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booksoncomputer.com currently offers two quality books free and more are on the way.

Here are sources around the WWW offering quality books for free.

DISCLAIMER: Although you are encouraged to bookmark and use this page, you should be aware that very few of the free books you will find on the web meet the quality standards expected of a work published for sale. While I do not agree that you always get what you pay for, what you do not pay for is not usually of the highest quality.

General Category

is a . . . well, it is a book-lovers site. Have you caught one? Did you release one? If books were animals, this would be the International Zoological Society.

offers a great number of interesting titles, many are modern writings. Have fun exploring this creative use of e-books to promote . . . well, e-books!

is the grand-daddy of all free e-book sites. This site has changed the world already, although most people have not heard! The library is too vast too describe. So if you like reading classics in text readers, this is it for you!

is a superb resource. Do you want to read the script to your favorite movie? Or, perhaps, you prefer Daniel Webster's address at the laying of the cornerstone of the additon to the Capitol? I am serious. This site is an enormous library. Best yet, on most titles you can save it to your hard drive to read offline!

has some HTML. Check out the "American Verse Project." The University also runs an academic archive search system that is beyond words— . Many other great sites can be reached from here.

has compiled an terrific resource for free online books, some only found here, which can only be used online.

is an excellent on-line reading site in HTML.

Memoware<\/a>") ; //--> is an exciting site for ebooks on hand-held computer platforms. Thousands of free titles, but be careful not to get lost in all the options! You could end up buying several different readers. However, ".prc" files are readable with the Mobipocket Reader^® and ".lit" files are for the Microsoft Reader^®

is a cool-looking site with tons of interesting titles you can read live. What do you want for free? You can read some of the best, but you gotta do it online. The format is very pleasing for a web site but a long way from a book.

ibiblio.org<\/a>") ; //--> has a small number of interesting choices well-presented for online reading.

is an high quality e-book store that offers some choice titles free to attract new customers. It works for me.

Poetry

is a terrific classic poetry site utilizing good quality pdf— for free!

has some HTML. Check out the "American Verse Project." The University also runs an academic archive search system that is beyond words— . Many other great sites can be reached from here.

of the Atlantic Monthly is wealth of modern verse.

Children's Literature

is a site you have to try! Be patient and adventurous and you will be rewarded exquisitely. This site shows the potential of electronic books.

presents a limited number of very attractive and creative HTML books for the li'l 'uns.

is another fine site for children.

Audio

offers free audio books. Hear the classics!

offers free audio books. Hear some more classics!

Science Fiction and Fantasy

is an experimental project offering new science fiction titles free for download as a marketing strategy. It is apparently working.

Religion and Spirituality

Free Jewish and Christian books<\/a>") ; //--> are available on this page.

Free Christian Audiobooks<\/a>") ; //--> promises to keep adding more titles. Let me know if you like these.

BuddhaNet<\/a>") ; //--> is a resource for those interested in Buddhism.

sultan.org<\/a>") ; //--> offers some free islamic books and study materials.

His Mercy<\/a>") ; //--> provides Catholic texts free.

Periodicals

has links to all the newspapers on-line.

Reference

at Yale puts a library of law, history, and diplomacy on the computer screen.

Federal Citizen Information Center<\/a>") ; //--> offers free books for viewing on-line as an aid to consumers and citizens.

Free-Book.co.uk<\/a>") ; //--> is a directory worth searching. It overlaps with some of the others on this page, but I found some new material.

FreeComputerBooks.com<\/a>") ; //--> is a great resource for computer information online. Books are well-done in HTML.

O'Reilly Open Books Project<\/a>") ; //--> is another great site effectively specializing in computer books. It is natural that those most familiar with the technology would learn most quickly to exploit the advantages. Here too is an exciting experiment furthering the utility of computer reading.

Big Technical Library<\/a>") ; //--> is a big technical library. A handy resource for computer users and programmers.

Free Computer and IT Books<\/a>") ; //--> has lots more stuff for the offensively brainy.

Textbooks in Mathematics<\/a>") ; //--> , ibid.

The Bookshelf by NCBI<\/a>") ; //--> is a wonderful biomedical resource, beautifully done, sponsored by the US National Library of Medicine<\/a>") ; //--> . If you want HTML online, this is the way to do it.

The American Mathematical Society<\/a>") ; //--> sponsors this site as a source and a directory of books mathematical.

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