Daily Pages is a free to use web service that will email you a chapter of a book every so often. When you visit the site you will find a list of books that you can browse through. In front of each book you will find the number of its members and the number of upcoming readings to be emailed to its group list.

You can add your email to the group simply by clicking on the Join Group button and then providing your email address. You will then start occasionally receiving chapters of your chosen book.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Emails you book chapters.
• Offers a good range of books.
• Provides an uncomplicated sign-up.
• Similar site: DailyLit, Dripread, Paper.li, MaYoMo and SendMeAStory.
• Also read: 3 Great Sites That Help You Read Books By Email.

Check out Daily Pages @ http://dailypag.es (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

In addition to easily converting eBooks, they also have library management. Think of this like iTunes for your eBooks. It can sync with a folder on your computer to automatically load books into the program. It can also sync with some eBook readers, making it your one stop shop for maximizing your eBook experience. You can even add tags to your books. This makes it easier to manage a massive collection.

If all that wasn’t enough, Calibre has a beautiful eBook reader built-in. This way, if you don’t have a dedicated reader, you can use Calibre to read your favorite books right on your computer.

Features:

• Library management.
• Sync to some eBook readers.
• Supports almost every eBook format in existence.
• Add tags to make managing a huge collection easier.
• Built-in eBook reader.
• Download news from web and convert to eBook form.
• Similar tools: EPUB To MOBI, GrabMyBooks, EPubReader, Epub2Go, Wikipedia Book Creator, MyEbook and Zinepal.Also read related articles:
  • Two Free Multiplatform Tools To Create iBooks
  • How to Actually Make Money Selling eBooks

Find Calibre eBook management @ calibre-ebook.com

All My Books is a desktop application that helps you create an eBooks database which makes it easier to manage the eBooks stored on your computer. Supported formats include FB2, FB2.ZIP, LRF (Sony Reader), LIT, MOBI, PRC, PDB, EPUB, and RB (RocketBook).

The program’s setup file is nearly a 10MB download and compatible with Windows computers. You can go for the app’s 30 day trial before you opt for the $39.95 full software. Once you have the program installed you can begin importing eBooks from your hard drive and add them to the All My Books database.

With each added book, information is gathered from the web and you are given the option to fill in fields such as author, title, binding, number of pages, etc. You can even add fields of your own to better define the books in your collection. With the fields entered you can search for books using specific criteria.

Features:

• A user-friendly desktop app.
• Compatible with Windows computers.
• Program can organize usual printed books and even audio books, not only ebooks.
• Helps catalog your eBooks.
• Provides various fields to classify books.
• Lets you enter custom fields.
• Fetches relevant ebook information from the Internet.

Check out All My Books @ www.bolidesoft.com/allmybooks.html (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

eReaderLookup is a website that allows users to compare different eBook readers and choose the best one suited for them. It shows users complete specifications of the available eBook readers along with their price.

All a user has to do is visit the website and they will see a list of options on the main page. Just edit those options to meet your requirements (e.g your budget, maker, storage, etc) and the website will automatically filter out the eBook Reader best suited for you.

Features

• Find cheap eBook readers that meet your needs – it’s not always Kindle or Nook.
• Compare different eBook readers to ensure you get the best reader in your budget with the best specifications.
• Great for people looking to buy an eBook reader – no need to browse websites looking for reviews of different eBook readers.

Check out eReaderLookup @ http://ereaderlookup.com

That is where EPUB to MOBI comes in. It is a free, easy to use program that can even batch convert multiple files at once. If you have a large number of books that need conversion, this can be a serious time saver. You simply click “File” and then “Add Files” and add as many books as you need to convert.

Once you have the files you need to convert in place, simply click “convert” and the application will run through to process of making the eBooks into MOBI format. It couldn’t be any easier to use!

Features:

• Batch convert eBooks from EPUB to MOBI for increased compatibility.
• Easy to use for both beginners and advanced users.
• Freeware for unlimited conversion.
• Keyboard shortcuts for speed and efficiency.
• Similar tools: GrabMyBooks, EPubReader, Epub2Go, Wikipedia Book Creator, MyEbook and Zinepal.
• Also read related articles:
• Two Free Multiplatform Tools To Create iBooks
• How to Actually Make Money Selling eBooks

One good feature found on the website is the option to browse books by author or by “Top Rated” ones. Such an option allows people to find books, which interest them more. For example, a literature lover will love reading books by the author “Charles Dickens”, while an analyst will love reading the book “How to Analyze People on Sight: The Five Human Types”.

