It shows you the relevant book results and next you need to hit ‘Get Prices’ button. It then scans Amazon, eBay, Half.com, Chegg and Better World Books to fetch you the top 5 lowest prices from these vendors. Click on ‘Buy now’ link (which appears to be their affiliate link) and you are directed to the vendor to purchase that book.

Features

• Online price comparison engine for books.
• Search by title, author name, ISBN or keyword.
• It gets data from Amazon, eBay, Half.com, Chegg and Better World Books.
• Get the top 5 lowest prices and click on buy now to purchase the book.
• Similar sites: DirectTextbook and EbookPrice.

Check out BookLookr @ www.booklookr.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• DirectTextbook: College Textbook Price Comparison Site
• Chegg: Online Book Renting Site
• Wowbrary: Get Alerts on New Book Arrivals From Your Library
• SocialBib : Swap TextBooks Online
• RealCarTips: Find Out How Much Others Paid for Their Car

You can search for books by author, book title or keyword. The search can be narrowed down by format (Epub, PDF, Mobipocket, Palm, Kindle etc), store name, and price. There is also an option to limit your search only to free eBook sites.

Additionally to providing you with eBooks search eBooks.Addall has a number of sister sites where you can search and find best deals for printed books, used books and magazines.

Features:

• Search and compare eBook prices across multiple online bookstores.
• Searches over 20 major and independent eBook stores including Amazon Kindle, eBooks.com, Booksonboard, Fictionwise, Borders.com and many others.
• Narrow down your search by format (Epub, Pdf, Mobipocket, Microsoft, eReader, Kindle, Palm, Sony, eBookwise, HTML and Audio)
• Sort results by author, title and price.
• In print book, Used book, Magazine search option is also available.
• Free, no sign up needed

Check out eBooks.Addall @ www.ebooks.addall.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• Wowio : Download Copyrighted eBooks for Free. Legally.
• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks
• Project Gutenberg : The Ultimate Source of Free eBooks
• PDFse: Search for PDF Files on Google
• PDFgeni: Comprehensive eBook Search Tool

Click on the book you like to view contents and read it online on a clean clutter-free interface. The site is free and doesn’t require registration.

Features:

• Online resource where you can read whole books for free online.
• Over 8,000 online books.
• Search and browse books by category.
• Read books online on a clean distraction free interface.
• No registration needed.
• Similar websites: BookGlutton and Book-bot.

Check out ReadPrint @ www.readprint.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• Wattpad : Read and Share Books on your Mobile
• Mygazines: Read Latest Issues Of Print Magazines Online for Free
• MagMe: Read Print Magazines Online
• eBookHood: Convert Text, Webpages, RSS Feeds to iPod Format
• BookSeer: Tells You What Book To Read Next

When you search for books it returns all available options (new, used, ebook, rental) and presents them on one table. You can then scroll through cheapest book prices and select a book type and a bookstore from where you want to purchase it.

In addition to that the site offers you a way to cash in on your used college textbooks using their college textbook buyback price comparison search.

Features:

• New, used, ebook and rental text book price comparison site.
• Searches over 30 online bookstores including Amazon, eBooks.com, Powell’s, Buy.com, Walmart, Book Closeouts and more.
• Textbook buyback price search also provided.
• Search for books using ISBN, title, author or keywords.
• Browse books by subject
• Compare prices for multiple ISBNs.
• Similar websites: EbookPrice.

Check out DirectTextbook @ www.directtextbook.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• Chegg: Online Book Renting Site
• BookLookr: Book Price Comparison Engine
• Wowbrary: Get Alerts on New Book Arrivals From Your Library
• SocialBib : Swap TextBooks Online
• CompareMyFiles: Compare Two Text Files Online

You can also refine search by distance and the number of results shown. Clicking on a particular store marker will provide book store address, some info about the store along with its opening hours and the website link if available.

Features:

• USA bookstore locator.
• Maps all book stores for any given zip code.
• Refine the search by distance and by the number of results you wish to see.
• Option to search for other types of independent stores, not just book sellers.

Check out Indie Store Finder @ www.indiebound.org/indie-bookstore-finder

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• Zoomii : Virtual Bookstore for Amazon Books
• Wowio : Download Copyrighted eBooks for Free. Legally.
• Wowbrary: Get Alerts on New Book Arrivals From Your Library
• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks
• WhichBook: Online Book Suggestion Tool

The user interface is neatly designed and gives the feel of reading a real magazine. It also has commenting and sharing features. You can start reading as a guest without signing up, although signing up is useful since it helps you create your own online library of magazines.

