If you’re looking to borrow an eBook from the library, check out this page, How Do I Find Items to Download?
Below is a list of websites where free eBooks can be downloaded for various e-readers. Keep in mind that mostly classic literature, books published before 1923 and self-published books are offered as free eBooks. In addition to free books, many of these sites also have inexpensive eBooks for sale.
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* | Project Gutenberg – Download over 40,000 free eBooks. |
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* | Free eBooks – Fiction, non-fiction, textbooks, academic articles and trade magazines, plus books in Spanish. |
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* | Get Free eBooks – A central hub / directory of free and legal eBooks from various genres and categories. Note that not all books are available in all formats. |
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* | Barnes & Noble – Almost two million free NOOK books are available here. Type “free Nook books” into the B&N search box. Note that credit card information must be entered in order to download free books. | |
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* | Many Books – Browse through more than 29,000 titles (some in Spanish) or search most popular, visitor recommendations or reader reviews. Site also includes e-reader reviews. |
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* | U Penn Digital Library – Over 1 million free eBooks with criteria being that the book must be carried by a major library. | ||
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* | Amazon – In the search bar type “free Kindle books”. | ||
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* | Smashwords provides an opportunity to discover new Indie authors in all categories and genres of the written word. Click “Free” under the price category. |
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* | Kobo Books – One million free eBooks. Click “e-Books” then “FREE EBOOKS” for classics and current authors. | |
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* | Internet Archive – This site contains “a wide range of fiction, popular books, children’s books, historical texts and academic books”. It also contains audio books, computer software, music, moving images and more. |
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* | Google Play – Type “free books” into the search bar. Along with classics and pre-1923 books, Google Books also has Special Free Previews. To read offline, download the Google Play Books app from the Chrome web browser. | |
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* | Unbound – Scroll down to the “Free Fridays” post. Double-check that the book is indeed free before downloading. A credit card number is required in order to register with Barnes & Noble. | ||
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* | The Cheap – Click on “Freebies!” for free books including Christian fiction. | |
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* | Books On the Knob – Click on “Free Kindle Books” for current and recently free Kindle eBooks from Amazon, grouped by genre. A valid email is required. | ||
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* | E-Reader Love – Free eBooks listed daily. |
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* | Inspired Reads – Free and bargain Christian eBooks. | ||
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* | Pixel of Ink – Click on “Free Kindle Books” to find the free “limited time offers and often forgotten but popular classics”. | ||
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* | E-Reader News Today – Click on “Bargain/Free Kindle Books” to find links to free eBooks. |