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Electronic Books
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 20 Best Websites to Download Free E-books 
 August 2008 annotated list of websites where you can download books for free. Some sites listed focus on computer programming, Shakespeare, government texts, technology, and other subjects. Reader comments provide suggestions of additional sources. From a blog with tips for tech users, designers, and bloggers. http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-best-websites-to-download-free-e-books/ Topics: Literature & Books Last updated Sep 11, 2008 Amazon Kindle
Editor and user reviews of Amazon's portable electronic book reader that was released in November 2007. Also includes video review, product summary, photos, and links to reviews of similar products. From CNET. http://reviews.cnet.com/e-book-readers/amazon-kindle/4505-3508_7-32751890.html Topics: Literature & Books Last updated Nov 26, 2007 The Cornell University Library Historical Monographs Collection
A collection of over 400 digitized monographs from a variety of disciplines, searchable by author, title, and text. It includes works by John Adams, Sir Richard Burton, Aristotle, Suetonius, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Richard Wagner, and many others. http://dlxs2.library.cornell.edu/c/cdl/ Topics: Literature & Books, Presidents by Name Last updated Dec 11, 2007 DailyLit
"DailyLit sends books in installments via e-mail. DailyLit currently offers over 400 classic public domain titles that can be subscribed to and read in their entirety for free." Includes some in French, Italian, and Spanish. Search, or browse by title, author, or category. The entry for each work includes a preview of the first installment and the number of installments (such as 675 for "War and Peace" and 149 for "Pride and Prejudice"). http://www.dailylit.com/ Topics: Literature & Books Last updated Sep 12, 2007 The Digital Book Index
A database of over 60,000 fiction and nonfiction e-books from over 1,800 publishers. Many categories of books are listed, including reference, history, children's, and African American studies. Titles are from commercial and noncommercial publishers and vendors and may be free, available by subscription, or for purchase. The site also links to e-book reader software. Registration required. http://www.digitalbookindex.com/ Topics: Literature & Books Last updated Jan 21, 2003 Discovering Dickens
Participate in a weekly reading event (held in early 2004) with this online re-enactment of the serial publication of Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities." Sign up for e-mail reminders, or simply download issues as they are made available. Also find materials from earlier reading events. From Stanford University. http://dickens.stanford.edu/ Topics: Literature & Books Last updated Jan 27, 2004 eBookLocator
"Search through a database of thousands of eBooks" by author, title, keyword, ISBN, or publisher. "Get the latest reviews, excerpts and author bios." Browse top-selling electronic books. http://www.ebooklocator.com/ Topics: Literature & Books Last updated Aug 28, 2002 Eldritch Press
"Here are free, accessible books. Read them and go in peace." Categories include American literature; English literature; Russian and French literature (in translation); the Great War; world literature in English; "Messing About in Boats"; read-alouds; "Science, Biology, Physics, Bugs"; "Radicals and Squares"; and "Works About Christmas or Snow." Searchable. http://www.eldritchpress.org/ Topics: Literature & Books Last updated May 9, 2005 Electronic Books
An annotated directory of links to full-text book collections on the Internet. Categories include English literature, philosophy and religion, poetry, world literature, and more. From the University of Texas at Austin. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/etext.html Topics: Literature & Books, Poetry Last updated Apr 3, 2005 Electronic Books
This directory offers annotated links for electronic book information in the categories Free E-book Sites , Free Personal Digital Assistant [PDA] Sites , Commercial Sites , E-book Reader Software , and Dedicated E-book Readers . There are also tips for reading e-books online, searching for text in e-books, and saving e-books. Created by Karen Ramos, a librarian at the Stockton-San Joaquin County (California) Public Library. http://www.stockton.lib.ca.us/ebooks.htm Topics: California: Libraries, Literature & Books Last updated Oct 25, 2002 Electronic Books in Libraries
As part of this LSTA-funded e-book evaluation project, e-book readers were placed in six Rochester, NY area libraries in order to evaluate their uses and the feasibility in various library settings. This website presents a summary of the project, study challenges and conclusions, pros and cons of e-book devices, and general information about e-book technology. Information and related links are available. http://www.lib.rochester.edu/main/ Topics: Literature & Books, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Jan 3, 2006 Google Book Search
A searchable archive of the full texts of books scanned from publishers and libraries. The site includes a discussion of what portions of materials are available for books that may still be under copyright protection: "you'll only see snippets of text directly around your search term. This snippet view is designed to help users ... make a decision about whether to go find a physical copy of the book." Formerly known as Google Print. http://books.google.com/ Topics: Industries, Internet Guides & Search Tools, Libraries & Archives by Type, Literature & Books, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Nov 17, 2005 The Harvard Classics and Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction
Provides searchable and browsable texts of the 50-volume Harvard Classics and the 20-volume Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction, originally published between 1909 and 1917. The site claims these materials "cover every major literary figure, philosopher, religion, folklore and historical subject through the twentieth century." Many works include introductions and indexes. Also includes Lectures on the Harvard Classics . From Bartleby.com. http://www.bartleby.com/hc/ Topics: Literature & Books Last updated Jun 10, 2003 Informit.com