Features

• Read major print magazines online.
• Scan page by page and add comments to the content.
• Quickly start reading as a guest.
• Share via email, twitter or facebook.
• Various categories of magazines available.
• Similar sites : Mygazines, Wordds and Magazines on Google Books.

Check out MagMe @ www.magme.com (by Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• Mygazines: Read Latest Issues Of Print Magazines Online for Free
• Wordds: Read Articles from Top Magazines On Mobile
• Wattpad : Read and Share Books on your Mobile
• ReadPrint: Read Whole Books Online
• eBookHood: Convert Text, Webpages, RSS Feeds to iPod Format

Features:

• Download free online audio books in MP3 format.
• Download as many book as you like.
• Browse books and listen online.
• Free and no registration.
• Paid account that provides Ziped downloadss also available.
• Similar sites: NewFiction, WellToldTales, PodioBooks and LibriVox.

Check out ThoughtAudio @ www.thoughtaudio.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• NewFiction: Really Cool Free Audio Books Site
• Yodio: Give Voice to your Pictures and Stories
• WellToldTales
• Project Gutenberg : The Ultimate Source of Free eBooks
• PodioBooks

You can search books by keywords and filter results by authors, subjects, publication date, language and publisher. If the book is in a public domain you can read the full text online, and if its not, you can buy it from one of online book stores.

Site is maintained and updated by Internet users worldwide. Anyone can edit records for any book, add photos and translate the records into different languages.

Features:

• User-edited book covers database.
• Cover info for 20 million published books in multiple languages.
• Full text for 1 million scanned books from public domain.
• Search records by keywords, filter results by authors, subjects, publication date, language and publisher.
• Edit records for any book, add photos and translate the records into different languages.

Check out OpenLibrary @ www.openlibrary.org

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• gdgt: Wikipedia For Electronic Gadgets
• Zoomii : Virtual Bookstore for Amazon Books
• Zoho : Feature-rich Web-based Office Software
• Yedda : Ask Questions. Get Answers.
• Yahoo Answers: Biggest Q&A Community on The Web

The recommended books data are pulled from from sites like Amazon and LibraryThing and nicely presented side by side. It also provides you with a URL using which you can share book recommendations with others.

Features:

• Simple book suggester which tells you what book to read next.
• The recommendations are pulled from Amazon and LibraryThing.
• Easy to use and doesn’t require any registration.
• Similar websites: WhichBook, ThisOneNext,What Should I Read Next and BookArmy.

Check out BookSeer @ www.bookseer.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• YourVersion: Scans Web for Stuff You Find Interesting
• WhichBook: Online Book Suggestion Tool
• Wattpad : Read and Share Books on your Mobile
• ThisOneNext: Tells You What Book, CD or DVD To Get Next
• Tastekid: Get Recommendation For Movies, Music & Books

Just enter a book’s title, author or ISBN number into the search field and click “Find Book”. Filter results by condition, price, binding and attributes. Sign up for an account to buy books online.

Features:

• Search for used, rare and out-of-print books and textbooks online.
• More than 50 million books from over 5500 independent bookstores worldwide.
• Browse books by condition, price, binding and other attributes.
• Find used bookstores by name or by country.
• Sign up to buy hard to find books online.

Check out Biblio @ www.biblio.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• Zoomii : Virtual Bookstore for Amazon Books
• Wowio : Download Copyrighted eBooks for Free. Legally.
• Wowbrary: Get Alerts on New Book Arrivals From Your Library
• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks
• WhichBook: Online Book Suggestion Tool

Browse shelves of other users, find items that interest you and form/join groups with people around similar interests. Sign up to get started.

How it works:

1. Search for your item online (site searches your item from various online retailers’ websites).
2. Browse and refine search results by category, find your item among search results and add it to your shelf with one click.
3. Perform the above operation for all your items

There is a Firefox plugin available. Install it to catalog your personal items from the browser.

