Free E-books Anyone? Lisa Cahoun Media Coordinator Ashe County High School June 2012

Where to Find Free E-Books Individual Schools Local Public Library NC WiseOwl NC Live Internet

Elementary E-books o TruFlix – FlixDemo.html FlixDemo.html o BookFlix – kflixfreetrial/programoverview.htm kflixfreetrial/programoverview.htm o Tumblebooks – (Westwood only)

Middle & High E-books FollettShelf & Ebsco E-books -

Subscription E-Books that are Free for Educators Ashe County Public Library E-books – (must have a valid library card to check-out books) NC WiseOwl – (must use a password to access) - NC Live – (must have a valid library card to access) -

My Top 10 Free Internet E-book Sites 1. Authorama – listing of e-books in an easier to read XHTML format Books Should Be Free – visually appealing to young people – free downloadable audiobooks and e-books Children Children

3. British Library Online Gallery – leaf through the great books – you will be amazed - tml tml 4. Digital Book Index - a comprehensive index to 140,000 free e- bookshttp:// t.htmhttp:// t.htm 5. Full Text Archive – enjoy full text of books, poetry, drama, and much more –

6. ManyBooks.net – 29,000 e-books for Kindle, Nook & Ipad – love the most popular feature Project Gutenberg – over 39,000 free e- books from the public domainhttp:// _Pagehttp:// _Page 8. Reading is Fundamental (RIF) – provides read aloud stories for children - babies-toddlers/stories.htm babies-toddlers/stories.htm

9. Storyline Online – Screen Actors Guild Members read children’s books online – University of Virginia Library – good history resources source_facet%5d%5b%5d=Digital+Library source_facet%5d%5b%5d=Digital+Library

For Shakespeare Fans Shakespeare Bookshelf: Open Source Shakespeare: Internet Shakespeare Editions:

Free Downloadable Textbooks Chemical Education Digital Library – Top 10 Chemistry online resources - p p CK-12 – Customizable, free, curriculum- alligned content for K-12 National Science Digital Library – national portal for education & research in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics -

Even More E-book Sites Ask Sam: Legislative, government reports, political reports, literature, etc. Library of Congress E-books: lcresources.html Online Books Page: over 1 million free books on the web.

There’s More…. Free Google E-Books Google Custom Search :7ob-w8hkdmc Google’s Top E-Books - ion/topselling_free?start=0&num=24

More Listings of E-book Sites Internet Public Library - d=13&cid=1&tid=7011&parent= d=13&cid=1&tid=7011&parent=7006 Top 25 Free E-book Sites, the Definitive List – sites-the-definitive-list_b7595?red=rb The Ultimate Free E-book List – nza/348527

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