The Best 6 Sites to Get Free Ebooks
You might be surprised by how many good free ebook sites there are out there. Nowadays, you can find pretty much any popular (and not) book online. You just need to know where to look. Here are my favorite free ebook sites.
1. Ebook Search Engines
These are simple Google-like search engines but for PDF files. I usually start my ebook search using one of these sites. Type in the title of the document or book name you’re looking for and click on the search button. Find your book in the search results and click on download link. Done.
So far my top 3 ebook search sites are:
- www.pdfgeni.com (MakeUseOf review)
www.pdf-search-engine.com (MakeUseOf review)
www.data-sheet.net (MakeUseOf review)
2. Scribd.com
In case you have never heard of this one before, the simplest way to define Scribd would be to call it Youtube for documents. People can upload whatever text documents they want and easily share them with others.
You’ll find lots and lots of free ebooks here. You only need to know what to look for. For instance try searching for George Orwell, Leo Tolstoi, etc.
And obviously it gets copyrighted ebooks much like YouTube gets copyrighted videos. I am not sure if they are doing anything to deal with them, but the fact is there are plenty of them on Scribd.
Oh and as we have mentioned before, Scribd is also an excellent resource for free document templates.
3. Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg (aka PG) has the largest collection of public domain books. These are the books that out of copyright and available for anyone to use for any purpose. Lots of books from the world’s greatest fiction authors such as Dickens, Joyce, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Anton Chekov and Edgar Allan Poe fall into this category.
This site is the oldest producer of free ebooks on the Internet. PG is an extremely popular site and now has over 20,000 works. If you’re not sure where to start check out their Top 100 page.
4. Free Ebooks For Your iPod, PDA, Smartphone, Blackberry etc.
For those of you who like to have ebooks on their portabe device we got some sites as well. Below are what I believe the best websites for books that can be read on mobile devices.
- www.gutenberg.org
www.manybooks.net (MakeUseOf Review)
www.feedbooks.com (MakeUseOf Review)
www.booksinmyphone.com (MakeUseOf Review)
For iPhone users in particular there is a website called TextOnPhne. It’s a great ebook site that comes with its own ebook reader app. There are over 30,000 free books for your Apple device. Check out the demo video here.
5. Free Tech Ebooks
These sites are mainly for tech books, covering everything from computer science, engineering and mathematics to programming and web development.
(Bonus) DailyLit
DailyLit is a bit different from the rest but I really like what they’re doing there. DailyLit can deliver a small excerpt from the book of your choice to your email on a daily basis. One excerpt per day, and so untill the book is finished.
The reason it wroks so well is that it only takes around 3-5 minutes to read each excerpt. If you feel like reading more you can request a next excerpt with a click of a button.
While more than a half of all books cost about $4.95 per book others are free. There are plenty of good titles among the free ones as well, some of my favorites include My Life and Work (by Henry Ford), Siddhartha (by Herman Hesse) and Random Reminiscences of Men and Events (by John D. Rockefeller). Check it out.
Are you aware of any other cool websites for ebooks? Share them in comments.
What about readprint.com?
(Comments wont nest below this level)Yup, Read Print is a far better resource than all the ones listed here.
??????? This is a link to HP printers.
How none of these sites have the newer authors like Patterson and Grisham, etc?
I’d like to point out one more ebookshare.net
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(Comments wont nest below this level)This is a great list, there is a site http://www.esnips.com, which can be added to this wonderful list
(Comments wont nest below this level)You said 6. So there’s no bonus. A bonus would be 7.
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to add the list.
flazx.com
(Comments wont nest below this level)knowfree.net
ebookee.com
oebook.com
ebook.laku-abis.com
Thanks for the collections
Eric
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Form Charles Wright who writes computer articles for The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, some commercial sellers of ebooks:
(Comments wont nest below this level)http://ebookmall.com/
http://booksonboard.com/
http://ebooks.com/
Free great physics textbook:
Motion Mountain
(Comments wont nest below this level)http://www.motionmountain.net/
I think people already know…
(Comments wont nest below this level)Why would say “I think people already know.” I didn’t know..I find this website very helpful.
Thank you for the great list, another addition to where to get these free e-books: http://book.populair.eu
(Comments wont nest below this level)Great article, and great links. Will check out your other lists.
(Comments wont nest below this level)Thanks.
Hey,
Thanks a lot for this info.
http://www.pdfchm.com
(Comments wont nest below this level)This site has a big collection of free ebooks. Can download it by becoming a member. The membership is also free.
I’m not finding any free ebooks here, and the paid books are just a link to Amazon to buy them.
My comment is: Thank you a ton. Great compilation of resources.
(Comments wont nest below this level)Ebooks for portable device, the BEST website is easily: http://www.wattpad.com. Its exclusively for mobile device.