Features:

• Online cataloging tool for your personal CDs, DVDs, books and other stuff.
• Search and add items to your shelf.
• Organize different items by labels.
• Share, borrow and lend items with your friends.
• Create and share wishlists.
• Join and form groups with other people around similar interests.
• Firefox plugin available.
• Free, sign up to get started.
• Similar tools:  aNobii, BeepMyStuff and more in 5 Ways to Catalog Your Movies Online.

Check out OurShelf @ beta.rshelf.com (via AppScout)

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• BeepMyStuff: Catalog Movies, Books & Games using Barcodes
• Thrift Hunting : Compare Prices for CD, DVD, Books by UPC or ISBN
• SwitchPlanet: Switch CDs, DVDs, Games and Books
• WhatUCollect: Share Your Cool Collections Online
• Squirl

The aNobii is a book community that allows people to share their thoughts about books, read/write book reviews, lend books to each other and find similar books. It also provides people with an option to create personal online bookshelf for tracking books of interest but also let other people know what your taste is. If you like any of the 11 Million titles that aNobii catalogues, it doesn’t only provide you with all the details about the book but also gives you direct links to buy the book from Amazon or similar websites.

Main features of aNobii:

• Share your thoughts about millions of titles.
• Track a book, buy it, or add to your wish-list.
• Create a list of books you are interested in.
• See what other users are reading.
• Swap/trade books with other people.
• Set the status of each book as “Reading”, “Finished” or “Not Started”.
• Similar websites: BookBump and LibraryThing.

Check out aNobii @ www.anobii.com (by Tehseen Baweja from RechargeYourMind.com)

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• Shelfari
• OurShelf: Online Cataloging Application for CDs, Books & DVDs
• LibraryThing
• BookBump : Catalog Your Books
• BeepMyStuff: Catalog Movies, Books & Games using Barcodes

If you are a writer, you can also sign up as an author to promote your book(s) to the community of book lovers and communicate with your fans.

Features:

• Book recommendation service and social network for book lovers.
• Discuss and rate books, read user reviews, build reading lists and get book recommendations from site members based on your previous preferences
• Search books by title, add books to your library, recommend books to others, create book groups and discuss in forums
• Browse most popular books and authors
• View book related videos (animations, author interviews, inside scoop etc)
• Read books in public domain for free online
• Buy the hard copy of the book from Amazon or the audio version from Audible.com
• Sign up to get your book recommendations.
• Other sites to get book recommendations: WhichBook and ThisOneNext.

Check out BookArmy @ www.bookarmy.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• WhichBook: Online Book Suggestion Tool
• ThisOneNext: Tells You What Book, CD or DVD To Get Next
• Tastekid: Get Recommendation For Movies, Music & Books
• BookSeer: Tells You What Book To Read Next
• Zoomii : Virtual Bookstore for Amazon Books

BeepMyStuff automatically checks each item on Amazon and adds it to your personal library. And if it’s not on Amazon you can still fill in all the details yourself.

Once you’ve added all the items to your library, you can search them, view them as a list or thumbnails, filter itmes by date added, and see Amazon and user ratings for each of the items.

Features:

• Barcode driven personal library of your movies, books and games.
• Automatically gets item details from Amazon.
• Option to catalog the item manually.
• Share your library with friends and see library collection of others.
• Free and easy to use.

Check out BeepMyStuff @ www.beepmystuff.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• OurShelf: Online Cataloging Application for CDs, Books & DVDs
• Thrift Hunting : Compare Prices for CD, DVD, Books by UPC or ISBN
• SwitchPlanet: Switch CDs, DVDs, Games and Books
• AllCDCovers: Extensive CD Cover Library
• Zoomii : Virtual Bookstore for Amazon Books

Go to the site, enter book title, author’s name, or ISBN into provided field and and hit on “Search” button. Afterwards, it will get the prices from major ebook sites and nicely present them side by side.

Features:

• Compare ebook prices across popular ebook stores.
• Supported sites: Amazon, eBooks.com, Diesel, eReadable and Powell’s.
• Search by author, book title or ISBN.
• Results are sorted by device type: kindle, adobe, mobipocket, microsoft, palm and pdf.
• Free and no registration.

MakeUseOf already covered several ebook related sites, see ebook section.

Check out EbookPrice @ www.ebookprice.info (via DownloadSquad)

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• MobSaver: SMS Price Comparison Tool
• eBooks.Addall: Find Best eBook Deals
• DirectTextbook: College Textbook Price Comparison Site
• BookLookr: Book Price Comparison Engine
• Zoomii : Virtual Bookstore for Amazon Books

Once you receive your weekly email you can view the latest movies, DVD, books divided by categories and week’s Top Choices from the library. Click on items to get more detailed info from the library’s website.

