eAvailable Books

eBooks

The links below are to sources of books, and shorter works, published electronically, for reading on the computer screen, or downloading to e-readers. DRM (Digital Rights Management) leads many publishers to limit the formats they use for electronic publishing, and e-readers also have DRM limitations built in. Research before purchase to be sure that the desired books will work on the available e-reader is a good idea!

A properly equipped computer can read e-books aloud; downloaded, these can be given to a Braille notepad. Most sites require payment, but there are a few which provide books for free.

Ask your local public library for NetLibrary, a lender of downloadable e-books in several languages; these books can, through your public library, be downloaded from your home. Remember, librarians want everyone to read!

Last revised: January 15, 2008.

e-book.com.au

Australian e-book newsletter, covering the world.

http://www.e-book.com.au/

eBook Readers

µBook Reader

Ebook reader for Windows and Pocket PCs that can read HTML, TXT, RTF, PDB and PRC (not secure) ebook files. Lots of features.

http://www.gowerpoint.com/

Texas Instruments

TI-Reader Converter: software to load text onto a TI calculator. Pre-Beta.

http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/productDetail/us_ti_reader_converter_software.html

Internet Book List

Database of book publication info; reviews being written.

http://www.iblist.com/

Accessible Book Collection

A non-profit corporation, providing digital text to persons with disabilities. Individuals are eligible if they have a documented disability that prevents them from reading standard print effectively.

http://www.accessiblebookcollection.org/

Atlantic Bridge

An e-publisher: various genres.

http://www.atlanticbridge.net/

Awe-Struck E-Books

E-books available in six formats. Trade paper too.

http://www.awe-struck.net/

Baen Free Library

Complete novels, and shorter works, supplied free, by Baen Books, publisher of most of the original printed editions, with author's consent (or at author's direction). Some authors have put up books they've had published elsewhere. Available in nearly every format.

http://www.baen.com/library/

Belgrave House ebooks

Out-of-print popular fiction reissued as ebooks. No SF, but mystery, romance, etc..

http://www.belgravehouse.com/

BeWrite Books

Primarily an e-publisher of short stories, but offers a number of works electronically or in paperback. UK

http://www.bewrite.net

Biblioteka Maksima Moshkova

Maksim Moshkov's library of SF. Much on-line fiction, for those who read Russian.

http://www.lib.ru/

BitBooks

Partly a search engine for electronic fiction sites, partly a publisher.

http://bitbooks.com

Bookshare.org

Recent and popular books, in digital form, to be read with a variety of reading devices and software programs. U.S. residents; must have a qualifying disability: visual impairments and blindness, reading disabilities, or physical impairments that make it difficult or impossible to read printed books. U.S. only.

http://www.bookshare.org

Books for a Buck

An independent e-publisher

http://www.booksforabuck.com

New Books On Board

Ebooks and audio books. Online sales only.

http://www.booksonboard.com/

The CellBooks library

A growing selection of free ebooks for your mobile phone.

http://www.cellspark.com/books/CellBooks.html

Double Dragon Publishing Inc.

Double Dragon eBooks, a Canadian-based publisher.

http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/

Easy-Reading: Parnassus on the Web

Large-print ebooks, hints on making any ebook large print, and tricks to make ebooks easier on the reader.

http://easy-reading.com

eBooks.com

Fiction and non-fiction downloadable ebooks.

http://ebooks.com/

Ebooks libres & gratuits

Free ebooks: classics in French, like Verne.

http://www.ebooksgratuits.com/

eReader.com

E-book store, publisher of the e-book edition for many big-name publishing houses.

http://www.ereader.com/

E-Reads

On-line publisher dedicated to bringing out-of-print books back in electronic form.

http://www.ereads.com/

ElectricStory.com

An e-book publisher of both new books and reprints.

http://www.electricstory.com/

Fairgo E-Books

An internet publisher of fiction.

http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/fairgoebooks/

Fatcat Press

E-publisher in several genres. Download .prc or .pdf format, or opt for .pdf on disk sent by snailmail.

http://www.fatcatpress.com/

Fictionwise.com

New books. Some unencrypted, MultiFormat eBooks; some encrypted Secure eBooks, in one or more formats.

