Before you start running up a big tab buying eBooks, check out free eBooks now available for your digital reader:
Project Gutenberg. This organization has been busily digitizing books with expired copyrights, making them free to the public. Currently more than 36,000 titles are available as free eBooks, just sitting there waiting for you to download them at Gutenberg.org.
Amazon Kindle. At this writing, “Jane Eyre” [Kindle Edition] by Charlotte Bronte is a free download at Amazon.com. So too is “The Secret Garden,” by Frances Hodgon Burnett, the story of a bratty orphan transformed by a magical, forgotten garden on her uncle’s English estate.
Barnes and Noble NOOK Books. You’ll need to search a bit at Barnesandnoble.com, but your diligence will turn up more than 100 titles now available free for your NOOK reader.
Cookbooks. Reynolds (yes, as in foil) is currently offering two cookbooks, Signature Family Recipes and Delicious Family Meals for Less, for free! Find them here.
Classics. OpenCulture.com has 150 free eBook titles waiting for you, including classics from authors like Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens and Jane Austen.
Borders. Browse over 1million free eBooks at Borders.com. They’re all public-domain titles, each of them at no cost. For most you will have a choice of downloading as an eBook or by .pdf file. (Some of these titles are scans of physical books, so the reading quality may vary.)
Audio Books. If you’d like to sit back and listen for awhile, an audio book might be just the ticket. Check out ChristianAudio.com, where every month one premium audio book is available as a free audio download for your iPod, smart phone or computer. Don’t worry, you’ll be able to get the proper software as well, for free.
Many thanks to Bargainist.com for tipping us off to all of the free reading material.
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