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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snowl" data-source="post: 11051841" data-attributes="member: 374230">1. Ebook Search EnginesThese are simple Google-like search  engines but for PDF files. I usually start my ebook search using one of  these sites. Type in the title of the document or book name you’re  looking for and click on the search button. Find your book in the search  results and click on download link. Done.<img src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pdf-search-site.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />So far my top 3 ebook search sites are:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.pdfgeni.com/" target="_blank">www.pdfgeni.com</a> (<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/pdfgeni-search-view-download-pdf-files/" target="_blank">MakeUseOf review</a>) <a href="http://www.pdf-search-engine.com/" target="_blank">www.pdf-search-engine.com</a> (<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/pdf-search-engine/" target="_blank">MakeUseOf review</a>) <a href="http://www.data-sheet.net/" target="_blank">www.data-sheet.net</a> (<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/datasheet-pdf-file-search-engine/" target="_blank">MakeUseOf review</a>)</li> </ul>2. Scribd.comIn case you have never heard of this one before, the simplest way to define <a href="http://www.scribd.com/" target="_blank">Scribd</a>  would be to call it Youtube for documents. People can upload whatever  text documents they want and easily share them with others.<img src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/scribd-ebook-site.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />You’ll find lots and lots of free ebooks here. You only need to know what to look for. For instance try searching for <a href="http://www.scribd.com/search?previous_query=nineteen+minutes&query=George+Orwell&x=429&y=188" target="_blank">George Orwell</a>, <a href="http://www.scribd.com/search?previous_query=herman+hesse&query=tolstoi&x=425&y=200" target="_blank">Leo Tolstoi</a>, etc.And  obviously it gets copyrighted ebooks much like YouTube gets copyrighted  videos. I am not sure if they are doing anything to deal with them, but  the fact is there are plenty of them on Scribd.Oh and as we have mentioned before, Scribd is also an excellent resource for free <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-websites-to-get-any-document-for-free/" target="_blank">document templates</a>.3. Project Gutenberg<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank">Project Gutenberg</a>  (aka PG) has the largest collection of public domain books. These are  the books that out of copyright and available for anyone to use for any  purpose. Lots of books from the world’s greatest fiction authors such as  Dickens, Joyce, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Anton Chekov and Edgar Allan  Poe fall into this category.This site is the oldest producer of  free ebooks on the Internet. PG is an extremely popular site and now has  over 20,000 works. If you’re not sure where to start check out their <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top" target="_blank">Top 100</a> page.<img src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/project-guteberg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />4. Free Ebooks For Your iPod, PDA, Smartphone, Blackberry etc.For  those of you who like to have ebooks on their portabe device we got  some sites as well. Below are what I believe the best websites for books  that can be read on mobile devices.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/" target="_blank">www.gutenberg.org</a> <a href="http://www.manybooks.net/" target="_blank">www.manybooks.net</a> (<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/manybooks-free-ebooks-pda-ipod-ebook-reader/" target="_blank">MakeUseOf Review</a>) <a href="http://www.feedbooks.com/" target="_blank">www.feedbooks.com</a> (<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/feedbooks/" target="_blank">MakeUseOf Review</a>) <a href="http://www.booksinmyphone.com/" target="_blank">www.booksinmyphone.com</a> (<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/booksinmyphone-read-books-mobile/" target="_blank">MakeUseOf Review</a>)</li> </ul>For iPhone users in particular there is a website called <a href="http://www.textonphone.com/" target="_blank">TextOnPhne</a>.  It’s a  great ebook site that comes with its own ebook reader app.  There are over 30,000 free books for your Apple device. Check out the  demo video <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/textonphone-ebooks-iphone/" target="_blank">here</a>.5. Free Tech EbooksThese  sites are mainly for tech books, covering everything from computer  science, engineering and mathematics to programming and web development.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://freecomputerbooks.com/" target="_blank">www.freecomputerbooks.com</a> <a href="http://www.freetechbooks.com/" target="_blank">www.freetechbooks.com</a> <a href="http://www.onlinecomputerbooks.com/" target="_blank">www.onlinecomputerbooks.com</a></li> </ul>(Bonus) DailyLitDailyLit  is a bit different from the rest but I really like what they’re doing  there. DailyLit can deliver a small excerpt from the book of your choice  to your email on a daily basis. One excerpt per day, and so untill the  book is finished.The reason it wroks so well is that it only  takes around 3-5 minutes to read each excerpt. If you feel like reading  more you can request a next excerpt with a click of a button.<img src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dailylit-books-email.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />While  more than a half of all books cost about $4.95 per book others are  free. There are plenty of good titles among the free ones as well, some  of my favorites include <a href="http://www.dailylit.com/books/my-life-and-work" target="_blank">My Life and Work</a> (by Henry Ford), <a href="http://www.dailylit.com/books/siddhartha" target="_blank">Siddhartha</a> (by Herman Hesse) and <a href="http://www.dailylit.com/books/random-reminiscences-of-men-and-events" target="_blank">Random Reminiscences of Men and Events</a> (by John D. Rockefeller). Check it out.<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-best-6-sites-to-get-free-ebooks/" target="_blank">http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-best-6-sites-to-get-free-ebooks/</a></blockquote>

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