http://www.fictionwise.com

The Fiction Works

Publisher of many genres, in audio, e-form, and paperback. Has a Free eBook Library too.

http://wwwfictionworks.com

Free Books

Links to free e-books, many genres, all over the world. And to e-books for sale.
http://www.e-book.com.au/

Free Speculative Fiction Online

Links to stories and novels posted on line, by author or publisher.

http://www.freesfonline.de/

Free Baen to Disabled

Baen ebooks now free to challenged readers: blindness, dyslexia, paralysis, amputation, disabled vets. Registration at WebScriptions is being handled by ReadAssist: Free WebScriptions Registration

Hard Shell Word Factory

Established and new authors, available by download or as disks-in-the-mail. Most are also available in trade paper.

http://hardshell.com/

HarperCollins e-books

Several genres. Four stores serving different areas of the world:

Australia http://www.harpercollinsebooks.com.au/

Canada http://www.harpercollinsebooks.ca/

U.K. http://www.harpercollinsebooks.co.uk/

Hidden Knowledge

SF and adventure e-books, both new and classic reprints.
http://www.hidden-knowledge.com

International Children's Digital Library

Books for ages 3 to 13, available on the computer, in a number of languages.
http://www.icdlbooks.org/

Internet Public Library

IPL is a collection of links to on-line fiction. Search by author, title, or Dewey classification.

http://www.ipl.org/

Manybooks.net

Books from the public domain, in e-form.

http://manybooks.net

Mobipocket

Software for your hardware, and books to be read. Website is available in English, Spanish, French, and German.

http://www.mobipocket.com

Mundania Press

Publisher of many genres. Some books in e-form as well as printed.

http://mundania.com/

The National Academies Press

No fiction; science, engineering, and health books on line.

http://www.nap.edu

The On-Line Books Page

A website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet, founded and edited by a digital library planner and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania.

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

Penguin Group (USA)

E-books from the Penguin Group in the U.S.

http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/ebooks.html

Powell's Books

The e-book section of this store, since 1994.

http://www.powells.com/ebookstore/ebooks.html

Project Gutenberg

"Fine literature digitally re-published." Everything on this site is in the public domain in the U.S. (not necessarily elsewhere), that is, not under copyright—which means it's all old. But it's an easy way to read Alice in Wonderland or Moby Dick—and some books published as late 1963, as Project Gutenberg investigates these later works to see if the copyright was renewed.

http://www.gutenberg.org/

For the index to the science fiction and fantasy at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_%28Bookshelf%29

Project Gutenberg of Australia

An organization offering free downloads of books, with no DRM, that are in the public domain in Australia. PGA also has some copyrighted books, at the request of the copyright holders; downloading these books has some restrictions.

http://gutenberg.net.au/

Projekt Runeberg

A sister site of Project Gutenberg. Free downloads of Nordic (Scandinavian) literature. The homepage of this site is written in Swedish and English.

http://runeberg.org/

New Read Print

A free on-line library. Many public-domain books.

http://www.readprint.com/

SF Fantasy Books on Line

Links to full text, completely free science fiction and fantasy stories to be found on the Internet (courtesy Hour of the Wolf).

http://www.hourwolf.com/sfbooks/

New Swimming Kangaroo Books

Epublisher of books (also available in print) and short stories, many genres.

http://www.swimmingkangaroo.com/

Twilight Times Books

Digital publishing of speculative fiction, mysteries, and New Age novels.
http://www.twilighttimesbooks.com

tx2ph

E-book to cell phone, page by page.

http://www.tx2ph.com/

The Vintage Library

Stories from pulp magazines and radio. And literature too. Sells worldwide.

http://www.vintagelibrary.com

WebScriptions

Science fiction from several SF publishers, sometimes from the authors. Includes monthly electronic publication of Baen Books' list, at low prices, before the treeware gets to the stores. Payment accepted in several ways. Available in nearly every format. No DRM.

http://www.webscription.net/

World eBook Library Consortia

An on-line library, 400,000+ titles. Some free in HTML; many more available to members, for a small annual fee, in PDF. Physically disabled individuals can get complimentary subscriptions (free!); send a request to info@WorldLibrary.netinfo@WorldLibrary.net.

http://www.worldlibrary.net/

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