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• Matt McNally

  What about readprint.com?

• nutty prof

  I’d like to point out one more ebookshare.net

• Ed Hornish

  Looking for free (e)magazines instead of books? Zinio is doing a free, green giveaway for one year subscriptions. http://www.goreadgreen.com

• Makarand

  This is a great list, there is a site http://www.esnips.com, which can be added to this wonderful list

• http://realtaiji.com Steven

  You said 6. So there’s no bonus. A bonus would be 7.

• Osman Pirci

  Thoses are from Istanbul to add the list.

  flazx.com
  knowfree.net
  ebookee.com
  oebook.com
  ebook.laku-abis.com

• http://www.businesssoftwaresolutions.com.fj Eric Shandil

  Thanks for the collections

  Eric
  http://www.businesssoftwaresolutions.com.fj

• Jan Newmarch

  Form Charles Wright who writes computer articles for The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, some commercial sellers of ebooks:
  http://ebookmall.com/
  http://booksonboard.com/
  http://ebooks.com/

• http://www.katrineholmuncensored.blogpsot.com Katrineholm Uncensored

  Free great physics textbook:

  Motion Mountain
  http://www.motionmountain.net/

• http://irwandiaz.co.cc irwandiaz

  I think people already know…

• http://book.populair.eu Edward de Leau

  Thank you for the great list, another addition to where to get these free e-books: http://book.populair.eu

• Roger Mathura

  Great article, and great links. Will check out your other lists.
  Thanks.

• Priya

  Hey,

  Thanks a lot for this info.

  http://www.pdfchm.com
  This site has a big collection of free ebooks. Can download it by becoming a member. The membership is also free.

• Ali

  My comment is: Thank you a ton. Great compilation of resources.

• Hellboy

  Ebooks for portable device, the BEST website is easily: http://www.wattpad.com. Its exclusively for mobile device.

• bob

  netbks.com GREAT site.

• http://dailylit.com/ Maggie Hilliard

  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
  DailyLit

• khendar

  http://manybooks.net Contains the same set of books as the Project Gutenburg site but in a much friendlier format.

• http://www.book-bot.com/ Benjamin VanEvery

  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!

• Etl

  What about baen publishing? http://www.baen.com …they have tons of free inprint books in their free library.

  /Erik

• http://newzjapan.com Jay

  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.

• http://peekapage.blogspot.com admin@peekapage.blogspot.com

  I would recommend this link —–> http://peekapage.blogspot.com/search/label/E-books

• http://h1.ripway.com/qawaca/ eleonora

  Sell inventions, sell patents and sell ideas – Ever
  wondered – how can I sell my ideas and how can
  I sell my inventions or how can I sell my patent.

• http://www.free-ebooks-canada.com mike

  Free ebooks and information, check out http://www.free-ebooks-canada.com many can be re-sold or given away.THX

• Josh

  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

• sudarshan

  wher can i find this ebook for free…

  “Multiplayer Gaming and Engine Coding for the Torque Game Engine”

  please reply meeeee…….to my mail id

  sudaleo@gmail.com

• http://www.freeyourself.biz Saroj Dhongadi

  Hi Everyone!
  Tons of similar informaion in form of ebooks, software, scripts, templates and many more are also available free on our website http://www.freeyourself.biz

  Regards,
  Saroj Dhongadi
  http://www.freeyourself.biz

• http://www.webliterature.net C Expert

  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.

• http://www.ebookcashnow.com N.R. HARRIS

  Offers an ebook directory!

• http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/ ebookey

  Here is my site, a daily growing list of categorized ebooks, lecture notes, and documents:
  http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/

• http://your-guidance.com Azhagiya Tamilmagan

  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.

• Jimmy

  DailyLit is a great site and I am delighted to be a member.

• http://www.ebook-look.com yuval cohen

  http://www.ebook-look.com
  the ebook library, over 10,000 e-books are waiting for your reading.

• jaide

  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!

• http://www.soft-search.co.cc koolstud

  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.

