One of the factors that put many people off getting an ebook reader is the cost of buying ereader books from Amazon or one of the other ebook publishers. It is not uncommon to find that a digital ereader book download can actually cost more than the paper back version of some books. However, the good news is that it is possible to quite legally get free ebook downloads if you know where to go.
The law states that all books whose authors have been dead for over seventy years are out of copyright and therefore are in the public domain. Although the laws may vary slightly from country to country the classic from earlier time are now all in the public domain. By using a search engine you should be able to find copies of books by authors such as Dickens, Jane Austin and other authors available as free downloads.
If you are looking for free ereader books a good place to start is the online ebook stores such as Amazon Kindle Store. If you type in "free ereader books" into the sites search engine you will find several pages of free books. Both Amazon and Apple I Books have a selection of free ebooks as well as a selection of cheap books which can be purchased for a dollar or less.
Other than the ebook stores such as Amazon and Apple you can find plenty of free ereader books from the sites that specialize in making public domain material available. The largest and most well known is the
Project Gutenberg website and it literally has thousands of titles available for free downloads in a variety of formats. Google has operated an online book store for some time in the US but the service is also now available in other parts of the world such as the UK. They have some free e reader books available in their store which contains over 3 million eBooks in total to read on the Web, Android, iPhone, iPad, Sony and Nook.
Another site worth keeping an eye on is MobileRead.com which is both a forum for readers to communicate with each other and a source of free ereader books. As the ebook readers become even more popular the number of sources for free or at least cheap ereader books is going to grow. Competition will also force down the price of best sellers just as they have done in the physical bookshops. Already some libraries are offering ereader books although they may not necessarily be in the format that your ebook reader accepts.
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