Here’s how a weekly email looks like:

Features:

• Subscribe to receive free weekly email updates on newly arrived books, dvd’s, movies and music.
• Serves libraries in major US cities, covering over 34 million in population.
• Find libraries near you by entering your Zip code.
• Sign up to as many libraries as you want.
• Browse items by type: Book, DVDs, Movies, Music and by categories. View week’s Top Choices.
• Free. Sign up with your email to receive weekly updates

Check out Wowbrary @ www.wowbrary.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• SocialBib : Swap TextBooks Online
• DirectTextbook: College Textbook Price Comparison Site
• Chegg: Online Book Renting Site
• WiZiQ : Virtual Classroom
• wePapers: Student Paper Database to Find & Share Notes

Currently site lists 1473 books from public domain and independent authors. Readers can also upload their own books, join book groups with similar interests and follow activities of other members.

Features:

• Read books online in more interactive way
• Over 1400 books from public domain and independent authors
• Annotate digitally chapters within the book, leave and reply to comments, bookmark your place in the text.
• Chat with readers of the book on different chapters
• Join book groups with similar interests or create a new one.
• Upload your own books from url or a computer and share them with friends or with a group.
• Follow other readers and view their activity on the site
• Add descriptive tags to books
• Find readers (”gluttons”) with similar interests. Exchange wall messages.
• Register to annotate chapters within the book, leave comments and chat with users.
• Similar website: Book-bot.

For more  info watch demo video below:

Check out BookGlutton @ www.bookglutton.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• Wattpad : Read and Share Books on your Mobile
• ReadPrint: Read Whole Books Online
• Mygazines: Read Latest Issues Of Print Magazines Online for Free
• MagMe: Read Print Magazines Online
• eBookHood: Convert Text, Webpages, RSS Feeds to iPod Format

Using Chegg coolege students can rent a textbook for a fraction of the purchase price. In most cases the the rental price is 65-85% lower than the list price. When your semester is over and you need to return the book simply print out a UPS prepaid shipping label through the site, tape it on the box and send it to Chegg.

For every book you rent they plant a tree. You can also buy from, sell and rent books to Chegg either for cash or store credit .

How it works:

1. Search by ISBN, title or author of the book
2. Rent it.
3. Receive it in a prepaid shipping box.
4. Return the book when your semester ends, or extend it.

Features:

• Rent books online and save money.
• Free return shipping.
• Fast delivery: 3-7 days for Priority Shipping, 7-10 days for Standard Shipping.
• For every book you rent, buy or sell – a tree is planted by Chegg.
• Extend rented book after your semester is over.
• Available only in US.
• Also see another book service called BookMooch that lets you exchange books with others.

Check out Chegg @ www.chegg.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• DirectTextbook: College Textbook Price Comparison Site
• Wowbrary: Get Alerts on New Book Arrivals From Your Library
• SocialBib : Swap TextBooks Online
• BookLookr: Book Price Comparison Engine
• WiZiQ : Virtual Classroom

The process is really simple, all you need to do is indicate your preferences using a set of sliders, for example happy-sad, safe-disturbing, gentle-violent, conventional-unusual and the site will bring you a list of books that match preferences you have selected.  Short excerpt for each book is also provided.

Additionally if you reside in UK you can use WhichBook to borrow books from public libraries and if you reside elsewhere you can use it to find and purchase books online.

Features:

• Find out what you should read next with online book suggester.
• WhichBook’s database includes every book published in English since 1995.
• View website in text, large text or as flash website.
• No registration needed.
• Similar websites: ThisOneNext.

Check out WhichBook @ www.whichbook.net

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• What Should I Read Next
• ThisOneNext: Tells You What Book, CD or DVD To Get Next
• Tastekid: Get Recommendation For Movies, Music & Books
• BookSeer: Tells You What Book To Read Next
• BookArmy: Get Book Recommendations

You can search for books, browse titles alphabetically or by name of the author. When you find a book that you would to read online, simply click on the title and wait for it to load in Book-bot’s book reader.

The service doen’t require user to be registered before s/he can read books online. However, in addition exiting features registered users are able to keep a track of which page and book they are currently on.

