell them here. eSnips is really a grown market place. You can download the books as individual pdf files. Also, you can find some good quality audio books when you search site with "audio book".

3. Scribd

Scribd is another document sharing website where people share lots of their e-books. This is the coolest document sharing web service that you may ever come across. You can download the ebooks in various formats such as .doc, .pdf or plain text files.

4. WikiBooks

WikiBooks is another project from the creators of Wikipedia. Like Project Gutenberg, this is also a free collection of e-texts created by volunteers all over the world. The books are available in various international languages. You may use these texts in your creations as long as you credit the source properly (Always check the license before you use).

5. Full Books

Full Books lists thousands of free text books neatly arranged alphabetically. You can only read online, but you can copy and paste page-by-page which is a tedious task if a book

6. Wiretap

Wiretap, just like Project Gutenberg, is another probably the single useful gopher resource remaining on the Internet. They plan to be considerably expanding our offerings in the near future. More books, more authors are coming soon.

7. Free Classic Audiobooks

Free Classic Audiobooks is a place where you can download or listen to audiobooks. The files are available as .mp3 or .mp4 and you can directly download to your iPods or mp3 player for free.

8. Digital Classics

Digital Classics Zinio is a place where you can browse and read books and magazines for free. The books appear as it is leather-bound and you can turn pages and read them at your own pace.

9. Read Print

ReadPrint is a free online library. It lists thousands of free books for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast. It includes poems and articles on various topics.

10. Planet eBook

Planet eBook is the home of free classic literature. All the novels and books are entirely free for you to download and share.


Five Bonus Sites: Chicken Soup for Booklover's Soul

Read at Work is a site which will allow you to books at work. Your boss when walks past will think that you are actually work on the official presentation. Cool trick, right? See it to believe it.

BookCrossing is a the most popular book sharing site. People exchange books for free and these clubs exist in almost every city in the world. People drop books at designated places and log that in the bookcrossing website, some others pick it up, read and then pass it on. It is all free.

BookMooch is a place where you can trade books. Yea, you post a book to a BookMooch user and you will get a book that you like from another user. You have to send out at least 1 book for every 2 you receive. If you don't keep this ratio up, you won't be able to mooch any books, even if you have the points, until you improve your ratio. Sending internationally counts as 3 books.

Book Summary is a site where you can read reviews of books.

ODEO is a place where you download or listen to millions of podcasts and mp3 audio - speeches, music and more for FREE.

Also Guys, check out 100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man's Library.


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pjdscott profile image

pjdscott  says:
17 months ago

A great hub with some super suggestions, thanks!

Just_Rodney profile image

Just_Rodney  says:
17 months ago

Very good hub, a hub, a lot of sites to view,

Doc Rich profile image

Doc Rich  says:
17 months ago

You are the research Queen:) Very good resources, especially Project Gutenberg. That was one of several you provided that I was not aware of. Thanks for another excellent Hub.

subamenu profile image

subamenu  says:
17 months ago

Nice useful hub.Shalini please make useful hubs like this

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22jakes22  says:
17 months ago

Great hub with plenty of very good info !

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best of the web  says:
17 months ago

Good one.

Thanks for sharing :)

Jack Burton profile image

Jack Burton  says:
17 months ago

If anyone is interested in science fiction/fantasy then they should head over as fast as they can to http://www.baen.com.

Jim Baen has been the leader in the entire publishing world for making his recent back list available for FREE downloads. There are hundreds of top notch, best selling books available and it's all FREE. You don't even have to register.

It would take you months to download what is available, and by then you'd have a digital library worth thousands of dollars. I don't work for Baen but I sure do love what he is doing.

And in the meantime you're invited to browse over to my hubs and see if there is anything that you like.

http://hubpages.com/author/Jack+Burton/hot/

bizigniter  says:
17 months ago

Great list! Interestingly there has recently been a new product put out that goes over how to get free e-books. Although they do target some specific titles found in clickbank, it Just goes to show that if you spend some time going through the better hubs, you may find a resource like this thats free and full of great info.. Great hub, keep up the good work.

Anup_P  says:
17 months ago

www.flazx.com ---On this site u get all the ebooks related to computer technology

estellaeffects profile image

estellaeffects  says:
16 months ago

Hi Shalini,

Great info!

I added a hub which will help new hubbers to make income from their hub

http://hubpages.com/_shalinis/hub/How-to-make-mone

rickytan profile image

rickytan  says:
10 months ago

Great sharing of these free ebooks site. Have been searching for some great ones that are free and this came in handy. Thanks.

