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Free Kindle Books and How to Find Them
From the author of the best-selling blog “Free Kindle Books Plus a Few Other Tips” comes this update to your guide to millions of free books online! Rather than limit yourself to the offerings at Amazon, there are literally thousands upon thousands of books, short stories, and more available to you for no charge which you can transfer directly to your Kindle or other eBook reader, download via the Kindle’s WhisperNet service.
Everyone enjoys receiving free stuff – the author included. This guide shows you where you can receive several hundred thousand (actually over a million) free books, blogs, short stories, and other content. Theoretically, you will never have to pay another cent for Kindle reading content again. It would cost thousands of dollars to replace most people’s physical books with the same books in electronic format – this guide will show you where to look and find thousands of books so you can read to your heart’s content.
This guide also provides a brief overview of how to transfer books to your Kindle, the various file formats that are compatible with the Kindle, and how to download free books from the Internet and transfer to your Kindle.
Everyone enjoys receiving free stuff – the author included. This guide shows you where you can receive several hundred thousand (actually over a million) free books, blogs, short stories, and other content. Theoretically, you will never have to pay another cent for Kindle reading content again. It would cost thousands of dollars to replace most people’s physical books with the same books in electronic format – this guide will show you where to look and find thousands of books so you can read to your heart’s content.
This guide also provides a brief overview of how to transfer books to your Kindle, the various file formats that are compatible with the Kindle, and how to download free books from the Internet and transfer to your Kindle.
51 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 31, 2009
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January 18, 2013
good book for a beginner , it explains how to add books to the kindle through USB and the formats supported by the kindle.
i found a couple good sites for books , the rest were a bit confusing to navigate.
i found a couple good sites for books , the rest were a bit confusing to navigate.
August 7, 2015
Excellent Book of Helpful Resources
Author, Michael Gallagher has done an outstanding job in combining and explaining a wealth of websites that will benefit a multitude of Kindle users.
Author, Michael Gallagher has done an outstanding job in combining and explaining a wealth of websites that will benefit a multitude of Kindle users.
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January 30, 2014Review
Extremely enlightening! highly recommend! a must use for the diligent reader! extremely well written and understandable to the electronic age unenlightened!
Extremely enlightening! highly recommend! a must use for the diligent reader! extremely well written and understandable to the electronic age unenlightened!
September 13, 2014
Awesomely helpful!!!
Very helpful to anyone who is interested in just reading practically anything you can get your hands on!! The information is easy to understand and presented in a straightforward manner. Thank you.
Very helpful to anyone who is interested in just reading practically anything you can get your hands on!! The information is easy to understand and presented in a straightforward manner. Thank you.
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August 19, 2013Free books
January 31, 2021
I got this updated version to a book I have had for years. It helps you find sites with free books, how can you go wrong?
May 16, 2019
I unabashedly troll for free Kindle books every day. No, I won't be able to read them all if I live multiple lifetimes, although it might be fun to try. When I came across this Kindle freebie about finding Kindle freebies, I snatched it up. This edition was released in 2016 and is the 18th edition of the book (according to the author). Things change in the digital world, maybe not as rapidly as they did in the 1980s, so this book is three years out of date.
There are more books out there for your Kindle than just the ones you buy in the Amazon Kindle Store. Some of them have been around for a long time. One such site is Project Gutenberg which is an excellent source of public domain works. Originally, their offerings were in text, html, or pdf format. They have kept up with the times and now offer digital book formats, like mobi, which is Kindle compatible.
Like Project Gutenberg, Manybooks has been around for a long time. It's been some time since I visited that site, and it is much more sophisticated than it was in the past. Two other long-time sites mentioned are Scribd and Smashwords.
Links to various free eBook sites are provided. As I was trying them out, all went well until I tried the link to Diesel eBooks and was taken to a site that didn't seem to have anything whatsoever to do with books… e or otherwise. Then I clicked on the link for eBooks Space and got the verbal warning that my computer was infected. For those who panic at such warnings, be advised that on a Windows PC you should NOT click on anything but go directly to the Task Manager (you can get to that with the old Ctrl-Alt-Del key-combo) and end task on your browser. It would seem that this book is in dire need of another update. Farther along in the links is Know Free that also announces that your computer is infected.
You may be asking yourself why I am so cavalier about clicking on links. I spent more than twenty years working as a computer support specialist, so I am pretty confident I can get out of these panic attack inducing situations. Keep calm and Ctrl-Alt-Del.
You should probably avoid Librivox and Munsey's because the links provided don't actually take you to those sites. I would add that you can find Munsey's Magazine in Wikipedia with links to the full text of the magazine that can be obtained through Google Books. You will also find many of the stories that the magazine contained on the Project Gutenberg site. The link to The Online Literature Library doesn't work. You get the dread 404 page not found error.
I've started my review with what I believe people want to know about this book: where to get free books. I would be remiss if I did not include the technical aspects of getting other than Amazon Kindle books onto your device or into your app. First, you don't need a Kindle to read Kindle books. Amazon provides apps for computers, phones and tablets. The easiest way to get an eBook file from your computer to your device is via email. Every Kindle, physical device or app, has its own email address that you can find by going to your Amazon account and clicking on Content and Devices. Clicking on the button that precedes the device or app brings up a dialog with all the information about your reader including its email address. You can, of course, transfer files with a USB cable as well.
