Penny Wise eBook Sites and Tools
Penny Wise
eBook Sites and Tools
What's This?
You might be asking yourself what this list of free eBook sites is doing on a numismatic blog. Well, this list contains many sites that offer access to reference books. Which could provide an exceptional educational resource for those who wish to exhibit a project at an upcoming F.U.N. show.
Or maybe it is all about being “Penny Wise and not dollar foolish". Did I mention this list contains “free” legal e-book downloads? Book options include fiction, nonfiction, verse, classic works and reference books. So go forth and browse the virtual stacks and enjoy the read.
Source It is unclear who was the original writer/publisher of this eBook listing. I stumbled on this list several years ago on the Educational Portal site Therefore, accuracy of “original source” is uncertain.
Free Unabridged Books Online
Free Unabridged Books Online
The following websites offer free unabridged books online. Book options include fiction, nonfiction, verse, classic works and reference books.
Bartleby Bartleby has one of the best collections of literature, verse and reference books that can be accessed online for no charge.
Biblomania - A great collection of classic texts, reference books, articles and study guides.
Books-On-Line - A directory of more than 50,000 (mostly free) books that are posted on the Internet. Browse by author, subject or keyword.
Bookstacks This site has nearly 100 free books from 36 different authors. The books can be read online or downloaded as a PDF.
Bored.com - Read thousands of classic books and other e-books online or transfer files to your computer. Special topics include music, games, cooking, science and travel.
Classic Book Library A free online library containing historical fiction, romance, mysteries, science fiction and children's literature.
Classic Bookshelf Electronic library of classic books with a special Java eBook reading program for easy viewing.
Classic Reader An expanding collection of classic fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children's stories and plays--more than 4,000 works by hundreds of authors.
Ebook Lobby Hundreds of free eBooks in categories that range from business and art to computing and education.
EtextCenter More than 2,000 free eBooks from the University of Virginia Library's Etext Center. Books include classic fiction, children's literature, historical texts and bibles.
Fiction eBooks Online Hundreds of plays, poems, short stories, picture books and classic novels.
Fiction Wise Free works of fiction from the top independent eBook seller in the world.
Full Books Thousands of full-text books sorted by title--both fiction and nonfiction.
Get Free Books Thousands of free books on nearly every topic imaginable. All books are available for instant download.
Great Literature Online Free, HTML formatted e-text from ClassicAuthors.net. A links page for each author makes this site a great resource for college students.
Hans Christian Andersen A wonderful collection of stories and fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen (translated into English.)
Internet Public Library Online collection with more than 20,000 titles.
Literature of the Fantastic Small collection of science fiction and fantasy books with links to discussions.
Literature Project Free library of classic books, poems, speeches and plays with optional speech-to-text software.
Magic Keys Free illustrated children's stories for people of all ages.
Many Books More than 20,000 free eBooks for your eBook reader, PDA or iPod.
Open Book Project This site, geared towards the educational community, provides free textbooks and other educational materials online.
Page By Page Books Hundreds of classic books that can be read in the Page By Page e-Library.
Planet eBook the home of free classic literature. All our novels and books are entirely free for you to download and share with your friends, classmates, students, anyone!
Project Gutenberg More than 25,000 free books are available from Project Gutenberg. An additional 100,000 titles are accessible through Project Gutenberg's partners and affiliates.
Public Literature A huge collection of fine literature that showcases classic authors and modern works from around the world.
Read Print Free online library with thousands of books, poems and plays for students and teachers.
Ref Desk Tons of free encyclopedias and other reference books from the best reference site on the web.
The Online Books Page A listing of over 30,000 free books on the web from the University of Pennsylvania.
The Perseus Digital Library - An evolving digital library from Tufts University that features texts from the classical and Renaissance world.
Free Audio Books Online
Free Audio Books Online
The following websites offer free audio books online. Download as many as you'd like!
Audio Literature Odyssey Complete and unabridged novels, poems, short stories and literary podcasts read by voice actor Nikolle Doolin.
Audio Treasure Free bible mp3 files for your computer or mp3 player. Includes links to free Christian audio books and classic books online.
Classic Poetry Aloud Free podcasts of classic poems and English literature.
Free Classic Audio Books Dozens of classic, human-narrated books that have been formatted for mp3s, mp4s and iPods.
Learn Out Loud Directory of over 500 free audio and video titles--includes audio books, speeches and lectures.
Librivox One of the best online resources for free audio books and podcasts from the public domain.
Lit2Go An online collection of classics and children's literature from Florida's Educational Technology Clearinghouse.
Literal Systems Free unabridged audio books ready for download.
Spoken Alexandria Project Free Creative Commons library of spoken word recordings--includes classics and modern works.
Helpful Hints & Tutorials For Downloading eBooks
How To Convert Lit Files
How To Convert Lit Files
ABC Amber LIT Converter is an advanced utility which converts your LIT (Microsoft Reader) files to any format you wish (PDF, HTML, CHM, RTF, HLP, DOC, and many more) easily and quickly. You will find it Here
Converting PDF files
Want to change a .doc file to a PDF? Doc2Pdf works great.
novaPDF is a PDF creator for Windows that allows you to easily create professional quality documents in industry-standard PDF file format.
A ton of File converting Freeware can be found here
Microsoft Reader
Microsoft Reader can be downloaded here
Getting Your Collection Organized & Ready To Read
An eBook organizer that can be used by both Mac and Windows PC users. Download it Adobe
yBook The PaperBack Book Emulator. It will read html files, text files, rtf files and pdb/prc files (Palm document format).Freeware pdb, text, html and rtf eBook reader software
eBook Tools
75 Apps to Turn Your iPhone into the Ultimate Personal Library
iPhone users have access to the best personalized library right at their fingertips with the invention of Kindle for iPhone and other book readers. Forget the plastic library card and the hassle of remembering to return the books to the public library. Download the newest bestseller instead of wasting your gas driving all over town to find it in the bookstores.
There’s something to be said about the weight of a book in your hand and the feel of the pages, but iPhone apps now give you an option. In this list of 75 iPhone applications, you’ll find reference books, fiction, nonfiction, audio books and book readers to outfit your new digital library.
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