Ebooks & E-readers: Where to find e-books

E-books and audiobooks, bestsellers, fiction, and non-fiction. Free! This support page will give you step-by-step on how to use this service.

A list (from Portland Public Library) of good sources for free e-book content. Sites have been marked with “ePub” if they will play on Nook, Kobo and other non-Amazon e-readers and “Kindle” if they will play on the Kindle. Ebooks available from these sites will also play on most computers and are available in other formats like pdf and html.

Free, downloadable textbooks

Over 5 million titles in the public domain

Over 15, 000 titles in the public domain for your Kindle.

The first producer of free ebooks. Over 36,000 for you to enjoy.

Free to read, download, print, and enjoy

Univ. of Pennsylvania site lists 25,000 free books on the Web. Can search by subject and Library of Congress call number.

Hundreds of classic books in HTML format

Focuses on American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.

Pre-eminent publisher of literature, reference, and verse.

A collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization.

The Internet Shakespeare Editions publishes the original versions of the plays and poems, preserving as many of the physical characteristics that appeared in the Renaissance, including old spelling and format.

A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.

Contains online medical books, textbooks, journals, and related references.

"25 places to read free books online."