Do you love to read? Are you someone who frequently leaves the house with a book in your hand? Are bookstores a dangerous place for you to venture into, because you will find tons of books that you simply must have? If so, then you might want to check out some sources for free ebooks.
Avid readers tend to run into the same problem, over and over again. Your bookshelves overflow. If you are like me, then you have several piles of books all over the house. One is a pile of books that you have read, but are keeping close by because you are intending to do something with that book. Maybe you are planning on writing a book review on your blog, just as soon as you can find the time. Perhaps it is the book that your book club is going to be discussing soon, and you want to have your copy on hang to refer to. A much larger pile, of course, is of books that you are dying to read, and really will get to, someday.
Books can be expensive, especially if you are purchasing hardcover books, or books that are brand new bestsellers. This can limit a book lover’s ability to acquire the books that he or she desires. One way to solve the problem of space limitations, and the problem with limited funding, is to find some ebooks that you can get for free.
A great place to start is with Project Gutenberg. This website has over 33,000 free ebooks that you can download and read from your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android, or other portable device. These books are free in the United States because their copyright has expired. Project Gutenberg asks that you make a donation to the project. You are not required to do so, but it’s a very nice thing to do to show that you appreciate the service they provide.
If you use a Mac, and are interested in comic books, you will want to check out an app called Comics, which is made by comiXology. You can download this ap for free, and it gives you access to 5,000 comics, for free, which you can read from your iPhone or iPad. Some of the many publishers of comics connected to this app are Marvel Comics, DC Comics, TOKYOPOP, and Image Comics.
Do you use the Kindle? If so, then you will want to check out an interesting offer by Amazon. They have a collection of books that you can download to your Kindle for free. They have nearly two million titles of books that were published before 1923, which means that they are out of copyright, and therefore can be offered for free.
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