Features:

• Read non-copyrighted books online.
• Book-bot has more then 14000 non-copyrighted books in its catalog.
• Search or browse by author or title.
• Simple and easy to use book reader that lets you easily jump between the pages.
• Keep track of what page and book you were last reading (registered users).
• Check out featured books section.

Check out Book-bot @ www.book-bot.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• Wattpad : Read and Share Books on your Mobile
• ReadPrint: Read Whole Books Online
• Mygazines: Read Latest Issues Of Print Magazines Online for Free
• MagMe: Read Print Magazines Online
• eBookHood: Convert Text, Webpages, RSS Feeds to iPod Format

Features:

• Search for PDF files and ebooks.
• Download as many files as you like.
• No sign-up needed.
• Similar websites: PDFgeni, PDF and Ebook Search Engine and Data-Sheet.

Check out PDFse @ www.pfdse.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• PDFgeni: Comprehensive eBook Search Tool
• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks
• PDFind: PDF Document Search Engine
• eBookHood: Convert Text, Webpages, RSS Feeds to iPod Format
• Data-Sheet : PDF Search Engine

It’s very easy to use and you don’t even have to create an account or rate aything. Simply enter a book, CD or DVD that you really enjoyed and ThisOneNext will give you back a list of items that you are likely to enjoy. Additionally you can register and contribute to the site by creating your own “my favorites” list.

So if you ever need a quick tip on what dvd to rent next, movie to watch or book to read, ThisOneNext help you out.

Features:

• Get recommendations on books, movies and music.
• No registration required. (Only if you want to create a list of your own favorites).
• Movie fan? Also check out “What Movie Should I Watch Next?“.

Check out ThisOneNext @ www.thisonenext.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• Tastekid: Get Recommendation For Movies, Music & Books
• WhichBook: Online Book Suggestion Tool
• Television Tunes : Theme Songs for your Favorite TV Shows
• Sidereel: Watch TV Shows and Movies Online
• Partigi: Track Movies You’ve Seen & Get Recomendations

You can play episodes online, get it as podcast and play it in your feedreader, or download play episodes on your portable device (iPod, cell phone, or PDA device)

Moreover, site lets you interact with other users, meet new people and discuss your favorite iSoaps. And if you have writing, artistic or musical skills, NewFiction invites you to submit your own work or collaborate on current projects. If they like your works they might even help you to produce and promote it.

Features:

• Subscribe and listen to iSoaps (audio books) online
• Get iSoaps delivered via web, podcast, or email.
• Play audio books on your computer, iPod, cell phone, or PDA device.
• Interact with other users and disscuss your favorite iSoaps.
• Submit your own stories.

Check out NetFiction @ www.newfiction.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• ThoughtAudio: Lots of Free Full Audio Books
• Yodio: Give Voice to your Pictures and Stories
• Project Gutenberg : The Ultimate Source of Free eBooks
• Zoomii : Virtual Bookstore for Amazon Books
• Wowio : Download Copyrighted eBooks for Free. Legally.

Moreover, you can also check out the recent additions (under ‘New Ebooks’) and most popular books (the most downloaded ones), rate and leave comments.

For more ebook resources I highly recommend you to go through our excellent round up article “The Best 6 Sites to Get Free Ebooks“.

Check out WitGuides @ www.witguides.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• Wowio : Download Copyrighted eBooks for Free. Legally.
• ScienceBooksOnline: Free Science eBooks
• PDFse: Search for PDF Files on Google
• PDFgeni: Comprehensive eBook Search Tool
• eBookHood: Convert Text, Webpages, RSS Feeds to iPod Format

As it mentions, it helps you find similar music artists and bands, recommends movies you’re like to enjoy, and helps you find similar books. The user interface is attractive with dark, solid colors and it successfully finds relevant stuff for you. For example, I searched for the movie ‘ The Departed ‘ and it returned results like ‘ Gangs of New York ‘ and ‘ American Gangster ‘ which a departed fan would certainly love to watch.

You might be also interested in preveiously reviewed Blipr and What Should I Read Next (books only).

