Reading Is Fundamental

Free Electronic Books (Ebooks)
Try the following websites for access to free ebooks:

• http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
• http://library.nu
• http://avaxhome.ws/ebooks
• http://ebookee.com/
• http://manybooks.net/

 

Another resource available is #bookz, check this link for more information!

• irc.undenet.org#bookz

 

If the book is not found on one of these resources then it is unlikely that a free e-book version of it exists. And since you don’t want to pirate a book, we’ll leave it at that.

E-Readers
Searching for the perfect E-Reader? For you or as a gift? Please search these websites:

• http://www.mobileread.com/
• http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix

 

Converting ebook file formats
Okay now that you have your ebooks you might want to convert them to a more e-reader friendly format. Most ebooks come in a .txt or /htm; format – the most e-reader friendly format is .epub. I suggest converting all files to this format for the best results.

The best tool for this is a free program called Calibre:

• http://calibre-ebook.com/

It also serves as a good way of cataloguing and sorting your ebooks.

Literary Blogs and Online Magazines
Listed here are some interesting and varied blogs concerning literature. These are regularly updated with fresh content, meaning you will rarely read the same thing twice:

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog
• http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat
• http://www.bookslut.com/blog
• http://www.marksarvas.blogs.com/elegvar
• http://www.complete-review.com/saloon
• http://www.maudnewton.com/blog
• http://www.lbc.typepad.com/blog
• http://www.theoldhag.com
• http://www.readerville.com
• http://www.wordriot.org/
• http://wordswithoutborders.org/
• http://www.all-story.com/
• http://www.undergroundvoices.com/
• http://www.webdelsol.com/
• http://www.threepennyreview.com/
• http://www.mcsweeneys.net/
• http://www.richmondreview.co.uk/
• http://www.thewriterseye.com/
• http://web.me.com/christineyurick/Think_Journal/Home_Page.html
• http://www.theomnivore.co.uk/
• http://www.pshares.org/
• http://www.redchinamagazine.com/
• http://www.irishpages.org/
• http://www.ilrmagazine.net/
• http://jacketmagazine.com/00/home.shtml
• http://www.theliteraryreview.org/
• http://www.littlemag.com/security/index.html
• http://www.madhattersreview.com/
• http://www.methree.net/
• http://www.usm.edu/english/mississippireview.html
• http://www.narrativemagazine.com/
• http://cat.middlebury.edu/~nereview/
• http://nuvein.net/
• http://www.pbq.drexel.edu/
• http://www.theparisreview.org/
• http://www.percontra.net/
• http://www.pifmagazine.com/
• http://www.bornmagazine.org/
• http://bostonreview.net/
• http://www.expatriateliterarycircle.com/
• http://www.corpse.org/
• http://www.failbetter.com/index.php
• http://www.geist.com/
• http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/
• http://www.granta.com/
• http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/
• http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/
• http://www.anotherealm.com/
• http://www.applevalleyreview.com/
• http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/

 

Miscellaneous Links
Listed here are a selection of links pertaining to literature, mostly online resources, they include free literature courses, online videos and lectures and much more.

• http://academicearth.org/
• http://freevideolectures.com/
• http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/
• http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/index.php
• http://hulk03.princeton.edu:8080/WebMedia/lectures/
• http://ci.columbia.edu/ci/
• http://conversations.berkeley.edu/
• http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
• http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/
• http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Browse