13 November 2006
Free Books for All
For those who like to read, there is a few sites out there offering free ebooks. These are not the ebooks one finds of unknown authors, but rather the popular authors who's books have recently been released from copyright protection.
One such site, Planet PDF, offers about 70 books from various artists including, Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Anderson, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy and H. G. Wells to name a few. As the site's name implies all of these books can be found in pdf format. Along with the titles and author, the first paragraph of the book is displayed to help viewers search for an interesting book.
Another site featuring many different authors and even more books, The Online Books Page, allows viewers to search through a large catalogue of different books which can be found in HTML and text format mostly. The HTML format may not be as easy to work with as it requires that you save the complete directory of pages if you want to view it offline, but for those willing to make the effort, or to simply read it online, this can provide a lot of interesting books.
A third location with an impressive author list featuring, from what I have seen, most if not all of the works of various authors, The Literature Network, features all of it's books in HTML format. This again makes for a little extra work saving it for offline reading, but their extensive list makes the site definitely worth a visit.
One such site, Planet PDF, offers about 70 books from various artists including, Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Anderson, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy and H. G. Wells to name a few. As the site's name implies all of these books can be found in pdf format. Along with the titles and author, the first paragraph of the book is displayed to help viewers search for an interesting book.
Another site featuring many different authors and even more books, The Online Books Page, allows viewers to search through a large catalogue of different books which can be found in HTML and text format mostly. The HTML format may not be as easy to work with as it requires that you save the complete directory of pages if you want to view it offline, but for those willing to make the effort, or to simply read it online, this can provide a lot of interesting books.
A third location with an impressive author list featuring, from what I have seen, most if not all of the works of various authors, The Literature Network, features all of it's books in HTML format. This again makes for a little extra work saving it for offline reading, but their extensive list makes the site definitely worth a visit.
Labels: books, education, internet
