Project Gutenburg is an online resource to free ebooks. Project Gutenburg is an online resource with over 36,000 free ebooks that can be downloaded to kindles, androids, and other devices. You do not have to register which is really handy. They run on a volunteer basis and they guarantee that each book has been proof read and does not contain viruses or glitches. There are tons of books on here. There are many ways to search including by author, by subject, or by keywords. If you don't really know what you want you can view the top 100 list and see what is downloaded most. One thing I thought was really neat was the bookmarking option. Users can read books online and save their spot for when they return. You do have to create an account to enjoy this option though. One drawback is that most of the books are really old. There aren't any current releases on the database. Also some of their collections are lacking, like the children's section to be specific. I also had a little trouble with the keyword search option. You have to be very specific to get the database to return what you want. All in all its a really neat database and its especially awesome that its free!!!
Side note- The founder of the database just passed away a few weeks ago... sad :(
Monday, October 3, 2011
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