Ebook Links

Put Your Links For Downloading Ebook

Try these:
www.gutenberg.org. An extensive FREE library for downloading. Files are in txt or html format. I haven't had good luck with the "plucker" feature which converts files for the PDA. I take these files and, using MS Word and eBook Studio to convert these files for Palm eReader.

Another very good site is University of Virginia, Electronic Text Center: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/
Many of these are PDA ready.

Thanks for starting this group.

ebooks in spanish:

http://www.gratislibros.com.ar/

http://www.agujero.com/modules.php?name=Biblioteca

in English:

http://www.fullbooks.com/

http://nowhereman.alfaspace.net/archive/html/text_fic.html

http://manybooks.net/

http://www.bartleby.com/authors/

http://www.memoware.com/

http://www.fictionbook.ru/en/ (russian site, I think..you have to browse in English)

The largest site to purchase e-books is:

www.fictionwise.com

For science fiction/fantasy readers there's the Baen Free Library: http://www.baen.com/library/

Baen also sells ebook versions of their new releases at very reasonable prices.

Excellent sites -
http://www.memoware.com/ - free ebooks for handhelds
http://manybooks.net/ - Free eBooks for your PDA, iPod, or eBook reader.

http://www.ebookcrescent.com - Ebooks in Mobipocket format, attractive prices.

I've converted to Mobipocket format as I find it far more user friendly, and I like the fact that I can import my other Ebook formats into my Mobipocket Reader.

For reading e-books on the Nintendo DS:

http://moonbooks.net

Try baencd.thefifthimperium.com if you like sci-fi - there's literally hundreds of recent books here, and all free and legal.

http://www.diesel-ebooks.com/

A great link for buying books in bundles.

I just read a short story (Tony Takitani) by Haruki Murakami on my iPhone from the site textoniphone.com. I have to say that I was very impressed, both with the site and the readability of the iPhone. The one downside is that you can't sample the site without an iPhone.

Found this today: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

It's an index to free online e-books. I've browsed a little and it looks interesting and very comprehensive.

A more limited scope is found on http://www.americanliterature.com/sstitleindex.html

That's the link directly to their short story list; the main site also includes other forms of American literature and literature in English generally. You'd think there were more short stories online, as it's a very easy form to read in a short sitting at a computer, or taking a break between other (perhaps less entertaining) computer tasks.

http://www.mises.org/studyguide.aspx?action=subject&Id=117
http://www.econlib.org/library/classics.html

Here's another great site for free classics:

http://books.mirror.org/

Dear Paul,

Oh, wow, do you like Mises? My husband loves him! He reads all his stuff. I suggested he go to one of the seminars (I think they're usually in NYC) but he hasn't gone to one yet.

I go in for history and fiction.

Libby Cone

I just found a link to an online World E-book Fair. Project Gutenberg, the Internet Archive, the World Public Library, and others are participating and you can search all their titles from one page. I'm heading there now to browse.

http://www.worldebookfair.org/

According to the site, it will be available today through August 4.

The best site on the net for information and materials concerning the Sony Reader is the Mobile Read Network at

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/index.php

Lots of free eBooks for the Sony Reader and other eReaders can be found here

or Romance ebooks
http://www.diesel-ebooks.com/cgi-bin/category/FIC027001/Romance-ebooks.html

www.feedbooks.com

Free SF Online

Free SF List

Hundreds of thousands of ebooks are available free at the new Barnes and Noble ebook site. Many of the Google digitized books are available. Books past copyright restrictions can be found. I have been doing genealogy research for Plymouth/Cape Cod and have over fifty books from the B&N site. Another example: you can purchase Thoreau's Walden as an ebook or you can download older digitized editions (1864 or 1906) for free. They keep all of your "free purchases" in your own library collection on the site.

Completely useless to anyone not in the USA though.

Came across another one today

Smashwords

Not always free but definetly a good example to set!

Found a Kindle give-a-way that I thought some of you might be interested in, just in time for christmas:

http://www.noobie.com/kindle-giveaway?ref=1644062595

Found a great link today, someone is giving away a Kindle, if anyone is interested.

http://www.noobie.com/kindle-giveaway?ref=1644062595

Here's one I don't see listed yet which is great for all classic works.

http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/

Thanks for the heads-up about the free books at the Barnes and Noble site. I was given a Nook e-book reader and am now about to try it out.

(In Spanish)

My own free ebooks (terror / sci-fi) for you here:
https://lektu.com/e/luis-bermer/362?af=lui

Hope you like them :)