Remember how it used to be when e-book readers like the Kindle were first introduced? People couldn't believe that anyone would want them to pay $100 for a device to read a book on and then pay for the books as well. Why couldn't you just buy a regular book that was "software and hardware in one"? There was even a snide joke that circulated around the time about how there was this new technological book-reading wonder out that had a gigabyte of non-volatile memory, that was environmentally friendly, had a full color display and so on. You would read to the end of the piece until you realized that you were just reading about a regular printed paper book. These days, people finally have got the point about e-readers. It can be tremendously freeing to just carry a slim e-book reader that has many, many books in its memory. The only problem is as always – how do you get free e-books?
People have always known of ways of getting free regular books – you get them at libraries or borrowing from friends. How do you get free books when they are ebooks though? Well, that's what we're here to find out.
Well, certainly, you know how to get free e-books from your local public library, don't you? Perhaps you don't. Apparently, lots of people can't wrap their heads around the fact that public libraries can let out more than just printed books. But you should try. So few people realize how public libraries lend e-books that you don't have competition.
How about trying archive.org, a place that is also known by its full name, the Internet Archive? Some call this the prototype library of the future. This Californian establishment acts as an enormous online archive of all kinds of media from books to video and music. They have nearly 3 million books there for you to read and it's all free. You can even go here if you want college textbooks for free.
You should also try out ManyBooks – which has about 30,000 e-books on offer. They do their own scanning and PDF converting. And if the book you have in mind isn't the latest bestseller, if in fact it's a book that's been out-of-print for quite a while, you're bound to find it on Google Books and Google e-book store.
If you long for the days that you could just borrow a book from a friend and read it for free, Kindle kind of allows that with its lending option. If there is a book you really want to read for free, you just have to go to BookLending, which is kind of a matchmaking service for book readers. You put out there the name of anything that you have with you to lend and other people do the same. Everyone just swaps online.
People have always known of ways of getting free regular books – you get them at libraries or borrowing from friends. How do you get free books when they are ebooks though? Well, that's what we're here to find out.
Well, certainly, you know how to get free e-books from your local public library, don't you? Perhaps you don't. Apparently, lots of people can't wrap their heads around the fact that public libraries can let out more than just printed books. But you should try. So few people realize how public libraries lend e-books that you don't have competition.
How about trying archive.org, a place that is also known by its full name, the Internet Archive? Some call this the prototype library of the future. This Californian establishment acts as an enormous online archive of all kinds of media from books to video and music. They have nearly 3 million books there for you to read and it's all free. You can even go here if you want college textbooks for free.
You should also try out ManyBooks – which has about 30,000 e-books on offer. They do their own scanning and PDF converting. And if the book you have in mind isn't the latest bestseller, if in fact it's a book that's been out-of-print for quite a while, you're bound to find it on Google Books and Google e-book store.
If you long for the days that you could just borrow a book from a friend and read it for free, Kindle kind of allows that with its lending option. If there is a book you really want to read for free, you just have to go to BookLending, which is kind of a matchmaking service for book readers. You put out there the name of anything that you have with you to lend and other people do the same. Everyone just swaps online.
People have always known of ways of getting free regular books – you get them at libraries or borrowing from friends. How do you get free books when they are ebooks though? Well, that's what we're here to find out.
Well, certainly, you know how to get free e-books from your local public library, don't you? Perhaps you don't. Apparently, lots of people can't wrap their heads around the fact that public libraries can let out more than just printed books. But you should try. So few people realize how public libraries lend e-books that you don't have competition.
How about trying archive.org, a place that is also known by its full name, the Internet Archive? Some call this the prototype library of the future. This Californian establishment acts as an enormous online archive of all kinds of media from books to video and music. They have nearly 3 million books there for you to read and it's all free. You can even go here if you want college textbooks for free.
You should also try out ManyBooks – which has about 30,000 e-books on offer. They do their own scanning and PDF converting. And if the book you have in mind isn't the latest bestseller, if in fact it's a book that's been out-of-print for quite a while, you're bound to find it on Google Books and Google e-book store.
If you long for the days that you could just borrow a book from a friend and read it for free, Kindle kind of allows that with its lending option. If there is a book you really want to read for free, you just have to go to BookLending, which is kind of a matchmaking service for book readers. You put out there the name of anything that you have with you to lend and other people do the same. Everyone just swaps online.
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