Full Text Books Online

Below are just a few examples of websites which contain the full-texts of books. 

    1.  http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

    2. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html#

    3. http://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&tab=wp

    4.  http://www.bartleby.com/

    5. http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/50-places-free-books-online.htm

        (online book index of 250 ebook sites, may contain some items included on this list)

Places to find ebooks.

Submitted by librarian130 on June 30, 2010 - 12:54pm.

Here are some places to buy or get ebooks to read (Thanks to WikiPedia). Other full text ebook resources are also available.

http://www.amazon.com

AZW  - Kindle format. Amazon.com has over 250,000 titles available, with more being added almost daily.(also has magazine subscriptions available – admin)

http://www.gutenberg.org - TXT, MOBI format

Project Gutenberg contains over 20,000 titles. Mostly classics and titles that no longer have copyrights. Multiple languages. Site runs on donations.

http://www.freekindlebooks.org - MOBI format

This is a site that has mostly Gutenberg books automatically formatted for the Kindle.

http://www.pdfbooks.co.za - PDF This site contains 7,000 Project Gutenberg titles in PDF version. Each title also available in PDF version formatted for mobile devices. No subscription required.

http://www.worldlibrary.net PDF format. Approximately 400,000 titles. Classics, modern, government, multiple languages. Membership costs $8.95/year; members can access all titles. The “World eBook Fair” from July 4, 2009 through August 4, 2009 will have free access to over one million books at http://worldebookfair.org/

http://www.fictionwise.com - MOBI format. Fictionwise, one of the largest independent e-book sellers in North America with an estimated 1.5 million sold in 2008, sells e-books in various formats, both encrypted and unencrypted. Books can be delivered wirelessly through the site by the “email to Kindle” feature, which costs ten cents per book.

http://www.mobipocket.com - MOBI Format Mobipocket has lots of titles, most of which you can find on http://www.amazon.com in the Kindle section for less.

http://www.webscriptions.net - formats: PRC, RB, RTF, LRF, LIT, HTML. Webscriptions sells books published by Baen, E-Reads, Night Shade, Subterrean, and Tor, mostly in the Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Mystery genres. None are encrypted; many older Baen titles are available for free. Choose “Kindle-compatible” for the download. Books can be delivered wirelessly through the site by the “Email book to my Kindle ” feature, which costs ten cents per book.

http://www.wowio.com - PDF format. Books are free if viewed online; otherwise you must pay for non-DRM PDF downloads. Most books available to global audience.

http://www.fictionpress.com - TXT format. FictionPress contains over 100,000 titles. Mostly original works by unknown, unpublished authors. Displays in text. Cut, paste, and email to yourself, or save in TXT file and upload it to your Kindle.

http://www.manybooks.net AZW (Kindle) Format. Over 20,000 titles. Has a Kindle format automatically generated from Gutenberg ASCII texts, without author listings or tables of contents.

http://www.mnybks.net PRC format. An extension of Manybooks above. *If you access it through the basic WebBrowser in the Kindle, you can download directly to your Kindle, similar to the way you would an Amazon book. Choose the Mobipocket format.

http://www.feedbooks.com Share books, self published books and a make-it-yourself newspaper. With a little manipulation of the tools, you can get your own newspaper. You could probably even directly email it to your Kindle in the morning if you allow that site to send you stuff. Registration is required, but free. There is now a “Kindle Download Guide” from www.feedbooks.com that includes links to many classics, including many in foreign languages. Titles possess author listings (for sorting in Kindle) and tables of contents.

http://feedbooks.mobi/ formats: PDF, PRC, LRF, EPUB

Mobile interface to feedbooks, as above. Access through the “experimental” web browser for direct download to Kindle.

http://www.ccel.org formats: PDF, DOC, TXT

Christian Classics Ethereal Library are Christian-centered works readily transferable to Kindle.

http://www.munseys.com - PRC, HTM, PDF, LIT, LRF, PDB, RB, IMP, EPUB. Over 28,000 free books, both classic and contemporary. Titles possess author listings (for sorting in Kindle) and tables of contents.

http://www.munseys.com/joomla format: PRC. This Kindle-ready version of Munsey’s has 25,000 books, but isn’t updated as often as the non-mobile site. Access through the “experimental” web browser for direct download to Kindle.

http://www.mobileread.com formats:PRC, LRF, EPUB. Free out-of-copyright books, quality handcrafted by volunteer uploaders. Approximately 2,500 PRC titles at the moment (Jan. 09). Has quite a few books in non-English languages. Titles possess author listings (for sorting in Kindle) and tables of contents. *Able to download directly to Kindle if you install an optional guide (updated daily).

http://www.zinepal.com formats: MOBI, PDF. Create your own (maga)zines from Atom/RSS feeds and other web content. Zines can be emailed directly to the Kindle device and can be scheduled for regular delivery. This functionality allows users to assemble a personal news magazine based on different feeds and have it delivered on a daily or weekly basis. It is also possible to share zines with other users and subscribe to zines created by other users.