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Title: Looking for e-Books/e-Docs (and Happy New Year to all)
Post by: KenR on December 26, 2009, 01:45 PM

Hello all,

I am looking for information about where I can get ebooks (edocs) that I can read on my computer. If anyone knows anything about where they can be obtained or resources in this area, I would really appreciate it if people would be share any/all information about what they know.

In addition to information about where I can obtain e-books, I would also appreciate any information people know about software that will read text aloud, including ebooks and web pages.

Thanks so much & again, a joyous (and financially good) New Year to you all!
Ken

Title: Re: Looking for e-Books/e-Docs (and Happy New Year to all)
Post by: zridling on December 26, 2009, 02:03 PM

Ken!! There's ton of sites out there, especially if you enjoy the classics.

Online Books Page by Univ. of Pennsylvania
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

Bartleby's
http://www.bartleby.com/

And then this blog post list 20, but I won't vouch for most.
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-best-websites-to-download-free-e-books/

Title: Re: Looking for e-Books/e-Docs (and Happy New Year to all)
Post by: 40hz on December 26, 2009, 04:08 PM

Here's a couple of links I like:

Free public domain e-books: http://manybooks.net

Free audio books: http://librivox.org

LearnOutLoud has audiobooks for sale, but they also do free releases of commercial titles every few weeks. You may have to subscribe to their newsletter to get the links, but IMHO it's worth it. www.learnoutloud.com. Nice podacasts too.

Title: Re: Looking for e-Books/e-Docs (and Happy New Year to all)
Post by: J-Mac on December 29, 2009, 10:27 PM

Hi Ken!

Here's a few:

http://www.baen.com/library/defaultTitles.htm (http://www.baen.com/library/defaultTitles.htm)
http://www.mobipocket.com/en/HomePage/default.asp (http://www.mobipocket.com/en/HomePage/default.asp)
http://etext.virginia.edu/ebooks/ebooklist.html (http://etext.virginia.edu/ebooks/ebooklist.html)
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top (http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top)
http://manybooks.net/ (http://manybooks.net/)
http://www.fictionwise.com/ (http://www.fictionwise.com/)
http://www.memoware.com/ (http://www.memoware.com/)

And for a good TTS reader I use TextAloud from NextUp.com (http://nextup.com/TextAloud/index.html)

Have fun!

Jim