I like to read an there are some books that are not in my local Library. I like to read books before I actually own them so I was wondering is there was any way I can read books online.
Ok, I dont read classic books really, I like newer books, so all these classic book sites arent helping.
The whole problem with reading books for free, is that somehow, somebody has to get paid for writing those books. It isn’t something you can dash off on a weekend and make a million bucks at. It takes between one and two years to write a book – often even more.
Books you read in a library have been purchased, and authors get a royalties from them, just as they do from the books you buy in a bookstore.
If you want people to write books, you have to figure out how to keep authors in rent money and food money, and maybe even have enough left over for a pair of shoes for the kids. And that isn’t going to happen if you read them for free on the internet.
February 25th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Older books: Gutenberg Project
Newer books: less likely.
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February 25th, 2010 at 11:21 am
When it comes to classics,there are I believe about 10000
books freely available on project Gutenberg.
I’ll try and find the website ,be back in a minute
It’s 20000 actually though not all in English,
you can download them for free.
http://www.gutenberg.org
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February 25th, 2010 at 11:52 am
Here you go, read to your little hearts content!
http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/
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http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/
February 25th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Go to http://www.gutenberg.org
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February 25th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
The whole problem with reading books for free, is that somehow, somebody has to get paid for writing those books. It isn’t something you can dash off on a weekend and make a million bucks at. It takes between one and two years to write a book – often even more.
Books you read in a library have been purchased, and authors get a royalties from them, just as they do from the books you buy in a bookstore.
If you want people to write books, you have to figure out how to keep authors in rent money and food money, and maybe even have enough left over for a pair of shoes for the kids. And that isn’t going to happen if you read them for free on the internet.
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February 25th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Yes, E-books, electronic downloads, which you can save onto your computer and read for free.
Some authors on lulu give free E-books and a new company had established authors giving away a free E-book.
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E-book http://www.lulu.com/karina-kantas
Follow link to lulu books.
http://www.writeout.co.uk/
February 25th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
i think the best place is books.google.com ; other places are questia, gutemberg and ebooks. to buy try books99.com . I hope this help
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