• http://www.bookboon.com A. Sander

  Another interesting site especially for those still in college: http://www.bookbook.com
  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.

• quacki

  you have a typo in your link I guess

• http://www.bookboon.com A. Sander

  You’re right. It is supposed to be http://www.bookboon.com. Thanks for making me aware

• http://www.pogung177.com Pogung177

  You missed this one http://www.pdfoo.com

• http://www.beyondmegapixels.com/ megapixel

  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.

• http://4free.site90.net Lea

  Ebook lovers please come to my site http://4free.site90.net, and get free ebooks there.

• Jimmy

  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.

• koolstud

  requestbooks.blogspot.com

• vinod

  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.

• Jessi

  Ebookhood.com is a really great websit also.

• http://best-free-ebooks.co.cc mohit

  we have got the best site providing free ebooks……

• Jimmy

  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.

• http://www.perspectiveshift.net Chris

  Great list, it’s exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! I appreciate it.

• Marsha

  Why would say “I think people already know.” I didn’t know..I find this website very helpful.

• http://www.seogems.blogspot.com seo hyderabad

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• http://knowbest.info No#1 Ebooks Portal

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  since 2 years. 5600+ Ebooks at One Place.

  one main thing is Design and Categorization of Ebooks is

  Excellent.

• http://www.phonencamera.com Phone n’ Camera

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• moneydm

  http://ebookw.net
  Free download ebook

• Smartypants

  Stop being such a wierdo!

• http://www.prasoft.co.cc praveen

  here in this site u can get lot of free ebooks direct download links

• Jimmy

  Where?

• rabi

  U can get free e-books here
  http://freeebooks.tk

• Piyush

  east or west
  http://www.gigapedia.com
  is the BEST

• http://quotes-on-life.blogspot.com Archangel Michael

  eBooks on Quotes for Life, Love, Motivation and Inspiration):

  http://memorablequotesbook.blogspot.com/

  Enjoy.

• nikhilk369

  getmag.co.cc | collections of ebooks | magazines

• freebookuser

  Osman piri, the flazx.com you suggested is not a free ebook site.

• Osman Pirci

  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!

• singh

  thanks dude for giving great sites

• Jim Smith João Pessoa, Brazil

  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.

• http://rameshram.wordpress.com Ramesh

  go here.

  http://rameshram.wordpress.com/free-ebook-links/

• http://endless-satsang.com/ebooks.htm Nirmala

  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:

  free spiritual ebooks

  The site also offers an ebook of free spiritual poetry:

  free spiritual poetry

• http://www.ebook-of-the-week.com Naveen

  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

• Drago Zuparic

  how about
  http://gigapedia.info
  

• rose

  There’s bookcrossing too. For real books, not ebooks.
  It’s fantastic! Check it out!

  http://www.bookcrossing.com

• http://Tindo.net Tindo.net

  There’s tindo too.
  http://www.tindo.net-> free information technology books

• Jill Forrest

  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

• http://www.ebook-of-the-week.com/ Naveen

  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
  Naveen

• jovany

  http://www.link512.com
  is also a good site for free ebooks

• http://www.mobilewonders69.co.cc The Nigerian Hacker

  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

• CC

  Yup, Read Print is a far better resource than all the ones listed here.

• http://www.lawofattractionmoneyguide.com Sol Danmeri

  I found your site really useful. Scribd was really resourcefull. Thanks you.

• http://www.allbooksfree.com John Kremer

  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.

• http://get-magazine.blogspot.com/ Mance

  Free magazines for download:
  http://get-magazine.blogspot.com/

  Free ebooks for download:
  http://ebook-freelibrary.blogspot.com/

• http://shortcovers.com Jordan Christensen

  You should add Shortcovers (http://shortcovers.com) under your mobile device section. We have a great iPhone, Blackberry and Palm application!

• niraja

  hiiii.
  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

• http://ebooksearch.we.bs nitin

  Search and download all ebooks for free
  from best ebook search engine
  Best ebook search engine

• Jimmy

  A virus was detected, nitin, while I tried to contact your recommended site.
  Connection was aborted and I didn’t get through.
  Anyone else have any difficulties?

