How to Find and Download Free eBooks Survival Guide (15 page)
Although ebooks may be added to your Nook directly from the Barnes and Noble online store, internet downloads are not supported on the device. Use your computer to load books onto the Nook. Click
Transferring eBooks to the Barnes and Noble Nook
to learn more.
Although ebooks may be added to your Nook Color directly from the Barnes and Noble online store, internet downloads are not supported on the device. Use your computer to load books onto the Nook Color. Click
Transferring eBooks to the Barnes and Noble Nook Color
to learn more.
Although ebooks may be added to your Sony Reader Daily Edition directly from the Sony Reader online store, internet downloads are not supported on the device. Click
Transferring eBooks to the Sony Reader Daily Edition
to learn more.
Although ebooks may be added to your Kobo Reader directly from the Borders online store, internet downloads are not supported on the device. Use your computer to load books onto the Kobo reader. Click
Transferring eBooks to the Kobo Reader
to learn more.
Use the Safari browser on the iPad to download ePub eBooks directly to the device without the use of a computer. To download eBooks using an iPad:
1. Touch the
icon. The Safari browser opens.
2. Navigate to the desired eBook website. Click
Finding Free eBooks
to see the list of websites where free eBooks can be found.
3. Touch the ePub eBook link. The eBook is downloaded and the screen shown in
Figure 4
appears.
4. Touch
Open in iBooks
. The eBook is added to iBooks and the library appears. The new book appears at the top left of the shelf, as shown in
Figure 5
.
Figure 4: ePub eBook Downloaded to iPad
Figure 5: New ePub eBook in iBooks Library
The Safari browser on the iPhone does not allow ePub files to be downloaded. Use your computer to load books onto the iPhone. Click
Transferring eBooks to iBooks for iPad and iPhone
to learn more.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab does not support eBook downloads. Use your computer to load books onto the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Click
Transferring eBooks to the Kindle Reader for Android
to learn more.
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1. Arthur's Classic Novels
2. Baen Free Library
3. BeBook Catalog
4. Bookyards Library
5. Christian Classics Ethereal Library
6. E-Books Directory
7. ePubBooks
8. Elegant Solutions Software and Publishing Company: eBooks for people who think
9. Feedbooks
10. Girlebooks - eBooks by female authors
11. Project Gutenberg
12. Internet Text Archive
13. Manybooks.net
14. MobileRead Uploads
15. Munseys
16. Planet eBook
17. Planet PDF
18. Project Runeberg - Nordic Literature
19. Stanford Collection
20. World Wide School
21. Google Books
Web address:
http://arthurclassicnovels.com
Number of available books:
4000
Categories
: 20th Century classics, Philosophy, Religion, History, Technology, Mystery, Children's, many more
Prominent authors:
Jules Verne, Charles Dickens, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and more
Available formats:
HTML
Tips and Tricks:
Search by title or author or browse by category. Click on a title to view it on a separate web page. Use the next and previous page buttons to scroll by page.
Additional Notes:
There are no eBooks available for download from this website. However, to read a book, wireless is not required. Load up the web page containing the book and turn wireless off to preserve battery life. Your eReader must have a web browser to use this website.
Web address:
http://www.baen.com/library
Number of available books:
100
Categories
: Science fiction
Prominent authors:
John Joseph Adams, David Friedman, Richard Roach, and more
Available formats:
Kindle/Mobi/Palm (PRC), Nook/Stanza (ePub), Microsoft Reader, Sony Digital, RTF, HTML
Tips and Tricks:
Browse by series, authors, or books by clicking an option on the left side of the screen. Click a book to view its description and then download a zipped or unzipped file. Click 'Read Online' to view the HTML version of the book through a built-in web browser. Click 'Email book to my Kindle' to send the book to your Amazon Kindle email. The charge is 15 cents per each megabyte. For example, emailing a ten-megabyte book to the Kindle costs $1.50.
Additional Notes:
Several reader programs is available for download on Baen. Download the Microsoft Reader, Mobipocket Reader, and Rocket eBook here.
