download ebooks for free

8 Jan

While digging through my bookmarks for a followup to yesterday’s post, I found two sites that are priceless.

They offer free ebooks for download, and some are very popular books. Here’s a random selection from the thousands they have for download:

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Grimm’s Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  • Paradise Lost by John Milton
  • Ulysses by James Joyce
  • The Kama Sutra of Vatsayayana by Richard Burton
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald

And yes, Igiss and TRP, they do have the “Encyclopedia of Needlework” by Thérèse de Dillmont.

I know not many people are keen on reading from PC, but if you have an ebook reader, or have one of those fancy phones that can read books, or can actually afford to print out hundreds of pages, then you’ll find this invaluable, since they can be downloaded in multiple formats.

And if you like classics, you’ll be in heaven.

Oh, I think I forgot to mention the sites. The Guttenberg Project and Many Books.net

Update: Some readers have added a few more sites, so I’ll list them all down here:

  1. The Guttenberg Project – http://www.gutenberg.org/
  2. Many Books.net – http://www.manybooks.net
  3. Scribd – http://www.scribd.com ( Thanks De La Rue )
  4. Free Ebooks.net – http://www.free-ebooks.net ( Thanks Apprentice )
  5. http://www.ebook3000.com
  6. http://www.ebookee.com/ ( Thanks Emi’s for the last two links)

Happy reading!

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Audio: Robin Thicke – Lost Without You

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Offtopic:

Beware of the man of one book.
- Anonymous

When I look back, I am so impressed again
with the life-giving power of literature.
If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of
myself in the world, I would do that again by reading,
just as I did when I was young.
- Maya Angelou

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17 Responses to “download ebooks for free”

  1. Mr. B2B... 08. Jan, 2009 at 4:26 pm #

    Again
    socks suuuckaz…

    Mr. B2B…’s last blog post..Informally formal

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  2. Mr. B2B... 08. Jan, 2009 at 4:34 pm #

    Maya Angelou killed it

    and yeah the free ebooks must be a blessing

    speaking about books
    will grab the Japanese M’gt book then, deal??

    Mr. B2B…’s last blog post..Informally formal

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  3. Mr. B2B... 08. Jan, 2009 at 4:39 pm #

    at BHH right??

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  4. The Emrys 08. Jan, 2009 at 5:16 pm #

    but b2b…….

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  5. Solomon King 08. Jan, 2009 at 5:54 pm #

    @B2b, Mos def man, most def. And now to quickly find a photocopier :)

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  6. Teti 08. Jan, 2009 at 6:44 pm #

    Yes! Classics Heaven. Thank you, SK. :)

    Teti’s last blog post..At Midnight

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  7. De La Rue 08. Jan, 2009 at 8:07 pm #

    Folks, if you thought Gutenberg and Manybooks.net were it try this one (to keep my promise):

    http://www.scribd.com

    It will encourage you not only to receive but to give. In otherwords upload your own books for free too!

    After all, it’s more blessed to give than to receive.

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  8. Miss Cheri 08. Jan, 2009 at 8:23 pm #

    I want that kama sutra one…lemme download it ASAP before they decide to take it off.

    Miss Cheri’s last blog post..Merry Christmas y’all

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  9. Solomon King 08. Jan, 2009 at 8:35 pm #

    @Teti, much welcome, royal one.

    @De La Rue, thanks for the link to Scribd. I’d been there ages ago, but I think it was still in it’s infancy. It seems to have matured now.

    I’ve just downloaded a book that was going to cost me a fortune… which makes it feel a little wrong… oh well.

    I’ll add Scribd to the main post.

    @Miss Fyne, lol, relax, I can assure you they are not going to take Kama Sutra down.

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  10. val 09. Jan, 2009 at 3:25 am #

    I love reading….not too sure about books though (eye strain)

    And Robin Thicke is just lush…sigh…it brings back a very good memory

    val’s last blog post..The end of an era

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  11. val 09. Jan, 2009 at 3:26 am #

    ahem..meant to say not too sure bout E-books…

    val’s last blog post..The end of an era

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  12. antipop 09. Jan, 2009 at 7:32 am #

    me, i just do not know how to go about downloading anything. and trust me, i have tried before! i really need to go to computer school!

    antipop’s last blog post..Most memorable posts continued

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  13. The Apprentice 09. Jan, 2009 at 12:00 pm #

    here’s another link i’ve found quit useful. PDF’s mostly. I love to read so i share with y’all.

    http://www.free-ebooks.net

    You will have to sign up tho to download.

    The Apprentice’s last blog post..Bon Annee Mes Ami

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  14. Sybella 09. Jan, 2009 at 1:35 pm #

    robin thicke, yeah…

    focus, sy… yes books, i love reading and prefer the old fashioned way of reading but if i cannot find one might be tempted… sankyu for the info…

    Sybella’s last blog post..A New Year

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  15. Emi's 10. Jan, 2009 at 10:41 am #

    Thanks for these links…
    Since its about sharing, I’ll let out my sources too
    http://www.ebook3000.com and http://www.ebookee.com/ is sometimes where I look for reading

    Emi’s’s last blog post..End of 2008: The Year Regrets

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  16. streetsider 16. Mar, 2009 at 5:13 pm #

    also check out http://booksdownload.blogspot.com,

    Reply

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