• http://makeuseof.com Aibek

  Which of the sites was it, could you send the URL. I will get it scanned.

  Aibek

• Jimmy

  Many thanks.
  The site mentioned in the notifying mail was;
  http://ebooksearch.we.bs
  Hope this helps.

• Jimmy

  Please see separate entry for details.
  Sorry, I should have included details with your request.
  Jimmy.

• http://makeuseof.com Aibek

  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.

• Jimmy

  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.
  Can I just say, finally, that Make Use Of is one of the most brilliant sites on the net.
  Congratulations to all!

• http://makeuseof.com Aibek

  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.

• Dev Kumar

  i need the following ebook
  “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
  dev.sikan2@gmail.com

• Jimmy

  Thanks Aibek.
  Every good wish,
  Jimmy.

• http://www.game4barbie.com http://www.game4barbie.com/

  good information..

• Zane

  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…

• SpitFire

  Could anyone advise me where can I download the book

  The Buffettology Workbook

  ISBN-10: 0684871718
  ISBN-13: 978-0684871714

  Thanks in advance

• http://www.freebookspot.in/ bookee

  Free Book Spot

• http://urlchecker.net ThomanPhan

  Free download ebook 15000+++ ebook update veryday
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• http://www.articlescreen.com articlescreen

  Thanks for the list..Specially Project Gutenberg and scribd is great.

• http://www.competetick.com Free ebook

  Thanks for great list of free ebook providers.

• http://bookgoldmine.com/group-1.aspx Gio

  Check out the free ebooks, tutorials and lectures at Book Gold Mine

• Stuart

  I’d recommend http://ebookcollections.net

• Roy Hayes

  According to McAfee, Book-Bot.com is a phishing expedition. I tried bringing up the website, and a McAfee warning over-rode it.

• jun son

  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

• Cov

  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 !
  Cov

• http://www.wordspicturesweb.com Buddy Scalera

  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.

• http://free-ebooks-for-u.blogspot.com/ Vikas

  Download free ebook http://free-ebooks-for-u.blogspot.com/search/label/Novels

• Joseph Mars

  Hi Aibek,
  There is a good site that you have missed:

  http://deezar.net

  Regards,

  Jo

• mirimanzarshoh

  Guys…. Thank you all… Here is another ( for english learners):
  englishtips.org

• http://www.neotake.com Jose

  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.

• Tyffanni

  Thanks for all the recommendations. :]

• http://www.booksbuddy.org andro

  this is really great stuff. I love free computer books.thanks for sharing.

• http://www.booksbuddy.org booksbuddy

  you can try this free books download site-http://www.booksbuddy.org

• Jimmy

  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.

• mike smith

  I should point out sharingebooks.com, thats the best place to get free ebooks today.

• mike smith

  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.

• astigjohn

  hello good day to you guys… since you know about ebooks for free sites… can you help me download this ebook

  author: ida jean orlando
  title: The dynamic nurse-patient relationship: Function, process, and principles

• Nancy

  This is a link to HP printers.

• Nancy

  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.

• Nancy

  I’m not finding any free ebooks here, and the paid books are just a link to Amazon to buy them.

• Nancy

  I’m not finding any free ebooks here.

• Nancy

  The ebooks at flazx.com appear to all be computer books with links to pay at Amazon. I found no free ebooks there.

• Nancy

  Link doesn’t work.

• Nancy

  Again, I found no free ebooks here.

• osman pirci

  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.

• vicki

  How none of these sites have the newer authors like Patterson and Grisham, etc?

• http://www.ekybook.blogspot.com Eky Dakka

  This is the best site to get daily the lastest internet marketing and how to make money online.

• John

  Here you can find Free PLR ebooks that will help you make money legally

• Bob

  also another good site would be wattpad.com i find it very useful

• gaurav

  which site u suggest for technical books??? apart from computerbooks.