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Hi all: Just bought the bride an e reader but now I need to know how to get the ebooks. She is not very computer savvy so I have to find out how to down load them first so I can show her. Can any one tell me of any free down load sites to get started. Any help would be appreciated.

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 I get all mine from www.smashwords.com 

They have a lot of free ones and others starting at .99cents



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Project Gutenberg:

http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top



-- Edited by dorian on Tuesday 13th of December 2011 02:31:23 PM

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http://www.free-ebooks.net/

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This is where we get ours, they usually come in PDF but you can download a program called calibre and convert to an epub to suit your reader.
An example is my wife purchased 49 JD Robb books for $9
If I knew how to post a pdf or if anyone wants a complete list message me or email ebook.hq.fl@gmail.com and ask for a list

Thank you for choosing Ebooks Headquarters!
Here is a current list of authors and their books that I have. If you'd like to place an order, please email
me at ebook.hq.fl@gmail.com with what you'd like and I'll send you an invoice via Paypal! The price
that you see is for the entire collection (ie: you will recieve all 13 7 Deadly Sins books for $4.00).
Shipping will be free on all orders over $25 and $2 for orders under $25. Enjoy your ebooks and
thanks again!
***Please note that there is a $2.00 minimum order due to Paypal fees.
*** I am currently going through about 15,000 ebooks and adding them to this list. It's going to take
me some time to complete it but I'll be sending out updates periodically.
***I am also able to get a very large collection of audio books as well. If you're interested, let me
know what you'd like and I'll see if I can get it.


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NeilandRaine wrote:

Shipping will be free on all orders over $25 and $2 for orders under $25.

Why is there a shipping fee? Aren't eBooks electronic books?



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dorian wrote:
NeilandRaine wrote:

Shipping will be free on all orders over $25 and $2 for orders under $25.

Why is there a shipping fee? Aren't eBooks electronic books?


 Not with these books they are on a CD. E Books are still data. Like I said 49 books cost $9, would of taken a lot of time and a lot of valuable downloads. The 49 books = 140 meg



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My daughter is buying one for her dad she pref-ure's a kindle, and lots of free one from Amazon so Im told

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I've got the Kindle and have downloaded several free ebooks from Amazon, also some which were $1. Mines on 3G and books download virtually as soon as I select them.

Dont know if I can download books from elsewhere.

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I can't wait until hubby gets his kindle a few books Im looking forwards to down load Like Mao's Last dancer I did have the book but let it out never got it back

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cannylass wrote:

I can't wait until hubby gets his kindle a few books Im looking forwards to down load Like Mao's Last dancer I did have the book but let it out never got it back


Its a shame when that happens. I've lost a few books that way myself. I have an e-reader on my Christmas list. Does anyone use their local Library for ebook downloads. I have been told you can borrow the same way as a hard book. You just have to delete when finished reading.

Thanks everyone for the links on books. Very informative.



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FYI, Project Gutenberg is always looking for volunteers to proofread their scanned books. If people have some free time, perhaps they could lend a hand, even if they only do a few pages a day.


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