Provides articles, book chapters, and reference guides on "networking, web development and design, operating systems, and IT and project management." Searchable. From a publisher of information technology books and other materials. http://www.informit.com/ Topics: Computers, Computers, Literature & Books Last updated Aug 28, 2008 International Children's Digital Library (ICDL)
"The mission of the ICDL is to select, collect, digitize, and organize children's materials in their original languages and to create appropriate technologies for access and use by children 3-13 years old." The site provides access to hundreds of digitized children's books from around the world. Books are searchable, or browsable by category, title, author, or location. Also includes links to related resources. A project of the University of Maryland and the Internet Archive. http://www.icdlbooks.org/ Topics: Children's Literature, Librarian Specialties, Libraries & Archives by Type, Literature & Books Last updated Feb 11, 2004 The Literature Collection
This digital collection features a few representative texts "from medieval to modern, scholarly to satirical," including a translation of Beowulf intended for oral interpretation and with an audio reading of the entire work, Robert Louis Stevenson's "Fables," works of Robert Southey and Edith Nash, and more. Maintained by the University of Wisconsin Library. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/Literature/ Topics: Literature & Books Last updated Dec 12, 2007 Page by Page
These are electronic versions of hundreds of the "best public domain books, available in easy to read format," including inaugural addresses of the U.S. presidents (browse for these under the letter "I"). Because the site limits each screen to a brief amount of text, readers can bookmark where they left off in the text so they can get back to it easily. Browsable by author and title, with recent additions noted on the main page. http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/ Topics: Literature & Books Last updated May 9, 2005 Project Gutenberg
This project provides over 20,000 free electronic books, mainly "older literary works that are in the public domain in the United States." Books are classified as "light literature" ("Alice in Wonderland," "Peter Pan"), "heavy literature" (the Bible, "Moby Dick," works by Shakespeare), and reference works. Formats include audiobooks, recorded music, moving pictures and digitized sheet music. http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Topics: Disabilities, Literature & Books Last updated Nov 18, 2006 Renascence Editions
"Renascence Editions is an effort to make available online works printed in English between the years 1477 (when Caxton began printing) and 1799. These texts have been produced with care and attention, but are not represented by the publisher as scholarly editions in the peer-reviewed sense." Approximately 200 texts. Browsable (by author). http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/ren.htm Topics: Literature & Books, Literature by Place Last updated Sep 22, 2004 Robert Louis Stevenson: Fables
Facsimile of a 1902 edition of "Fables" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Includes "The Sinking Ship," "The Tadpole and the Frog," and other fables. Searchable. From the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/Literature/subcollections/StvnsnFablesAbout.html Topics: Dragons, Dreams, & Daring Deeds, Literature & Books, Literature: Fiction Last updated Dec 12, 2008 University of Adelaide Library: eBooks@Adelaide
This Australian university library's collection offers hundreds of electronic books, including "classic works of Literature, Philosophy, Science, and History." Searchable; browsable by author (alphabetically or chronologically), title, or theme. Includes links to other electronic book collections and literature resources. http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au Topics: Literature & Books Last updated Oct 26, 2004 University of California International and Area Studies Digital Collection (UCIAS)
A collection of "peer-reviewed articles, monographs and edited volumes drawn from research projects, workshops, seminars, conferences, and related efforts of internationally oriented institutes, centers, and programs involving University of California and UC-affiliated scholars." Searchable, and browsable by institute and material type. From the California Digital Library. http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciaspubs/ Topics: California: Education, Literature & Books, Social Science Last updated Aug 24, 2003 The University of California Press eScholarship Editions
Thousands of online books from the UC Press, covering "a range of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction." A larger selection is available for University of California faculty, staff, and students. Searchable, and browsable by subject, author, and title. From the California Digital Library. http://www.escholarship.org/editions/ Topics: California: Education, California: Literature & Books, Literature & Books Last updated Jul 3, 2008 World eBook Fair
From July 4 through August 4, 2006, hundreds of thousands of ebooks are available for free. ("An eBook, short for electronic book, is any type of book that has been made into an electronic edition and distributed in a digital format.") Similar free book fairs are scheduled for 2007, 2008, and 2009. Access to materials requires a small fee during other times of the year. Sponsored by Project Gutenberg and the World eBook Library Consortia. http://www.worldebookfair.com Topics: Literature & Books Last updated May 15, 2006 World eBook Library
This site provides free access to tens of thousands of online publications in HTML format in the areas of classical and religious literature, poetry, and historical documents. The public access section of this consortium-based collection is searchable but not browsable. Some materials on the site require a fee. http://www.netlibrary.net/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Literature & Books, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Jun 7, 2004 |
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