As of today, Google Book Search affords you the opportunity to read or even download the complete text of many out-of-copyright books, including Hamlet, Aesop’s Fables, the Inferno, and many more. Here’s the news on Google’s own blog. If you’re looking for a current book, and you also don’t want to pay a penny, you might consider Book Mooch. And if you’re wondering where to start with a new author, living or dead, you might check into Debbie’s Idea. I’m sure a lot of you who read this blog have other good information about online literature, so feel free to share in the comments. (For the discussion of related issues on this blog, see here.)
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Like most people, I need/want to save money. But I always feel uneasy about getting literature for free. The authors (unless they’re dead) are cheated out of their book sales. It’s true, I do borrow books from the library occasionally and sometimes from friends. But I try to buy books whenever I can. (Not that I don’t think Google books isn’t very intriguing.)
Like most people, I need/want to save money. But I always feel uneasy about getting literature for free. The authors (unless they’re dead) are cheated out of their book sales. It’s true, I do borrow books from the library occasionally and sometimes from friends. But I try to buy books whenever I can. (Not that I don’t think Google books isn’t very intriguing.)
Thanks for the link to Debbie’s Idea. I always have trouble figuring out which book to start with when I want to read a new author I haven’t read before.
BTW, Freakonomics is recommended to start with for books by Stephen J. Dubner. But Turbulent Souls is a close second.
Thanks for the link to Debbie’s Idea. I always have trouble figuring out which book to start with when I want to read a new author I haven’t read before.
BTW, Freakonomics is recommended to start with for books by Stephen J. Dubner. But Turbulent Souls is a close second.
Project Gutenberg has been offering free out-of-copyright ebooks for years.
http://www.gutenberg.org
Not a free lunch for me as paper and toner ink add up…
Project Gutenberg has been offering free out-of-copyright ebooks for years.
http://www.gutenberg.org
Not a free lunch for me as paper and toner ink add up…
I have been going here for years. They seem to abide by all copyright laws so they don’t have any works by authors who haven’t been dead for 50 years, but they obviously have many classics.
I have been going here for years. They seem to abide by all copyright laws so they don’t have any works by authors who haven’t been dead for 50 years, but they obviously have many classics.