When we were reviewing 10 of the best online resources for free books, we had a LOT of readers chime in with their own favorites as well. Thank you for all your helpful contributions!
In fact, we had so many suggestions, we have enough to compile a huge list from them, so here they are in no particular order:
ManyBooks – Free eBooks for your PDA, iPod, or eBook reader – Thanks Tony Bryan & abben
BookCrossing – Where real books are released into the wild to be found by others – Thanks Engtech
LibraryElf – The perfect companion to a public library system – Thanks Engtech
Scribd – Open library to publish and discover documents online – Thanks CincauHangus
Word Public Library – 400,000 PDF ebooks for download – Thanks Ellen
Free Tech Books – Free computer science and engineering books (+ lecture notes) – Thanks Ellen
Bookins – Swap real books with other readers – Thanks Jimbob
WellToldTales – Free short story podcasts (like audiobooks, but shorter) – Thanks Kevin C.
Wowio – Public domain, free legitimate copyrighted materials & one of the only with a selection of Comic Books – Thanks Jane and Art Dardia
BizBooktalk – Free book giveaway contests on Fridays – Thanks Brandon
MoochMuch – Organize your book lending with your friends – Thanks Bobby
CHMPDF – A collection of general interest and technical ebooks – Thanks Manish Garg & Brian Di Croce
Realtime Publishers – free IT eBooks by many of the world’s best authors – Thanks Kevin
FrugalReader – Trade Books for free – Thanks Brent
TitleTrader – Swap books, movies, and music – Thanks Brent
ZunaFish – Trade your old media and books items for new titles you’d rather have – Thanks Brent
SwapSimple – Swap your used books here – Thanks Brent
SwapThing – Community of users who swap items including books – Thanks Brent
BookCart – Internet paperback exchange – Thanks Brent
SF-Books – Exchange Sci-Fi Books here – Thanks Brent
PaperbackSwap – Swap books for free – Thanks jane dough, IBelieveInFairies, & Lauren
PinkMonkey - 450 Study Guides / Booknotes / Online Chapter Summary Notes and Analysis – Thanks Spellchecker
eBookWorld – Technical resources – Thanks 5n7p3r
Flaxx – IT and computer books – Thanks tejinder
Baen Library – Free science fiction and fantasy novels – Thanks lanthus & Glen Davis
LibraryThing – Social networking and free books – Thanks Michael
Online Books Page – Facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet – Thanks Aman
Podiobooks – free audiobooks
that you can subscribe to with iTunes or any other podcatcher – Thanks KJToo BookRags – Research material in the form of eBooks – Thanks Henry Delany
Technical Books Online – Old tech books from the “vacuum tube age” of electronics- Thanks obiewiz
ebookSearchr – Google powered Thanks Rico & Rokker
Internet Archive – The Intenet indexed – that includes a vast text library – Thanks jojo
BookYards – Books, videos, education materials- Thanks Victor
Memoware – Free books for your PDA – Thanks Doug
DocStoc – online document sharing website. the œYouTube of documents – Thanks Sean
The items below were taken from my original Top 10 list with full reviews (here and here)
Gutenberg Project Top 100 – Popular books from the oldest producer of free ebooks on the Internet
BookMooch - Community for exchanging used books
ebookSpyder – Specializes in technical books ranging anywhere from C# to AJAX
Google Book Search – Read the classics online
Dwalin – plain text novels
Free Computer Books – Technical resources about computers
Librivox – Audio works and podcasts of books
CliffsNotes – Get the notes to cram for the exam
WIkibooks – Free textbooks
DailyLit – Receive small parts of books via email
This list will be updated regularly. If you want to add to it – please leave a comment!
Link: http://www.friedbeef.com/best-places-to-get-free-books-the-ultimate-guide/
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