Check out Tastekid @ www.tastekid.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• ThisOneNext: Tells You What Book, CD or DVD To Get Next
• WhichBook: Online Book Suggestion Tool
• Television Tunes : Theme Songs for your Favorite TV Shows
• Sidereel: Watch TV Shows and Movies Online
• Partigi: Track Movies You’ve Seen & Get Recomendations

1. Search and download ebooks for free. There are no restrictions on the number of ebooks you can download.

2. Convert text and webpages to iPod and other portable device readable formats. You can convert webpages, basic text, text files and RSS feeds.

Features:

• Convert plain text files, webpages and RSS feeds to ebooks for your portable device.
• Accepted text file formats: TXT and RTF.
• To convert RSS feeds you need to register.
• Search, browse and download free ebooks to read on your portable device.
• Download as many books as you like.
• See recently added and most popular ebooks on eBookHood.com

Check out eBookHood @ www.eBookHood.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks
• TextOnPhone : Over 30.000 eBooks for Your iPhone
• PDFse: Search for PDF Files on Google
• PDFgeni: Comprehensive eBook Search Tool
• Zinepal: Online Ebook Creator

According to the feedback, you could further refine your work and improve it. Finally, if you get great reviews and your project gets voted as one of the best then WEbook will publish your work in both print and electronic form.

As it mentions on its site – Be a part of the “WE” in “WEbook.” Achieve Your Lifelong Goal of Publishing A Book, with Plenty of Time to Revel in It. So go ahead and sign up if you think your writing needs attention.

Check out WEbook@www.webook.com [ via LifeHacker] ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• Blippr: Discuss & Discover Cool Books, Games, Music and Movies
• Zoomii : Virtual Bookstore for Amazon Books
• WriteRhymes : Find Word Rhymes
• Writer : Distraction-free Internet Typewriter
• WriteBoard: A Collaborative Text Editor

It also has a cool user interface and you can read magazines just like you’d read it in your hand, flipping through pages using the mouse button. Further it allows you easily share pages of magazines with your friends on social media. And you can create your own magazines too.

We aren’t sure if this site violates copyrights and if it does, then why it hasn’t been taken down by the big publishers yet. Make sure you read their terms carefully if you decide to sign up with them.

Check out Mygazines @ www.mygazines.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• MagMe: Read Print Magazines Online
• Wordds: Read Articles from Top Magazines On Mobile
• Wattpad : Read and Share Books on your Mobile
• ReadPrint: Read Whole Books Online
• eBookHood: Convert Text, Webpages, RSS Feeds to iPod Format

You can either search from the website directly or get the provided search plugin and add PDFgeni search to Firefox search bar.

Features:

• Find and download books and other types of PDF files online.
• Download and save books as PDF.
• Preview PDF files online.
• No sign-up needed.
• Other similar search tools that were covered earlier are PDF and Ebook Search Engine and Data-Sheet.

Check out PDFgeni @ www.pdfgeni.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• PDFse: Search for PDF Files on Google
• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks
• PDFind: PDF Document Search Engine
• eBookHood: Convert Text, Webpages, RSS Feeds to iPod Format
• Data-Sheet : PDF Search Engine

Features:

• Find and download free text books.
• Search torrent database by keywords.
• Browse and sort torrents by category such as art, science, language, literature, business and more.
• Contribute by uploading a text book of your own.

Check out TextBookTorrents @ http://85.17.226.223/index.php

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• Zoomii : Virtual Bookstore for Amazon Books
• YouTorrent : Torrent Comparison Search Engine
• Wowio : Download Copyrighted eBooks for Free. Legally.
• Wowbrary: Get Alerts on New Book Arrivals From Your Library
• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks

You can also connect your Facebook, Twitter or Friendfeed profile with your blipstream. And through your friend’s blipstreams you can discover new music and movies and check if they have given positive reviews about it.

Features

• Discover new movies, games and music
• Give them 160 character reviews (blips)
• Create wishlist of media you want to get and tag it
• Connect your social media profiles with your blipstream account

Check out Blippr @ www.blippr.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet Mukherjee from Jeet Blog )

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• WEbook: Online Book Publishing For Wannabe Authors
• ThisOneNext: Tells You What Book, CD or DVD To Get Next
• TheSixtyOne : Discover Great Tunes Before Everyone Else
• Tastekid: Get Recommendation For Movies, Music & Books
• Sidereel: Watch TV Shows and Movies Online

Once you install the Wattpad reader you can start downloading books to your phone. The book reader app provides some nice features such as auto-bookmarking (stop and resume reading at any time), option to adjust scrolling to match your reading speed, and settings to adjust text size and color. It also lets you to search books, browse books by category, rate books, submit your own stories, leave comments, see what’s hot among Wattpad readers and more.