(Comments wont nest below this level)netbks.com GREAT site.
(Comments wont nest below this level)Thanks for including DailyLit in your list!
I wanted to point out that more than half of our books are free. Currently we have 700+ free books with more added regularly.
We also offer forums and other features for our readers so that they can talk about books and reading. That element of community is missing from many ebook sites, but we think reading is more fun when you have the ability to share the experience with others.
Thanks again for collecting these resources–it’s much appreciated by ebook fans.
Maggie
(Comments wont nest below this level)DailyLit
DailyLit is a great site and I am delighted to be a member.
http://manybooks.net Contains the same set of books as the Project Gutenburg site but in a much friendlier format.
(Comments wont nest below this level)Thanks for the great list. Another good website to check out for recreational reading is http://www.book-bot.com/. You can read thousands of books for free and it saves your progress, so that you can pick up right where you left off!
(Comments wont nest below this level)According to McAfee, Book-Bot.com is a phishing expedition. I tried bringing up the website, and a McAfee warning over-rode it.
What about baen publishing? http://www.baen.com …they have tons of free inprint books in their free library.
/Erik
(Comments wont nest below this level)Librivox is a great resource for the audio version of books no longer under copyright… pop some literature into the digital audio device of choice and enjoy.
(Comments wont nest below this level)I would recommend this link —–> http://peekapage.blogspot.com/search/label/E-books
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Free ebooks and information, check out http://www.free-ebooks-canada.com many can be re-sold or given away.THX
(Comments wont nest below this level)Witguides.com has heaps of free ebooks that you can download
without having to sign up or do anythig. Plenty of the latest title too.
Go To –
Nice list by the way
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WebLiterature – http://www.webliterature.net – should fit the bill since Project Gutenberg-type classic literature books are also under consideration. WebLiterature brings forward a huge library, all classics, to read for free of cost.
(Comments wont nest below this level)Offers an ebook directory!
(Comments wont nest below this level)Here is my site, a daily growing list of categorized ebooks, lecture notes, and documents:
(Comments wont nest below this level)http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/
I have some eBooks collection on Metaphysics:
http://your-guidance.com/search/label/Free%20eBooks
I have been using Scribd.com and I think it’s good one. Thanks for listing those sites. I’m checking on them.
(Comments wont nest below this level)http://www.ebook-look.com
(Comments wont nest below this level)the ebook library, over 10,000 e-books are waiting for your reading.
WOW all of these sites recommended are incredible! thanks to all that contributed, it makes me want to read and expand my mind to gain infinite knowledge!
(Comments wont nest below this level)An ebook search site that searches over 150 quality free or open source ebook sites many of them listed in the comments above with advanced options like torrent links, direct doenload, rapidshare links, online reading, format selection available.
(Comments wont nest below this level)requestbooks.blogspot.com
Another interesting site especially for those still in college: http://www.bookbook.com
(Comments wont nest below this level)On the site short & concise versions of theories in the areas of business, marketing, strategy, engineering and IT are provided free for download. No need to provide any personal details.
you have a typo in your link I guess
You’re right. It is supposed to be http://www.bookboon.com. Thanks for making me aware
You missed this one http://www.pdfoo.com
(Comments wont nest below this level)Great list of ebook sites. With the failing economy it is becoming hard to find the extra money to get books and now here are sites where people can read for free. This is wonderful.
(Comments wont nest below this level)Ebook lovers please come to my site http://4free.site90.net, and get free ebooks there.
(Comments wont nest below this level)Found this site to be disappointing.
In fairness, it seems to be a work in progress, with a long, long way to go.
No threat to the superb DailyLit at the moment, but I wish you luck in what you are trying to do.
Although the ebook sites are mostly free, standards are quite high and it will take a very good site to compete.
Please advise me where i can find the ebook ISBN 0131471228 titled “Probability Statistics and Random Processes for Electrical Engineers”. Even 2nd Edition is fine. Please guide.
(Comments wont nest below this level)Ebookhood.com is a really great websit also.
(Comments wont nest below this level)we have got the best site providing free ebooks……
(Comments wont nest below this level)2 Autobiographies leaves you trailing a long way behind the best.
If I miscalculated please let me know, but that was all that I saw in the autobiographies section.
That would be disappointing.
Great list, it’s exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! I appreciate it.
(Comments wont nest below this level)Thank you for sharing knowledge
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(Comments wont nest below this level)thanks for the information, it’s hard to find good quality of ebook
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(Comments wont nest below this level)Free download ebook
here in this site u can get lot of free ebooks direct download links
(Comments wont nest below this level)Where?
U can get free e-books here
(Comments wont nest below this level)http://freeebooks.tk
east or west
(Comments wont nest below this level)http://www.gigapedia.com
is the BEST
eBooks on Quotes for Life, Love, Motivation and Inspiration):
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Enjoy.
