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Better Than Bacon: 16 Ways to Download Books for Free

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Someone say “bacon”?

Oh boy! Oh Boy! Oh boy! Today we’re highlighting two of my favorite words: FREE and BOOK! No. Really. This list includes 16 apps and websites where you either create a free account to download books for free, can download unlimited audio and ebooks free for a limited time, or just read for free, period. Hi, Libby. 

Sound good? Great! Grab the nearest fork and let’s dive in:

  1. All You Can Books – Unlimited audio and ebooks. Free for 30 days.
  2. Book Barbarian  – FREE and Discounted Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
  3. Libby (free with a library card)
  4. Librivox Audio Books – Download classic audiobooks from Jane Austen, Benjamin Franklin,Leo Tolstoy. Much ore. Free app.
  5. Internet Archive – a non-profit library of millions of free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more
  6. BookBub – free and discounted ebooks
  7. Open Library – Read free library books online. Millions of books available thru controlled digital lending.
  8. Smashwords – over 93K free books available to download
  9. Project Gutenberg – a library of over 75Kfree epub and Kindle eBooks. Download them or read them online.
  10. Google Books
  11. FreeTechBooks – Database of Free / Open access online computer science books, textbooks, and lecture notes (1244 books and growing)
  12. BookYards.com – Online public library to the world with a large selection of free digital books, ebooks, and journals, plus the largest collection of reference materials and educational resources for your educational and personal interests
  13. BookSend.com – FREE and Bestselling Kindle books! Sign up and get email alerts when great deals on the books you’re interested in are available. 
  14. eBooks.com – 400 popular classics for you to read, free of charge. ‘Add any of these titles to your bookshelf and they’re yours for life.’
  15. FreeComputerBooks.com – Links to free computer, mathematics, technical books all over the world.
  16. ManyBooks – “Lots of books. 100% free.”

You’re welcome. Now. Don’t forget two things: 1) READ THE FINE PRINT per each item in the list, 2) EXTRA BACON! It never hurts. What?

4 thoughts on “Better Than Bacon: 16 Ways to Download Books for Free

  1. Michael Wegner's avatar

    Who eats bacon with a fork?

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