Features:

• Search, browse, read, download and share short stories with friends from mobile.
• Get free access to over 75000 books.
• See most popular titles among Wattpad users.
• Read stories online or download them to your phone.
• Supports Symbian, Windows Mobile, Java phones and BlackBerry devices. Check the full list here.
• Upload and share short stories and jokes with Wattpad community.
• Download book reader app to your mobile phone.

Wattpad demo video

Get Wattpad Book Reader @ www.wattpad.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• SmokinApps: Discover Latest Mobile Applications
• ReadPrint: Read Whole Books Online
• Mygazines: Read Latest Issues Of Print Magazines Online for Free
• MagMe: Read Print Magazines Online
• FeedBooks: Free eBooks to Read on your Portable Device

Use your mouse to browse around, jump from one shelve to another, zoom in/out, add items to your cart, add books to your wish list and so on. The zoom functionality is pretty neat, not only it shows you the cover pages but also the relative size of the book. See it in action in the demo video below.

Features:

• Search and browse Amazon books in a virtual bookstore.
• Browse books ba category or use the book search function.
• Zoom in and out using the mouse wheel.
• Interactive drag and drop interface.
• Check out book cover pages and it’s relative size.
• Click on the book to get description.
• Quickly add books to your shopping cart or wish list (registered users only).
• Instantly purchase books through Amazon.
• Registration is not required.

Zoomi Demo Video

Check out Zoomii @ www.zoomii.com [via JeetBlog ]

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• MobSaver: SMS Price Comparison Tool
• Waitable: Price Watcher and Comparison Tool in one
• Thrift Hunting : Compare Prices for CD, DVD, Books by UPC or ISBN
• ShoeBoxed: Manage and Track Receipts Online
• Savvy Circle : Monitor your Wishlist Items for Price Drops

Apart from downloading ebooks there is an option to upload your own content and and let FeedBooks users evaluate it. Furthermore, there is a great feature that lets you turn your favorite RSS Feeds into a PDF file that can be viewed on your mobile device.

Features:

• Search, browse and download ebooks to your mobile phone or portable book reader.
• Download as many books as you like. There are thousands of books you can choose from.
• ebooks are in universal e-paper platform and compatible with all e-paper devices.
• Browse books by well known authors, see which books are downloaded most, most commented and so on.
• Turn any RSS Feed into a PDF file that can be downloaded in different formats.
• Publish and share your own content with others.
• Coming soon: Create customized newspapers from RSS feeds.

Check out FeedBooks @ www.feedbooks.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• Wowio : Download Copyrighted eBooks for Free. Legally.
• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks
• Wattpad : Read and Share Books on your Mobile
• Project Gutenberg : The Ultimate Source of Free eBooks
• PDFse: Search for PDF Files on Google

The price lookup utility uses an item’s UPC or ISBN to search for the minimum prices as listed on various websites (Amazon, Half.com, PriceGrabber). The search results are returned and displayed in an easy to read table that allows you to compare prices and basically see if an item is a great buy or not.

What is a UPC (Universal Product Code) or ISBN (International Standard Book Number)? Well it can be thought of as the barcode number associated with a certain item or product. Since most products have a barcode associated with them essentially any item can be easily looked up by simply typing or scanning in the UPC (or ISBN) and submitting it to be processed.

Feature:

• Retrieve the minimum price from several websites using an item’s UPC or ISBN.
• Contains four search modes (single item, batch, mobile, sms) for looking up an item.
• Search as many items in any of the versions (single item, batch processing, mobile, sms) as you like.
• Results returned and displayed in an easy to read table.
• Results clickable and will take you to the listing of that item on the associated website.
• Download and save your table of searched items for your records.
• Mobile version: stripped down version of the same utility but for easy viewing on mobile devices.
• Sound notifications for mobile devices (just enter the number and listen to see if an item is a good buy).
• SMS feature: Text an item’s UPC or ISBN to hunter@thrifthunting.com and receive a text message back with the results.

Note: Use of the “hunter” utility on ThriftHunting.com is free but some features are limited to upgraded members once the trial period expires (don’t worry there will always be a free version for processing items, it just might not have all the bells and whistles). Also note that for the “SMS” feature standard text messaging fees may apply depending on your mobile service contract.