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(Comments wont nest below this level)Osman piri, the flazx.com you suggested is not a free ebook site.
(Comments wont nest below this level)freebookuser, why do you think that flazx.com is not a free book site? Can’t you download ebooks there? I just did ita minute ago!
The ebooks at flazx.com appear to all be computer books with links to pay at Amazon. I found no free ebooks there.
Nancy, you are right that there are links to Amazon. However there are links to downloads also, search for “direct download” in the browser you’ll see what I mention. After you click it you will go to another page and there is another link “download ebook”, there you’ll get the file.
You may think why they are not so visible and it needs to go around to find the link instead of being simple? I think it is understandable that these sort of sites needs ads to be supported economicaly.
thanks dude for giving great sites
(Comments wont nest below this level)I have an iRex Iliad that I’ve had less than a year. At first it worked very well. But, after about 5 months, it has started exhibiting multiple problems. The page advance will often jump ten to twenty pages at a time and it sometimes will not connect via the USB port to my computer. In addition, the battery life has fallen from fifteen hours to about five or six hours.
iRex wants me to return the unit with my personal SD card installed and all accessories. But they will not state that it will be replaced or repaired under warranty nor will they assure me that it will be returned with my SD card and accessories still with it.
They have ignored my repeated requests for some assurance for several weeks now.
I will never, under any circumstances purchase another iRex product and will discourage as many others as possible to shop elsewhere. They need to learn about customer service or go out of business, preferably, the latter.
(Comments wont nest below this level)go here.
http://rameshram.wordpress.com/free-ebook-links/
(Comments wont nest below this level)Here is another site with free ebooks by nondual spiritual teacher, Nirmala, and his wife, Gina Lake to help you awaken, open your heart, and live more fully in the now:
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The site also offers an ebook of free spiritual poetry:
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(Comments wont nest below this level)I would like to recommend another site:
http://www.ebook-of-the-week.com
This is dedicated to free self help books handpicked by me.
Naveen
(Comments wont nest below this level)I’m not finding any free ebooks here.
how about
(Comments wont nest below this level)http://gigapedia.info
?
There’s bookcrossing too. For real books, not ebooks.
It’s fantastic! Check it out!
http://www.bookcrossing.com
(Comments wont nest below this level)There’s tindo too.
(Comments wont nest below this level)http://www.tindo.net-> free information technology books
Link doesn’t work.
Feedbooks is a great place – this free ebook is worth downloading if you don’t mind a bit of graphic language and are after some social observational humour – Cotton Wool World by Anna Westwood – http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4311
(Comments wont nest below this level)I would like to recommend my site for inclusion in your website.
http://www.ebook-of-the-week.com/
This site focusses exclusively on a handpicked selection of the finest self help books both from the public domain and through explicit permission from the authors/publishers.
Each book I send out to my subscribers is personally read by me.
Regards
(Comments wont nest below this level)Naveen
Again, I found no free ebooks here.
http://www.link512.com
(Comments wont nest below this level)is also a good site for free ebooks
This site says they have over 5 million books, but there is no way to browse; just a search window where you enter a title you’re looking for.
Hey guys l think this info are cool ,any body know where l can get free e books with reprint right. please mail me at akatssurvey01@gmail.com
(Comments wont nest below this level)I found your site really useful. Scribd was really resourcefull. Thanks you.
(Comments wont nest below this level)I’ve created two websites where book authors can share their books freely as PDF books. Most of the featured books are new titles rather than old classics.
http://www.allbooksfree.com features novels, poetry, short stories, and children’s books.
http://www.freebooksforall.com features nonfiction business, self-help, spiritual, and reference books.
Lots of great books on both of these sites. All free to read.
(Comments wont nest below this level)Free magazines for download:
http://get-magazine.blogspot.com/
Free ebooks for download:
(Comments wont nest below this level)http://ebook-freelibrary.blogspot.com/
You should add Shortcovers (http://shortcovers.com) under your mobile device section. We have a great iPhone, Blackberry and Palm application!
(Comments wont nest below this level)hiiii.
(Comments wont nest below this level)where can i get the book “Electromagnetic field Theory and Transmission lines,by G.S.N Raju, Pearson
Education (Singapore) Pvt Ltd., New Delhi, 2005.”.
please post the site address to miljulke@gmail.com
Search and download all ebooks for free
(Comments wont nest below this level)from best ebook search engine
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A virus was detected, nitin, while I tried to contact your recommended site.
(Comments wont nest below this level)Connection was aborted and I didn’t get through.
Anyone else have any difficulties?
Which of the sites was it, could you send the URL. I will get it scanned.
Aibek
Please see separate entry for details.
Sorry, I should have included details with your request.
