See also: Computer/Tech eBooks
- SCCHS Library Subscriptions
See librarian for passwords to these services.
- Audio books online
Audio Books for Free --
Free Audio Books --
Internet Archive: Audio --
LibraVox --
Podiobooks.com
- Bartleby.com
"The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse, providing ... unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge."
- Baen Free Library
Science fiction and fantasy titles offered for free by the publisher.
- Bloomsbury Research Centre
"FREE on-line database of reference books."
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Includes, nonfiction, fiction, hymns, Bibles, and Bible commentaries.
- ClassicReader.com
Contains over 3000 classic books and short stories.
- Digital Collections
Formerly 'The Electronic Text Center', this collection at the University of Virginia includes tens of thousands of texts in multiple languages, with over a hundred thousand related images.
- Documents & Speeches
SCCHS Library page with links to documents and speeches online.
- Electronic Literature Directory
"A descriptive guide to 2353 works, 1196 authors, and 193 publishers."
- eScholarship Editions
"The eScholarship Editions collection includes almost 2000 books from academic presses on a range of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction." While many of the titles are only available to University of California staff and students, over a quarter of the collection is fully open to the public.
- The EServer: Accessible Online Publishing
Over 35,000 online texts in the arts and humanities.
- The European Digital Library
"A portal which offers access to the combined resources .... of the 45 national libraries of Europe. It offers free searching and delivers digital objects - some free, some priced."
- FreeTechBooks.com
"This site lists free online computer science and engineering books and lecture notes, all of which are freely and legally available over the Internet."
- Internet Archive: Texts
Downloadable open source and Creative Commons licensed texts.
- The Internet Classics Archive
"441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, including user-driven commentary and "reader's choice" Web sites. Mainly Greco-Roman works in English translation.
- Internet Sacred Text Archive
"The largest freely available archive of online books about religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric on the Internet."
- ManyBooks.net
"Free eBooks for your PDA, iPod, or eBook reader. ... There are 16,899 eBooks available here and they're all free!"
- Memoware
Offers both free and paid ebooks in a variety of formats.
- Nietz Old Textbook Collection
Fascinating collection of hundreds of 19th century schoolbooks.
- The On-Line Books Page
Index to over 25,000 works at other sites, searchable by author, title, or subject. Check the New Books Page to find recent additions.
- Project Gutenberg
As "the first producer of free electronic books" Project Gutenberg offers over 20,000 works in a number of languages; these are mostly older items in the public domain.
- The Universal Library
Links to various online collections. From the Carnegie Mellon University Library
- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
"Provide quality digital resources from its academic libraries to UW faculty, staff and students, citizens of the state and scholars at large."
- World eBook Library
"The world's largest digital archive of PDF eBooks and eDocuments. Our collection hosts more than 500,000+ PDF eBooks and eDocuments."
- WOWIO
"WOWIO is today the only source where readers can legally download high-quality copyrighted ebooks from leading publishers for free. Readers have access to a wide range of offerings, including works of classic literature, college textbooks, comic books, and popular fiction and non-fiction titles."
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- Adobe Acrobat Reader
Look under "Adobe Reader for mobile and devices" section.
- Documents To Go
For Palm, Symbian, and Windows Mobile devices.
- eReader
Free and paid versions for Mac, Unix, Windows, Palm, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile, and Symbian devices.
- iSilo
Popular reader for Palm, Pocket PC, Windows CE handhelds, and Windows. The separate iSiloX componant enables the creation of iSilo documents from HTML pages.
- Microsoft Reader
Free reader for books in MS Reader format. Includes both desktop and PDA versions.
- Mobipocket
Reader for desktop, PDA, and Smartphone; includes free and paid versions.
- Plucker
Free reader for Palm OS devices. Includes ability to read HTML files.
- TomeRaider
Another popular reader available for a variety of devices. Includes a free trial version.
