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E-Books Guide

A resource for everything E-Books: FAU e-books! Equipment, apps, articles, web links, plus free books and textbooks!

(Mostly) Free eBooks and Audiobooks

The PDF version of this chart is available for download above:

Free eBooks and Audiobooks (with advice of new free books available via Facebook, Twitter or email)

NOTE: Always check to see if the price is free ($0.00)

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Name

URL

Specialty

Alice & Books https://www.aliceandbooks.com Classics searchable by title, authors, categories, collections, and series

Amazon

http://amzn.to/bookload

Link is to free eBooks from this store. For fee books also available.

Audible.com   

http://www.audible.com/t1/14DayGoldFT?source_code=GO1DG900PWS091310

Free audio book promotions & some free podcasts. Otherwise,  subscription service.

Baen Free Library (ebooks)

https://www.baen.com/

DRM-free books. Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Young Adult

Barnes and Noble

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/free-Nook-books

Link is to free eBooks from this store. For fee books also available.

Book Bub

http://www.bookbub.com

Books by award-winning or nominated authors

Books on the Knob

http://blog.booksontheknob.org/

Some free books, and many discount offers

Books Should be Free

http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/

Free public domain eBooks and audiobooks. Multiple languages.

eReaderiQ

http://www.ereaderiq.com/freebies/

Lists genre of each book, popular freebies found in last 24 hours, with filters and sorting available.

Ereader News Today

http://ereadernewstoday.com

Lists genre of each book, includes tips and tricks for use of Kindle.

Free Books Hub

http://www.freebookshub.com/

Daily posts of free Kindle eBooks

Free Computer Books

http://freecomputerbooks.com/

Computer books, Mathematics, Technical Books and Lecture Notes, Magazines, etc. Most free books in PDF format.

Free Kindle Books and Tips

http://www.fkbooksandtips.com/

Blog about free Kindle books and tips, including Kindle apps. “About” section has many Amazon links to free Kindle books by genre.

Free Tech Books

http://www.freetechbooks.com/

Includes Tech books, Textbooks and lecture notes, most in .pdf format.

Google Book Search

http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search

Ebooks in many genres in PDF format. Can limit search to “eBooks” in advanced search.

Internet Archive

http://archive.org/index.php

Includes free archives of eBooks, documents, video, audio/concerts, and more

Kindle Freebooks

https://twitter.com/freekindlebook

Tweets about free Kindle ebooks with hyperlinks.

Librivox

http://librivox.org/

Free audiobooks in public domain. Available in many languages.

ManyBooks

http://manybooks.net/

Includes popular titles and reviews from visitors, over 22,000 eBooks

Online Books Page

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/

Hosted by Univ of PA. Searchable free online book and serials, including by LOC call numbers and subject headings. Hyperlinks to other free sites.

Open Library

http://openlibrary.org/

The World's classic literature at your fingertips. Over 1,000,000 free ebook titles available. May also borrow eBooks in multiple formats.

Pink Monkey

http://pinkmonkey.com/index2.asp

Free online Literature Summaries, Study Guides / Book Notes / Chapter Summaries, most in PDF and RTF. Some for Fee.

Pixel of Ink

http://www.pixelofink.com

Free and Bargain Kindle Books. Many genres.

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/

First producer of free eBooks in public domain. Includes audiobooks, sheet music, music, etc. and mobile site. Multiple languages

RealTime Nexus

http://www.realtimepublishers.com/

Digital library for IT professionals in PDF format. Free access to eBooks, article series, podcasts, guides, video, and other resources.

Scribl

https://scribl.com/info/podiobooks-now-scribl

Free serialized audiobooks for download or via RSS feed.

World Public Library

http://worldlibrary.net/

2,000,000+ PDF eBooks in 100+ languages includes audiobooks, children, textbooks, graphic novels, journals/magazines & links to many other collections. Multiple languages

Additional eBook information is available at "Free Resources"

Last updated on Feb 12, 2024 1:17 PM