Finally, finally I have found ebook downloads for you! I have been looking but they have been pretty scarce the last month or so. I’ve come across an ebook “world fair” that, as far as I can tell, is legitimate (as in legal).
The World Ebook Fair appears to be a yearly event where, for one month only (until August 4th this year) you have free access to the ebooks of participating libraries (normally there is a monthly charge though some libraries included appear to free all the time). They say that there are 2 million books in the combined collection.
The collection includes some sites that are always free and have been featured here before (like the BAEN collection). It looks like there are a lot of older and/or obscure titles included but that doesn’t mean there isn’t interesting reading to be had. If you are a writer (or just the curious type) there are a number of government and academic libraries on the list that look like they have a wealth of information on obscure topics.
Another plus is that you will find books in different languages. I recognized Spanish, Dutch, and French sites, but I didn’t look through the whole list (it looked like there might be some Japanese books as well).
Enjoy and let me know if you come across anything good. With 2 million books to go through it would be great to have some leads to narrow it down!
This is huge! So far, I’ve checked out the French titles – such a boon to those of us who want to practise reading in another language.
Thank you!
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Glad you found something (if you ever want to practise writing French you can talk to me in French on Twitter
). I’m afraid to spend too much time on the site as it would be pretty easy to get sidetracked and not come up for air for a month!