After searching Amazon.com, the public library (Pima County, AZ) was the next source checked. I spoke with the librarian about the availability of e-books the library system. He said they do offer free book downloads but not in Kindle format—right now, but the format is coming. Click here for an article about libraries loaning out Kindles—maybe there’s a library near you offering a chance to check out a Kindle for free.
Authors are discovering the marketing power inherent in e-books. Some offer free copies of their new book, especially if it’s the first in a series. The point is to hook you on their first book and hopefully you’ll buy the next and so on. But you have to be quick as these are usually limited time offers. For example, Paranoia by Joseph Finder is free until Sept. 18.
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Available for free is a plethora of classics, urban fantasy, science fiction, and romance novels. As for the latter, I just cannot read a book citing “throbbing members and pulsating orbs” with any degree of seriousness. However, Harlequin is celebrating their 60th year by offering free PDF versions of a few romances until October, such as Price of Passion by Susan Napier.
Book offers are available in a number of different e-reader formats, such as the Mobipocket/Kindle, Sony Reader, Iliad, and PDF. You select which download version you prefer. For the Kindle 2, I either download via Amazon.com's magical Whispernet or directly to a “Kindle” folder created on my laptop. For the latter, I simply plug in my Kindle’s USB and copy the book over to my Kindle, easy.
Here are just a very few of the many free e-books available:
- Beautiful Red by M. Darusha Wehm (science fiction)
- Gone by Bryan W. Alaspa (horror)
- My Soul to Lose by Rachel Vincent (young adult fantasy)
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (classic)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (classic)
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (classic)
Resources
The following are some free e-book resources; some are easier to navigate than others:
- Amazon.com's Kindle
8 comments:
You gave some fantastic resources June, thta will be helpful to many! If I ever get a Kindle I'll be sure to come back to this post.
Wow, June. Thanks a lot. I love your tutorial for the case, too! My husband has a Kindle and loves it so I forwarded a link to this post for you. I hope to make a cover for his using your idea. I'd love to have one but one in the family is enough for now!
I had no idea there were actually free books available for Kindle. I know that our library has books that can be downloaded on MP3 format but I don't have one of those either :)
What a wealth of great information June. Enjoy your summer reading!
{PS: Love that tea cup and saucer}
I've wanted a kindle since they first came out but have resisted the urge. This list is making me reevaluate that.
Wow, great list, June! I was aware of the Gutenberg Project, but you dug deeper and found ever more.
Links to lots of free, mostly modern, ebooks, various file formats, all legal -
Finding Free eBooks
Also, some hand formatted Mobipocket books (can be read on kindle) at the bottom of the page.
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