1. Sony eBook Library
Sony library allow you to import files or download them directly from the online store. The eBook Store has over 100,000 titles for sale, with classics starting at $1.99 and new release and bestseller ebooks for $9.99. One of the key features making this free ebook software appealing is the collection of 500,000 titles from Google Books specially formatted for reading both in the eBook Library. And there are some RSS feeds as well
Sony eBook Library Software looks similar to iTunes, with location filters for folders and the online store in a left side navigation, with most of the interaction in a center pane. Like iTunes, you can browse a store from the interface, locating the books you want to download.
Sony eBook Library Softwarel also lets Mac users interface with Sony’s devices — allows users to browse and purchase books online. This is pretty standard stuff, and apart from Mac compatibility, no different than what Amazon already offers with the Kindle.
Dowload eBook Library Software free from Sony. ebook prices vary by title.


2. The Open Book Alliance
The Open Book Alliance is currently made up of various charities and libraries and is headed by the non-profit group Internet Archive, which is also the provider of web archive service Wayback Machine. Its purpose is to “counter the proposed Google Book Settlement in its current form.”
The Open Book Alliance includes the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the New York Library Association, Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo (YHOO) and Amazon (AMZN). According to the BBC, the three companies oppose a legal settlement that could make Google the main source for many online works.
The Open Book Alliance has digitized over half a million books. All of which are offered for free.

3. Google Books
Google Books is a tool from Google that searches the full text of books that Google scans, converts to text using optical character recognition, and stores in its digital database. The service was formerly known as Google Print.
The project launched with a terrific starter collection of CC-licensed books that includes: 55 Ways to Have Fun with Google by Philipp Lenssen; Blown to Bits by Harold Abelson, Ken Ledeen, Harry R. Lewis; Bound by Law? by Keith Aoki, James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins; Code: Version 2 by Lawrence Lessig; Democratizing Innovation by Eric von Hippel; Federal Budget Deficits: America’s great consumption binge by Paul Courant; The Future of the Internet — And How to Stop It by Jonathan Zittrain; Little Brother by Cory Doctorow; and A World’s Fair for the Global Village by Carl Malamud.

To get started, just find any public domain book on Google Books and click on the Download button in the toolbar. The application is available for Windows and requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. You can either install Google Book Downloader or download a portable version which you can simply unzip and run from your hard drive or a removable disk. Google, however, has already scanned more than 10 million books. At the moment, it’s not allowed to display more than a few snippets of copyright-protected books for which it doesn’t have an explicit agreement with the rights holders.

4. PDFGeni.com
PDFGeni.com and it collects all the free PDF. It is designed for brochures, magazines, forms, reports and other materials with complex visual designs which will be printed on PostScript ™ printers
PDFGeni.com is powered by Google and it is a perfect search engine to find only Pdf’s online.
This allows you to type in the key words that describe the book you are looking for, and see what’s available
The preview loads really quickly and should serve as an alternative for anyone who doesn’t want to download the texts, and needs them for quick reference.

5. Freebookspot.com
Free Book Spot is a free e-books links library where you can find and download free books in almost any category.
At FreeBookSpot.com there are over 1911 free books in 81 categories. It seems as if the site has more computer programming books than any other category, there is not nearly as much literature as one would expect on a website called FreeBookSpot.com. However, you can search and download free books in categories like scientific, engineering, programming, fiction and many other books. To become a member you should register. Registration is free and short. After registering you become a member of a society and can create your list of favorites (to download later), add new ebooks, add comments and send messages to other members.

6. Planet eBook
Planet eBook is known previously as digitalworm.com, and it was changed to Planet eBook in April 2001. It is part of the BinaryThing.com e-publishing network, which runs a group of independent Web communities devoted to the field of electronic publishing and related technologies.Planet eBook presents a classy site that offers classic literature. It offers an assortment of classic novels and books in electronic form which you are free give to your friends, classmates, students, anyone. Right now, they offer about 60 books to their readers. They select only the best books available and won’t swamp you with thousands of choices). So if you find a book on planet ebook you can be guaranteed it is a quality book. Planet eBook contains a “tools list” with about 150 sources of information on software, hardware, and rights management. The site also contains discussion forums and an online store offering electronic publishing software.

7.  Manybooks.net
ManyBooks.net contains thousands of free eBooks on any topics that you can read and learn from. At Manybooks.net, you’ll find nearly 10,000 books, all free, formatted for reading on popular handheld devices. Format options include Palm, Zaurus, Pocket PC, RocketBook,  Symbian and other common readers. To get the eBook that youa’re looking for, check their most popular titles, recommendations, and reviews from their visitors. Althoughall of the eBooks from manybooks.net are free, however donations toward the maintenance of the site are welcome. You can also  visit ManyBooks.net using Kindle browser via WhisperNet and books will be added to your collection once they are downloaded or you can download files to your PC and copy them to Kindle via USB connection or SD card.

8. Gutenberg.org
Gutenberg.org, the website of Project Gutenberg, “the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks. This website has made it possible to download many books and pieces of literature to be read on your computer screen or print it out.There’s no need to feel guilty, they are completely copyright free.
In its site you can search by title, author or eBook number. There is also an Advanced Search page which allows for additional search criteria, including language, and eventually other bibliographic data. The books are stored in ASCII text (.txt) or zipped (.zip) format for fast download. All of the books have been proofread by members of the Distributed Proofreaders organisation, www.pgdp.net. Mirrors (copies) of the complete collection are available around the world, and you can select one nearer to your location from the link on the search results page. To see a listing of mirror sites, and locate the one nearest to you,visit: http://www.gutenberg.org/MIRRORS.ALL

9. The World Public Library
The World Public Library is the largest online source of ebooks. Currently offering over 500,000 PDF books and documents, you can find anything from textbooks to classic literature on this site for free. Its mission is to serve the public, aid students and educators by providing public access to the world’s most complete collection of electronic books on-line as well as offer a variety of services and resources that support and strengthen the instructional programs of education, elementary through post baccalaureate studies. The World Public Library has been in operation since 1996 and it has been a global effort to build it out to such magnitude.
This site could very well replace your regular visits to the local library. Both students and teachers will find the World Public Library very useful, as encyclopedias, dictionaries and other research materials are readily available through the site.

10.Scribd.com

Scribd.com is an excellent document-sharing website. Scribd is a social publishing site, where tens of millions of people share original writings and documents. It’s  vision is to liberate the written word. Documents on Scribd can be printed off, downloaded and even embedded on websites. Importantly, Scribd displays every document in a proprietary document reader built specifically for the Internet. This innovative technology enables anyone to publish and share PDF, Word, PowerPoint and other document types with a single click. Scribd.com enables evryone to view documents without downloading additional software (i.e. Microsoft Office software not necessary to read Microsoft Word and Adobe not necessary to read PDFs). Like a YouTube video, Scribd documents are Flash widgets that can be embedded in existing web pages — a viral feature that increases the exposure of written materials online.

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