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If you own an e-reader you often can only buy e-books from the bookstore that is bundled on your device. Many of the budget e-readers out there don’t even have a bookstore that is accessible by users and many people are left to fend for themselves to load content on it. Today we are proud to give you the most comprehensive free e-book resource catalog online. All of these books are hardware agnostic, which means they are not locked by DRM (Digital Rights Management). All you have to do is simply download a title and load in via the USB cable from your computer to your e-reader. Many of these sites also provide the books in more than one format, so they will work with your Amazon Kindle, Kobo, Barnes and Noble Nook, Sony e-reader and hundreds of others. - The Online Books Page: This source for free online books is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries and has well over 50,000 books available. All you have to do is select a title and get ready to read it on your device.
- Bookboon: is the world's largest publisher of online educational literature. They have 900 free textbooks for university students that can be downloaded directly from the website and over 600 business related e-books.
- free-ebooks.net: Discover all-new, rising authors. Independent writers offer both entertaining fiction/romance for your enjoyment and non-fiction to help you find info from self-help to biz growth.
- GoodReads: Primarily known as a social community and virtual bookclub the company also has some excellent user generated free e-books. These normally comprise of books from the public domain, but also include those written by self-published and indie authors.
- Feedbooks: This company sells e-books but they have a large selection of thousands of public domain editions. These books comprise of content in which the copyright has expired and can now be downloaded for free.
- FreeBookSpot: There are thousands of books to download on FreeBookSpot and they are all free. Simply search, select and download. You'll be reading in no time.
- Project Gutenberg: The Project Gutenberg site currently has over 46,000 free books available for download in various formats to jive with nearly any eReader. There's even a mobile site for those of you without an eReader or app downloaded. Find a book, select a format and you're good to go.
- Questia: Here you can find an online library of 5,000+ books just waiting for you to read online. This is a great place to head to if you fancy yourself a classic literature buff, too!
- Free-EBooks: Free-EBooks is kind of like a one stop shop for anyone looking for free eBooks, free magazines and some super helpful resources for anyone interested in whipping up a book of their own.
- Internet Archive: Holy eBooks, Batman! You can fall down the eBook rabbit hole over at Internet Archive with over 6,000,000 titles available for your reading pleasure. There are some other really cool things available on their website, so take some time to click around before start reading!
- FullBooks.com: There are thousands of books available to read online over at FullBooks.com. There are also some pretty nifty links on the website that will take you to other websites that offer reference books on everything from business to mental health disorders.
- ManyBooks.net: Here you can find more than 29,000 eBooks just waiting for you to download for free. The easy search options make finding the books you are looking for a breeze and getting them on your device is even easier!
- Open Library: Open Library is so cool that we really can't find the words to express how cool we think it is. It is an open source website with 20 million records available, so it's kind of like Wikipedia for bookworms! Cool, right?
- Internet Public Library: The Internet Public Library takes a different approach to providing free reading material to anyone and everyone. This website has a huge catalog of links available that will take you to where you need to go to access the material you're looking for.
- GetFreeEBooks: Hit up GetFreeEbooks for a wide variety of eBooks at your fingertips that you can download for free and with ease. There's also some other great information to check out whether you're interested in some news or tips for your own eBook.
- Google Books: Millions of books are calling your name over at Google Books. Type in a quick search and you'll be on your way to reading heaven.
- Smashwords: This site is one of the largest self-publishing solutions in the world. They have over 50,000 titles that are free and primarily feature first time writers or authors who could not get publishing contracts.
- FreeComputerBooks.com: Here's a free online book resource for all of you smarty pants computer, math and technical folks. There's bound to be something waiting for you in one of the 13 top level categories or 200 sub-categories.
- Wattpad: Wattpad is specializes in Fan-fiction and the success of this platform prompted Amazon to launch the paid service, Kindle Worlds.
- Book.ish: There are loads of books to read over at Book.ish and it's quite an experience. It's easy to forget that you're not actually holding a book in your hand as you click through the pages of the eBooks.
- Classic Reader: This website will soon become your one stop shop for all the classics you know and love. There are currently over 3,834 titles by 359 different authors, so you're bound to be pretty stacked for a while.
- obook: This service has thousands of books and launched in the UK in 2009. It features books written by indie authors and public domain works.
- FreeTechBooks: Here we have another stellar source for anyone with an eye (and brain) for all things computer science, engineering and much more. There are books, various documents, textbooks and maybe even some lecture notes. You can read, save AND even print many of the selections available.
- Authorama: There's a lot to read and all for free over at Authorama. Each book on the website is formatted using XHTML and is super easy to read.
- 24Symbols: All you need to read some of the 100,000 available titles at 24Symbols is a computer, tablet or smartphone and an internet connection. You can feed your inner bookworm with online books from nearly any genre and from tons of different authors.
- KnowFree.net: Everything on the KnowFree website is free for anyone and everyone to download thanks to the help of other users generous enough to share the books, videos, software and other materials they already have.
- Bored.com: You won't be very bored once you head over to Bored.com and read any one of the books to choose from. There are thousands available, so be prepared to have more options than you can shake a stick at.
- Baen Ebooks: Lovers of science fiction and fantasy may want to checkout the free library offered over at Baen Ebooks. There are some great titles available for free and you can even download them to read later if you want.
- DailyLit: The system used at DailyLit is pretty great and is topped off with the the cherry of being free. This site has a great selection of books and sends installments of the book to the reader via RSS feed or email. Readers are able to read as they please and can change up their preferences at any time.
- EbookLobby: EbookLobby has 13 different categories with hundreds of books ripe for the picking. It's a sweet source for anyone interested in books about travel, art, law and more.
- Bartleby: So many free books are available for free at the internet publisher, Bartleby. You can find tons of options in categories like reference, poetry, fiction and nonfiction. The possibilities are endless and exciting.
- Bookyards: There are currently 19,562 eBooks available for your reading pleasure over at Bookyards. Simply select an author or category to find something great to read.
- MobileRead – One of the largest communities online that focus on e-reader news and discussion. The website has an extensive selection of public domain books that are available in a multitude of formats.
- TechSupport Alert – Has a comprehensive listing of over 10,000 fiction and non-fiction books. This service does not host the books and links to other websites. They focus primarily on non-fiction and audiobooks.
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