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Good Online Sources for Free Books?

Posted by Cliff on from the literature-liberte dept.

hydopower asks: "I recently stumbled upon a collection of online libraries. This was fascinating to me, but too many of them cost money or offer Google Print-like limited functionality. I decided to put together a list of sites that offer free books in a format that would allow a person to actually read through them. As Slashdot readers are known for being well read and for enjoying free things, I figured I'd tap into the knowledge pool here. Any suggestions?"

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  1. specific by same_old_story · · Score: 5, Informative

    a very specific item but, those learning python can use the excellent and free dive into python .

  2. Obvious: Project Gutenberg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Project Gutenberg
    Lots of literature. And most are just straight text so you can read them with anything.

  3. free books by lagerbottom · · Score: 5, Informative

    O'reilly offers a few of their books under an open doc license: http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/

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