Want to learn where to download free books on your Amazon Kindle? There are several websites that offer free books to those who have the Kindle e-book reader and other e-readers. This page contains information and tips on how to find free Kindle books online.
Tips
New books and hardcover bestsellers for the Kindle are sold for $10 on averagehttp://reviews.cnet.com/e-book-readers/amazon-kindle/1707-3508_7-32751890.html?ref>
Free books for the Kindle can be found on the Amazon.com website if you narrow down the search results and sort the price "low-to-high"
There are many websites that offer free downloads of the classics for Kindle
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Introduction
A Kindle reader may be a good investment but creating a library by paying for and downloading books can certainly add up. But fear not, there are tons of titles for you Kindle e-reader that can be downloaded for free if you know where to find them.
Step 1: Visit Amazon.com and Search Wisely
If you visit Amazon.com and search "free kindle books" some of the first results are books telling you how to find free Kindle books and they cost over $.99. In order to get rid of the unwanted titles, on the left hand side of the page, choose "Kindle Store" and sort by "price" in the drop down box. Sort this to show "low-to-high" and bump all the ones with a price attached to the bottom of the list, this way all the free ($0.00) Kindle Editions and Kindle Books appear first.
Step 2: Browse Through Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg has more than 30,000 e-book titles that are free to use on any e-reader including the Kindle. The books included in the Project Gutenberg library are available for free in the U.S. due to expired copyrights. Some of the classics that this site offers include Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Illiad and The Canterbury Tales.http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top
Step 3: Explore Sites Offering Free EBooks
- ManyBooks.net
- This site offers 25,325 free ebooks that can be downloaded to a Kindle. This website allows users to save their favorite book titles and share them on "Public User Bookshelves."http://manybooks.net/collections/user_bookshelves.php
- Bookyards.com has a dream to become "the library to the world." The website offers books on a variety of topics including an economics section with nearly 400 titles. Bookyards.com also offers books in French and Spanish.http://www.bookyards.com/categories.html?type=books
- Feedbooks.com
Feedbooks.com lets users download ebooks directly onto the Kindle. In order to send titles directly to the Kindle, Feedbooks.com offers a download that can be found by typing the URL feedbooks.com/kindleguide into the Kindle's browser. Users can search through the titles, choose books and automatically download the book to the device upon selecting "Mobipocket/Kindle."http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/etan_on_tech/2009/03/free-kindle-books.html