Web address:
http://mybebook.com/download_free_ebook
Number of available books:
20,000
Categories
: Various
Prominent authors:
Leonardo da Vinci, Sunzi, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, and more
Available formats:
Plain text (TXT), PDF
Tips and Tricks:
Click a letter to browse by author or title. Click a title to view its description. Click 'download' next to 'Plain text' or 'PDF' to download an eBook. Most eReaders and other devices can open PDF files.
Additional Notes:
To browse books in another language, click the arrow next to 'Please select language'. After choosing a language, a list of available books in that language appear.
Web address:
http://www.bookyards.com
Number of available books:
17,000
Categories
: Classics
Prominent authors:
Geoffrey Chaucer, Confucius, Robert Burns, Hans Christian Andersen, Julius Caesar, and more
Available formats:
PDF
Tips and Tricks:
Click a letter to browse by title, author, or biography. Click a title to view the book description. Click 'Download' to download the book.
Additional Notes:
Many external links are provided under each author. The extra websites are excellent resources for additional free eBooks.
Web address:
http://www.ccel.org
Number of available books:
1200
Categories
: Christian
Prominent authors:
Various
Available formats:
Plain text (TXT), HTML, PDF ($2.95)
Tips and Tricks:
Click 'Browse' to peruse the authors, titles, subjects, and languages. Click an author to view the available titles. Click a title to view its description. Click one of the formats to download the eBook.
Additional Notes:
This website has its own online reader, which is similar to an electronic reader. Click the hyperlinks in each eBook to navigate to another excerpt. Books are available in 13 languages.
Web address:
http://www.e-booksdirectory.com
Number of available books:
4600
Categories
: Educational, Business, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Nature, Travel
Prominent authors:
Various
Available formats:
Various (see
Additional Notes
)
Tips and Tricks:
Click a genre. A list of related books appears. Click a title. The title description appears. Click 'Download' or 'Read' to access the book.
Additional Notes:
Each title on this website links to an external source where the book can be read or downloaded. Therefore, the number of formats and types of books vary greatly. This website is excellent as a reference tool and a starting point for finding educational works.
Web address:
http://www.epubbooks.com
Number of available books:
520
Categories
: Classics
Prominent authors:
H.G. Wells, Agatha Christie, Charles Darwin, Aldous Huxley, James Joyce, and more
Available formats:
Nook/Stanza (ePub)
Tips and Tricks:
Click 'Books', 'Authors', or 'Genres' at the top of the page to browse books. Click a title to view its description. Click 'Download ePub' to get the free version of the book.
Additional Notes:
Each book description provides a concise summary and book excerpt. In addition, each book description contains links to the book on other websites, such as Barnes and Noble and Amazon. If the book was also made into a motion picture, a link is provided.
Web address:
http://esspc-ebooks.com
Number of available books:
444
Categories
: Modern Fiction, Classics, Children's, Romance, History, many more
Prominent authors:
H.B. Irving, Mark Twain, Henry James, Bram Stoker, The Brothers Grimm, and more
Available formats:
Kindle/Mobi/Palm (PRC), Microsof Reader (LIT)
Tips and Tricks:
Click 'New eBooks' or 'All titles' at the top of the page to browse books. Author, Title, and Genre searches are also available. Click the Microsoft Reader icon to download the LIT version of the book. Click the Mobipocket icon to download the PRC version of the book.
Additional Notes:
Links are provided to download the Microsoft Reader as well as other useful software.
Web address:
http://www.feedbooks.com
Number of available books:
5300
Categories
: Various, Mostly Short Stories and Science Fiction
Prominent authors:
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edgar Allan Poe, Kurt Vonnegut, Isaac Asimov, Oscar Wilde, and more
Available formats:
Nook/Stanza (ePub), Kindle/Mobi/Palm (PRC), PDF
Tips and Tricks:
On the main page, click 'Public Domain' to view all free eBooks. Click a category on the left side of the page to browse books. Click a title to view its description. Click a format to download the eBook.
Additional Notes:
Feedbooks is an online community for bibliophiles. Click 'Register' at the top right of the page to create an account. With a registered account, books can be added to a favorites list, comments can be posted to book descriptions, and PDF's with custom settings can be downloaded.