To use the service, just search for a book, either choose from the authors, from “Top 10 books” or if you are feeling lucky, click the “Random Browse” button to read a random selected book from the library.

Features

• Free service, no charge for reading book – read as many as you want.
• More than 20,000 full-text free books.
• Click on word to get its meaning.
• Similar sites: Litfy, BookDaily, Google eBookstore, Bookworm, Leatherbound, EbookPrice, OnRead and eBooks.Addall.
• Also read related articles:
  How to Convert eBooks to iBook
  How To Resell eBooks For Free Online
  How to Actually Make Money Selling eBooks

Check out HotFreeBooks @ www.hotfreebooks.com

Their search engine couldn’t be easier to use. You simply type in the name of the book or author you are looking for and the site will scour the Internet looking for places hosting the book. Obviously, we do not condone using this service for illicit means. There is a lot of content out there that is free, and that is the stuff you should be downloading.

In addition to their search engine, they have a list of recently searched terms. This way, if you can’t think of something you want to download you can look and see what other people are searching for, and find something that is interesting to you.

Features:

• Easy to use eBook search engine.
• Recent searches from other users to help you find new and exciting things.
• Web crawler finds eBooks from all over the Internet.
• Search for only certain file types.
• Similar tools: PDFSb and Saveitt.

The first step in using the site is to create an account. Next you begin by starting your book. Add chapters by typing up new ones and saving them along the way. Like most blogging platforms, the text editor of the site supports special formatting, images, hyperlinks, and many other features. When you finalize a chapter, you can publish it – chapters can be edited after publishing as well.

Your book is published under a unique URL that you can share with others. Visitors to your book’s pages and chapters can leave their comments. The stats about your books, chapters, and comments appear under your Dashboard.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you publish books online.
• Lets you separately write, edit, and publish each chapter.
• Book readers can leave comments.
• Similar tools: WEbook, Moglue and ePubBud.
• Also read related articles:
  How To Publish Your Own Book (In Print) Cheaply
  How to Publish a Children’s Book with StoryJumper
  4 Of The Best Online Print-On-Demand Book Publishers

Check out Pandamian @ www.pandamian.com (by MOin from Thumb Press)

2epub is an free to use website that will be useful for anybody who owns an eBook reading device. The site lets you convert popular document file formats to the ePub format. You can provide the site with the URL of your documents or upload them straight from your hard drive – up to 5 files can be provided to the site in a single conversion.

Once your files have been uploaded, you can convert them into ePub, FB2, LIT, LRF, and MOBI file formats. The results can be downloaded directly or as a compressed ZIP archive.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you convert documents to ePub, FB2, LIT, LRF, and MOBI formats.
• Supports numerous input formats.
• Accepts documents stored online or on your computer.
• Similar tools: Grabmybooks, EPubReader, Epub2Go, Wikipedia Book Creator, MyEbook and Zinepal.
• Also read related articles:

  Two Free Multiplatform Tools To Create iBooks
  How to Actually Make Money Selling eBooks

Check out 2epub @ www.2epub.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

Moglue is an excellent desktop and smartphone application for Mac and Windows computers, and Android and iOS devices. The app lets its users create visually appealing interactive ebooks and publish them directly for Android and iOS device users. Currently the application is completely free to use. The first step you will need to take is download its desktop Windows/Mac application; after publishing your book you can try out the service’s smartphone app to view your interactive ebooks. The phone app lets you easily add books to your virtual bookshelf and see which ones you have not read yet. You can share books in the app through Facebook and Twitter integration.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you create interactive ebooks and publish them.
• Offers desktop and smartphone apps.
• Supports Mac, Windows, Android and iOS.
• Lets you add books to virtual shelf.
• Similar tools: Wordds and Grisker.

Check out Moglue @ www.moglue.com (by MOin from Urban Savior)