Just in case you haven’t discovered this for yourself, if you own a Nook ereader, you can get free ebooks for it at Barnes and Noble’s online ebook store.
Whilst I imagine that most Nook owners will have discovered this for themselves, there are always a few individuals who have not stumbled upon this wonderful side of ebooks… the free reads. Or others who are pondering which ereader to buy themselves, and have not realized that ereader can equal free reading.
Unbelievable number of free ebooks!
If you follow the link below, it will take you to the free ebook section of Barnes and Noble’s online ebook store, where, if my quick look at what was on offer is to be believed, has about 1838640 free ebooks for you to read!
I only looked at about 10 pages of 60 results for the purposes of writing this wee post, and all of those ebooks were free ones. And it isn’t only loads of ancient classics, but all manner of ebooks in every sort of genre written now or very recently.
It included ebooks by authors such as James Patterson, a number of the “For Dummies” series of ebooks, lots of kind’s ebooks, erotica, technical ebooks on computing and other technologies… Oh and a number of classics too, of course. In other words, choice enough, and given that they are all free, you can merrily experiment with authors you have never heard of as well, since if you start to read it and find you hate it, then throw it away, and nothing lost.
Not only Barnes and Noble.
In fact, all online ebook stores feature varying numbers of free ebooks, so you can happily read yourself to a standstill without parting from a cent if you wish, whatever ereader you might happen to have.
It is one of the best parts of the ereader revolution to my way of thinking, so many free ebooks for us all over the web.
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May 28th, 2012 at 7:18 pm
A good way to find books at the price you want to pay in the Nook ebookstore is to enter the proper search term. For example, if you start entering nook books in the search dialog box, you will be given choices such as “nook books for free” and “nook books under 1.99″. If you want a particular genre, for example mystery, type nook books f and in the list you will see “nook books for free mystery”.
I prefer to use the search rather than simply going to the free books section because I can more easily search by genre or by price. Although I do like free ebooks, I often like to search through the “under 1.99″ category so I get a wider selection.
It should be noted that most of these free and inexpensive ebooks are distributed by Smashwords and thus can also be found at Smashwords (www.smashwords.com) at the same price, also DRM free, and in a choice of formats.
May 28th, 2012 at 8:01 pm
Damn! Why didn’t I think of that method of finding free ebooks of the genres I enjoy reading…..
What Rich has said here is a very useful extra guide for locating exactly the sort of ebook you wish to read, and at a price you are prepared to pay.