January 25, 2007 | Hot Hot Hot!

Looking for a good book to read… on your computer? Here’s a listing of over three dozen books available for free download under a Creative Commons license.

No gimmicks, no catch. If you like it… well, then, maybe you’ll buy a hard copy (if you’re able) so that the author will make a little money. If you don’t like it, no big loss.

All I know is that it’s making me lust after one of these even more than before.

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1. 1 Sharkey says:
   

   Hmmm . . . what’ll it be . . . The Future of Canadian Copyright Law, or The How and the Tao of Old Time Banjo. Decisions, decisions.

   :)

   January 25th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
2. 2 Daisy says:
   

   Hmmm…I don’t know if this would be as snuggly as a book, but it’s certainly cheaper.

   January 25th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
3. 3 Ryan Erickson says:
   

   Or you could download one of 20,000 classic books that have passed into the public domain that are available through Project Gutenberg, or one of almost 100 free sci-fi titles at Baen Free Library.

   http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
   http://www.baen.com/library/

   RyanE

   January 25th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
4. 4 kathy says:
   

   we spend 1/2 the year in Mexico with 4 kids and have no library access (in English) during that time, so we make great use of free literature via the World Wide School Library http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/catalogs/bysubject-top.html

   January 25th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
5. 5 Mir says:
   

   Thanks, Ryan and Kathy! Great resources!

   January 25th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
6. 6 Laura says:
   

   i LOVE Project Gutenberg, and used to be a proofreader on the site (back when i was at my other job and had 6 hours a day to just surf the internet…man, i miss those days, but not that place!)….it’s really fun stuff for when you have time to kill and want to help the greater good (http://www.pgdp.net)

   January 26th, 2007 at 8:15 am
7. 7 Genevieve says:
   

   I have one of those books - The Holy Tango of Literature - and it’s hilarious! I highly recommend it to anyone who likes literature and wordplay.

   January 26th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
8. 8 Andra says:
   

   I can’t figure out how to open or download.

   January 27th, 2007 at 12:35 am
9. 9 beebas evans says:
   

   I’m interested in free books

   February 1st, 2007 at 4:53 pm