Searching for free ebooks? There are plenty of great websites and apps that make them easy to find | Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images
Whether you’ve invested in a Kindle or just prefer to read books on your tablet or laptop to lugging around heavy hardcovers or easily-damaged paperbacks, there are plenty of reasons to read both classic literature and the latest bestsellers in ebook form. But buying ebooks can add up, especially if you’re a voracious reader. So we’ve put together a list of the top places to find free ebooks.
If your taste in literature skews more classic than The New York Times Bestseller List, then Project Gutenberg is going to be your new best friend. If you’ve found it difficult to track down an ebook version of a popular classic novel without major formatting issues or persistent errors, you’ll love Project Gutenberg. Because the copyrights on many masterpieces of not-so-modern literature have expired, Project Gutenberg can digitize them, and distribute them as ebooks that you can enjoy for free on your e-reader, tablet, or laptop. You may never have thought of yourself as a connoisseur of classic literature, but the search for free ebooks may be much more effective than that survey-level literature class you snoozed through in college at getting you to actually read and enjoy a book that was written decades ago.
You don’t have to look farther than the Google Play Store for some great free ebooks | Source: iStock
If you’re reading on an Android smartphone or tablet, you may not need to look any farther than the Google Play Store to find free ebooks. There are plenty of free books available on the platform, and if the list of the most popular free downloads is any indication, you’ll find a lot more than classic literature for free in Google’s store. That makes it super easy to find something to read right from an app that you already have on your smartphone or tablet.
