Project Gutenberg : The Ultimate Source of Free eBooks

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Project Gutenberg is the oldest and largest producer of free and public domain ebooks (electronic books). The site has over 25.000 of free ebooks in its catalog and boasts over 3 million ebook downloads a month. There are books for everyone here, including many classics such as Shakespeare. Majority of books available in text, mobile and audio formats.

Project Gutenberg Library - Free and legal ebook downloads

You can search books by author name, title and even search within the contents of the book. Or if you are not sure where to start then you might want to check out top 100 most downloaded books for the previous day.

Features:

  • Search books catalog by author name or title.
  • Advanced search: Filter books by subject, language, category, filetype, etc.
  • Browse books by popularity, book author, title, language or recently posted.
  • Download ebooks directly from the website or via FTP.
  • Download certain ebooks in HTML, plain text, plucker (mobile) or audio format (human-read).
  • Read ebooks on your Palm, PDA or smartphone.
  • Books available in Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, etc.
  • Get RSS feeds for recently added books.

Please keep in mind, while the service is leagl in the United States it may not be the case for the some other countries. So make sure to check the copyright laws of your country before downloading a book.

Go to Project Gutenberg @ www.gutenberg.org

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