{"id":131,"date":"2010-10-12T15:41:17","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T15:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sedcclint.com\/free-books-free-books-free-books"},"modified":"2010-10-12T15:41:17","modified_gmt":"2010-10-12T15:41:17","slug":"free-books-free-books-free-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sedcclint.com\/index.php\/2010\/10\/12\/free-books-free-books-free-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Books, Free Books, Free Books!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More and more, the World is going digital. This is especially true with the most &#039;analog&#039; of technologies &#8211; the Book, invented over??500 years ago.?? <\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div>The <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/googlebooks\/library.html\">Google Books Library Project<\/a> has been stealing the headlines lately, with a modest approach. &quot;Our ultimate goal is to work with publishers and libraries to create a comprehensive, searchable, virtual card catalog of all books in all languages that helps users discover new books and publishers discover new readers.&quot; Most modern books in the project are just searchable snippets, but many books (mostly those that are out of copyright) have the full text available for searching and reading.<\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div>Search for a title at <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/\">Google Books<\/a> now!<\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div>There are many other projects going on that are working hard to make &#039;eBooks&#039; available for all. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\">Amazon<\/a> has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002Y27P3M\/ref=sv_kinc_0\">Kindle book reader<\/a> for sale that will store 3,500 books on a very small and portable device, but Amazon is taking eBooks beyond their own device, and making it easy to search through the vast electronic libraries and other eBook projects.??<\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div>The Amazon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b\/ref=amb_link_85650291_16?ie=UTF8&amp;node=2245146011&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=left-1&amp;pf_rd_r=1ERCDKX9KEAAVJRBTE8F&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1277195442&amp;pf_rd_i=1286228011\">Free eBook Collections<\/a> page is an amazing jumping off point to search for nearly 2 million electronic book titles &#8211; and you don&#039;t need to spend a dime on a Kindle to play along if you don&#039;t want to. There is a Kindle &#039;app&#039; for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/feature.html\/ref=amb_link_63949822_3?ie=UTF8&amp;docId=1000301301&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=left-1&amp;pf_rd_r=19GRWGA4MNDKZNYN8C9C&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1276331402&amp;pf_rd_i=2245146011\">iOS Devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/feature.html\/ref=kcp_and_ln_ar?docId=165849822\">Android Devices<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/feature.html\/ref=amb_link_63949822_6?ie=UTF8&amp;docId=1000468551&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=left-1&amp;pf_rd_r=19GRWGA4MNDKZNYN8C9C&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1276331402&amp;pf_rd_i=2245146011\">BlackBerry phones<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/feature.html\/ref=amb_link_63949822_5?ie=UTF8&amp;docId=1000464931&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=left-1&amp;pf_rd_r=19GRWGA4MNDKZNYN8C9C&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1276331402&amp;pf_rd_i=2245146011\">Mac<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/feature.html\/ref=amb_link_63949822_4?ie=UTF8&amp;docId=1000426311&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=left-1&amp;pf_rd_r=19GRWGA4MNDKZNYN8C9C&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1276331402&amp;pf_rd_i=2245146011\">PC<\/a>??so that you can download and read these titles whenever, wherever.??<\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div>The Free eBook Collections page not only links you to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kindle-Books\/b\/ref=sv_kinc_1?ie=UTF8&amp;node=1286228011\">Kindle Store<\/a> to buy eBooks, but also to other free eBook projects and collections, such as:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html\/ref=amb_link_353603262_1?location=http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/texts&amp;token=D068BA89AEC3727963B5A0D62445645D412442FD&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=center-6&amp;pf_rd_r=0989PYYNG64KXKCT5VWY&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1276331522&amp;pf_rd_i=2245146011\">Internet Archive<\/a>, where 1.8 million free titles are available<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html\/ref=amb_link_353603282_1?location=http:\/\/openlibrary.org\/&amp;token=9EC3C967C3B31AFC7CAC9EC54237C554FCAE846C&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=center-7&amp;pf_rd_r=0989PYYNG64KXKCT5VWY&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1276331542&amp;pf_rd_i=2245146011\">Open Library<\/a>, housing over 1 million free titles<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html\/ref=amb_link_353603322_1?location=http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/wiki\/Main_Page&amp;token=B000472AA64A242781A494BE2C1A8679DA8D20D3&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=center-8&amp;pf_rd_r=0989PYYNG64KXKCT5VWY&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1276331562&amp;pf_rd_i=2245146011\">Project Gutenberg<\/a>, one of the original free eBook sources, with over 30,000 free titles<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ManyBooks.net\">ManyBooks.net<\/a>, with over 26,000 free titles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Long story short, if you are looking for a particular title &#8211; especially something released in the last 50 years &#8211; you may have a hard time finding it for free. 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