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EYEAM4ANARCHY  says:
10 months ago

Cool list. I love E-books, but I've never been able to find a decent selection.

EYEAM4ANARCHY profile image

EYEAM4ANARCHY  says:
10 months ago

Cool list. I love E-books, but I've never been able to find a decent selection.

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Don Keesee  says:
10 months ago

Ummmm Shailini:

Please check this one out (mine, I have to admit), which is on hubpages: www.hubpages.com/hub/Ran . It is a serial e-book, put up chapter at a time on Hubpages. Tell me what you think.

Don Keesee

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J_Eds  says:
10 months ago

Thanks for a great read :)

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MarikaGnize  says:
9 months ago

Wow!!! Great sites : ) I'm a real fan of audiobooks and I love finding new ones I can download in my MP3 for the gym!! Thanks

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britneydavidson  says:
9 months ago

wow this is really good and so much informative.thanx for sharing....

babarushe profile image

babarushe  says:
9 months ago

Good hub. The information is rich.

Thanks

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Teresa McGurk  says:
9 months ago

Thanks for this great hub -- I'm going to read a book, now. . .

sneha  says:
9 months ago

very great. thankyou.

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leeroper  says:
9 months ago

I like the Free Classic Audiobooks, they will be ideal for a member of my family. Thanks!

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jGaunt  says:
9 months ago

There is an error on the last link, on your link list. How you can make your first $1,000 without adsense. You typed the web address in wrong.

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mrboffo  says:
8 months ago

Thank you for the list! I've used Project Gutenberg frequently, but most of the others are new to me. An excellent resource!

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AshleyVictoria  says:
8 months ago

Thanks for all of these useful websites! I spend so much money on books, it'll be nice to start reading online and saving some cash!

paywalker profile image

paywalker  says:
8 months ago

Wow, gotta check it out.Thanks. Great hub.

creativeMind profile image

creativeMind  says:
8 months ago

is downloading from scribd legal ?

RobertHassey profile image

RobertHassey  says:
8 months ago

Good hub. Useful links to repositories on books. I'm sure you must have accumulated knowledge about those over the years. I was wondering if you ever thought of putting up a blog on topics whereby you can post links to sites that sell books. That way you can also earn when someone, after having convinced by your blog post, that she'd like to know more about a topic and buys a book via one of the links on your site?

I'm into Internet marketing and I'm always on the lookout for people who really know and are really enthusiastic about what they put on their blogs. Because these provide a blog/hub good authority.

APD Marketing profile image

APD Marketing  says:
8 months ago

Thanks, really helpful information.

Keep it coming :>)

Cheers

Derek

Denise   says:
7 months ago

Interesting article. Good to see eBooks still being popular on the Internet. A few years ago there was talk that they might disappear, but they are hanging in there.

Dee Hubbing It Up!

Liz P profile image

Liz P  says:
7 months ago

Very helpful thank you very much for posting this

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RAVI PUNIA  says:
7 months ago

Thanks for the information,

Belinda Hodge profile image

Belinda Hodge  says:
7 months ago

Great Hub Shailini - this will keep me occupied for hours! Thank you, thank you!

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JPSO138  says:
7 months ago

Very informative. I really learned from your hub.

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Kmadhav  says:
7 months ago

this is really exellent hub . I saw your hubs and I impressed. You are doing nice job.

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djrana0 profile image

djrana0  says:
7 months ago

hi salini.I want to give tips from ebook in my hub page.Can i do it?

Stephen Beck profile image

Stephen Beck  says:
6 months ago

Great compilation. Thanks for sharing your research.

Google Biz Kit  says:
6 months ago

Nice collection, ive used free books in the past with great results although a lot of times I cant find something spesific that I'm looking for for free.

pdesigns  says:
6 months ago

Thanks for all the information. Its a really good collection. Thanks!

Philipo profile image

Philipo  says:
5 months ago

Very nice information.

Rudra profile image

Rudra  says:
5 months ago

pretty good list of resources.

rahulrajmehra  says:
5 months ago

It is very valuable for me as i always love to read books.

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Andrew0208  says:
4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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cuttierish  says:
4 months ago

i love reading books...thanks for sharing..

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prasannasutrave  says:
4 months ago

Thanks for the list it will help me to find many good books.

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GBIM1  says:
3 months ago

thanks for shering those site it will help me a lot

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my daily dish  says:
2 months ago

thanks for sharing these sites! I will check them out for sure...

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samanthagardner  says:
5 weeks ago

Thanks for hubbing about this useful sites!

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