Overall, the book is well-conceived and clearly written. The only thing that needs work are some of the links.
There are more books out there for your Kindle than just the ones you buy in the Amazon Kindle Store. Some of them have been around for a long time. One such site is Project Gutenberg which is an excellent source of public domain works. Originally, their offerings were in text, html, or pdf format. They have kept up with the times and now offer digital book formats, like mobi, which is Kindle compatible.
Like Project Gutenberg, Manybooks has been around for a long time. It's been some time since I visited that site, and it is much more sophisticated than it was in the past. Two other long-time sites mentioned are Scribd and Smashwords.
Links to various free eBook sites are provided. As I was trying them out, all went well until I tried the link to Diesel eBooks and was taken to a site that didn't seem to have anything whatsoever to do with books… e or otherwise. Then I clicked on the link for eBooks Space and got the verbal warning that my computer was infected. For those who panic at such warnings, be advised that on a Windows PC you should NOT click on anything but go directly to the Task Manager (you can get to that with the old Ctrl-Alt-Del key-combo) and end task on your browser. It would seem that this book is in dire need of another update. Farther along in the links is Know Free that also announces that your computer is infected.
You may be asking yourself why I am so cavalier about clicking on links. I spent more than twenty years working as a computer support specialist, so I am pretty confident I can get out of these panic attack inducing situations. Keep calm and Ctrl-Alt-Del.
You should probably avoid Librivox and Munsey's because the links provided don't actually take you to those sites. I would add that you can find Munsey's Magazine in Wikipedia with links to the full text of the magazine that can be obtained through Google Books. You will also find many of the stories that the magazine contained on the Project Gutenberg site. The link to The Online Literature Library doesn't work. You get the dread 404 page not found error.
I've started my review with what I believe people want to know about this book: where to get free books. I would be remiss if I did not include the technical aspects of getting other than Amazon Kindle books onto your device or into your app. First, you don't need a Kindle to read Kindle books. Amazon provides apps for computers, phones and tablets. The easiest way to get an eBook file from your computer to your device is via email. Every Kindle, physical device or app, has its own email address that you can find by going to your Amazon account and clicking on Content and Devices. Clicking on the button that precedes the device or app brings up a dialog with all the information about your reader including its email address. You can, of course, transfer files with a USB cable as well.
Overall, the book is well-conceived and clearly written. The only thing that needs work are some of the links.
May 6, 2017
Great reference
Plan on using some of these links, thanks for the hard work for us "free loaders".......get it? Free Loaders? No? Ok.
Plan on using some of these links, thanks for the hard work for us "free loaders".......get it? Free Loaders? No? Ok.
December 25, 2017
Free Books?
Are you kidding me? A book that helps people access free reading material is at the top of my list!
Are you kidding me? A book that helps people access free reading material is at the top of my list!
January 1, 2018
Free ebooks
This was an easy and quick read. The author has listed many sites and ways to find free ebooks. If you need a free ebook this book is for you.
This was an easy and quick read. The author has listed many sites and ways to find free ebooks. If you need a free ebook this book is for you.
December 29, 2019
It explains how to find free kindle e-books. But not all seem to work.
December 26, 2020
Amazing the number of books...!
I love books of all types, and that's exactly what Kindle provides... They are free to read and there are thousands available.
I love books of all types, and that's exactly what Kindle provides... They are free to read and there are thousands available.
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December 11, 2012
I'm happy I found this book for free on Amazon, because it wasn't worth paying for. I think it would be a decent introduction to someone who is not at all familiar with the kindle, computers and technology in general, but aside from that it was fairly useless.
January 22, 2014
Awesome
This is the easiest, most comprehensive collection of free books I've ever had since I have owned my Kindle. It also doesn't hurt that at least as of today the book only costs a penny!
This is the easiest, most comprehensive collection of free books I've ever had since I have owned my Kindle. It also doesn't hurt that at least as of today the book only costs a penny!
January 18, 2017
kindle for dummies
Easy read and a great resource for the kindle beginner. I'm an ipad guy and received the kindle fire for Christmas. I wasn't familiar with this type of tablet but this book helped me quite a bit.
Easy read and a great resource for the kindle beginner. I'm an ipad guy and received the kindle fire for Christmas. I wasn't familiar with this type of tablet but this book helped me quite a bit.
October 11, 2012
Pretty helpful, though I knew most of the places to find freebies :)
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January 29, 2014Saved me some time researching!
This book offers many useful places you can find free e books, as well as info on how to download them as well.
This book offers many useful places you can find free e books, as well as info on how to download them as well.
December 6, 2014
An complete waste of time. Seems like he just googled top websites and shared it as an ebook.
February 19, 2016
Precise, good information.
Handy for resources to refer back to, especially being new to Ereaders. Quite a few sites very helpful. Thank you
Handy for resources to refer back to, especially being new to Ereaders. Quite a few sites very helpful. Thank you
June 30, 2016
Great update!!
I do use these. I haven't paid for too many books,some I just HAVE to like Stephen King,James Patterson!good work!!
I do use these. I haven't paid for too many books,some I just HAVE to like Stephen King,James Patterson!good work!!
April 27, 2017
A lot of good info
If your looking for free ebook websites this ebook has several to choose from. It also has some good basic knowledge on navigation around websites.
If your looking for free ebook websites this ebook has several to choose from. It also has some good basic knowledge on navigation around websites.
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