Jimmy.
Many thanks.
(Comments wont nest below this level)The site mentioned in the notifying mail was;
http://ebooksearch.we.bs
Hope this helps.
Hi Jimmy, I checked the article page and even the site and can’t find where we recommended that link. Could you send me a link to our article where it was mentioned.
Hi Aibek,
Many thanks for the trouble you have taken.
The link was in the letter that I received from comments@make us of, which advised me of nitin’s contribution.
I tried a few minutes ago to send the original mail to you, but it was returned undelivered.
Unfortunately, I know of no other way to send it to you as I am not that experienced on computers.
You are welcome to write directly to me if that is any help.
I am not used to picking up junks on these links and, hopefully Aibek, this was just a one off.
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Hey Jimmy
Unfortunately, I can’t say anything about sites that were recommended in comments. While most of the commentary suggestion are usually good sometimes they can be pointing to malicious sites. We only stand by the websites mentioned in the article itself.
Thanks Aibek.
Every good wish,
Jimmy.
i need the following ebook
(Comments wont nest below this level)“800 Solved Problems in Vector Mechanics for Engineers Vol1 Statics”
Author-Joseph F.Shelley
Tata Mcgraw Hill Publication
plz tell me where i can get it,or if u find it somewhere
at
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good information..
(Comments wont nest below this level)lol, even forget http://www.theebooksbay.com, i suppose it has the best user experience among these sites. Scribd.com is the second, because it provide online reading…
(Comments wont nest below this level)Could anyone advise me where can I download the book
The Buffettology Workbook
ISBN-10: 0684871718
ISBN-13: 978-0684871714
Thanks in advance
(Comments wont nest below this level)Free Book Spot
(Comments wont nest below this level)Free download ebook 15000+++ ebook update veryday
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Thanks for the list..Specially Project Gutenberg and scribd is great.
(Comments wont nest below this level)Thanks for great list of free ebook providers.
(Comments wont nest below this level)Check out the free ebooks, tutorials and lectures at Book Gold Mine
(Comments wont nest below this level)I’d recommend http://ebookcollections.net
(Comments wont nest below this level)my favorite would be http://www.zbooc.com, it’s not the largest collection but there are reviews you can read before viewing or downloading any book
(Comments wont nest below this level)That’s just great.
So much information … from there you can see how important it is to explore and satidfy our thirst for knowledge.
I find it amazing, that we all share the same interest and understand very well, how to make our life that little bit easier.
Actually I think that the global information should be freely exchangeable.
Imagine, since the internet has spread so much, and the availibility of information in general is available with some mouse clicks.
By the way, you find also a lot of interesting PDF files with the help of torrents.
Have a nice day !
(Comments wont nest below this level)Cov
It would be great to see an updated version of this article. Some of the links that people mention in the comments are interesting, but not all of the links seem to work. Maybe the sites have gone out of business or something.
http://wordspicturesweb.com/?p=492
Now that I have a Kindle, I am looking to populate it with good stuff. It sold big this holiday season, so people will want to know where to get more stuff.
(Comments wont nest below this level)Download free ebook http://free-ebooks-for-u.blogspot.com/search/label/Novels
(Comments wont nest below this level)Hi Aibek,
There is a good site that you have missed:
http://deezar.net
Regards,
Jo
(Comments wont nest below this level)Guys…. Thank you all… Here is another ( for english learners):
(Comments wont nest below this level)englishtips.org
I am the founder of Neotake.com. At Neotake we have developed a new ebook search engine.
I have just visited your blog and I think that maybe you would like to take a look over Neotake.com.
(Comments wont nest below this level)Thanks for all the recommendations. :]
(Comments wont nest below this level)this is really great stuff. I love free computer books.thanks for sharing.
(Comments wont nest below this level)you can try this free books download site-http://www.booksbuddy.org
(Comments wont nest below this level)Well done.
Booksbuddy is an excellent site, if a bit short on titles.
Hopefully that will improve.
Delighted to add it to my list of favourites.
Many thanks.
I should point out sharingebooks.com, thats the best place to get free ebooks today.
(Comments wont nest below this level)http://www.sharingebooks.com seems to carry lots of free books, ebooks and audio books. thats where I get mine from. No ads, and no cost.
(Comments wont nest below this level)hello good day to you guys… since you know about ebooks for free sites… can you help me download this ebook
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(Comments wont nest below this level)title: The dynamic nurse-patient relationship: Function, process, and principles
This is the best site to get daily the lastest internet marketing and how to make money online.
(Comments wont nest below this level)Here you can find Free PLR ebooks that will help you make money legally
(Comments wont nest below this level)also another good site would be wattpad.com i find it very useful
(Comments wont nest below this level)which site u suggest for technical books??? apart from computerbooks.
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