Check out Thrift Hunting @ www.thrifthunting.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• SwitchPlanet: Switch CDs, DVDs, Games and Books
• OurShelf: Online Cataloging Application for CDs, Books & DVDs
• BeepMyStuff: Catalog Movies, Books & Games using Barcodes
• Zoomii : Virtual Bookstore for Amazon Books
• WoW-Coupons : Search, Find and Print Free Coupons

The search engine works quite well. I tried couple of searches and in both cases found what I was looking for. Sometimes it gives a direct PDF link, in other cases you might need to dowload the torrent and use the torrent client. Overall, it’s a very useful engine. Highly recommended.

Check PDF Search Engine @ www.pdf-search-engine.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks
• PDFse: Search for PDF Files on Google
• PDFind: PDF Document Search Engine
• PDFgeni: Comprehensive eBook Search Tool
• LazyLibrary: Search Engine for Short Books

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

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• Wowio : Download Copyrighted eBooks for Free. Legally.
• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks
• ThoughtAudio: Lots of Free Full Audio Books
• PDFse: Search for PDF Files on Google
• PDFgeni: Comprehensive eBook Search Tool

How does it work?

• 1. Find the book/s you want and add it to download queue.
• 2. When you are ready to get your books, go to the ‘Queue’ section.
• 3. Click on the “Gee Ebooks” and download button will appear next to each book.

Features

• Search, find and download copyrighted ebooks.
• Browse books by popularity or genre (architecture, art, classics, computers, college textbooks, fiction etc.)
• Limitation: You are allowed to download at most three books/day and not to exceed 30/month.
• Due to licensing restrictions service available only in United States.

[Video] Wowio demo

Check out Wowio @ www.wowio.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks
• ScienceBooksOnline: Free Science eBooks
• Project Gutenberg : The Ultimate Source of Free eBooks
• PDFse: Search for PDF Files on Google
• PDFgeni: Comprehensive eBook Search Tool

What is a UPC? : The Universal Product Code (UPC) is the 12-digit industry-standard unique identifier used on all manner of goods for sale in North America.

What is a ISBN? : The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a 10-digit number that uniquely identifies books and book-like products published internationally.

MobSaver Features

• Quickly find out product prices on Amazon or eBay via SMS message.
• Look up prices for any items that has ISNB or UPC code.
• Mobsaver reply contains: (1) The lowest prices for new and used items on Amazon. (2) The current bid price on eBay. If there are more than one item available on eBay, a price range will be sent.
• All items you inquire about will be stored in your MobSaver account.
• Lookup as many items as you want.
• Note: Mobsaver is a free service but depending on your mobile contract standard text messaging fees may apply.

Check out MobSaver @ www.mobsaver.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• PriceCheckah: Check Prices Across Web Retailers While You’re Out
• Zoomii : Virtual Bookstore for Amazon Books
• Waitable: Price Watcher and Comparison Tool in one
• UnwiredBuyer – Place Last Minute eBay Bids from Mobile
• ShoeBoxed: Manage and Track Receipts Online

Feature Overview

• Browse books gallery: by book title, by topic (business, health, investment, technology, programming, self development, etc.), by country, and by book language.
• Lists over 400.000 books.
• In order to get books from others, you need to earn BookMooch points. Points can be earned by: 1. listing books you want to giveaway, 2. sending your books to someone who wants it, and 3. leaving feedback for each received book.
• Mochbar (Browser Addon): Found cool book on Amazon? Check if it’s listed on the BookMooch right from the browser toolbar. If it does, you can “mooch” (request) the book, and if it doesn’t, you can add it to your wishlist, to be notified when it becomes available. Read more.
• Multlingual: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Japanese, and Português.
• More questions? Check out video demo below or go to BookMooch support page.

BookMooch Overview

BookMooch segment on NBC News

Check out BookMoch @ www.bookmooch.com

• New: Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Recommended!
• MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' - Hillarious Geeky Pics and Videos from different parts of web.

• Zoomii : Virtual Bookstore for Amazon Books
• SwitchPlanet: Switch CDs, DVDs, Games and Books
• MobSaver: SMS Price Comparison Tool
• LazyLibrary: Search Engine for Short Books
• BeepMyStuff: Catalog Movies, Books & Games using Barcodes