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eBooks from Askews
Description: The combined purchasing power of all five LibrariesWest authorities means that we can bring you a collection of around 700 titles to choose from across a range of fiction and popular non-fiction genres, with new titles added on a regular basis. The eBook format used by our service is mainly that of ePub, which can be read on a variety of eBook readers but excludes the Amazon Kindle. Some eBooks are available in PDF format.
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OneClickdigital- eAudioBook downloads
Description: The LibrariesWest eAudioBook service has moved to a new website, called One Click Digital.
This is a single service shared between all five authorities in the LibrariesWest consortium, which has allowed us to reduce overall costs whilst providing an enhanced service. All titles will still be available to all users simultaneously as with the current service.
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Alternative free eBook resources
If on the other hand you’d like to read some free but older ‘out of copyright’ eBooks why not try some of these websites below. [Bristol Libraries will be unable to help with any technical questions concerning any eBooks downloaded from these websites below].
Books in my phone
Description: Books are packaged so that users can read them on a java enabled phone. The book reader program is integrated within each downloadable book. The books we provide are out of copyright in the USA; and in most cases Australia, Canada, the U.K., and many other countries.
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Bookyards
Description: Contains over 17,000 ebooks for download. Only available format currently is Adobe Acrobat, which can be read by the free Adobe Reader software. Bookyards claim that "Our goal is to be "The Library To The World", a web portal in which books, education materials, information, and content will be freely to anyone who has an internet connection."
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Feedbooks
Description: Feedbooks offer both free (Public Domain) and paid for books. Feedbooks is compatible with a wide range of devices and platforms; Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone & iPod Touch, Android platform, Windows Mobile / Symbian / Blackberry / PalmOS, Other Linux-based platforms.
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Fictionwise
Description: Fictionwise offer both free and paid for ebooks. Select the Free Books option when entering the site.
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Many Books.net
Description: The owner of the ManyBooks.net website, Matthew Mcclintock, says that there are 26,146 ebooks available and that they are all free. There are a wide variety of books and formats to choose from. You can even choose to download some books in an audio format.
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Planet eBook
Description: Existing free eBooks on the Web tend to be well beneath the quality of paper books, making them more difficult and less pleasurable to read. At Planet eBook we're trying to change this. Our goal is to publish a small selection of high-quality eBooks - each a genuine alternative for readers wanting to enjoy reading a book without having to pay for it.
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Project Gutenberg
Description: Project Gutenberg is the place where you can download over 30,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPhone, Kindle, Sony Reader or other portable device. You will sometimes be offered the choice of downloading an ebook or an audio format.
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Public Library Online
Description: Public Library Online offers access to a dynamic range of fiction and non-fiction titles, from a range of renowned publishers. Simply access the books using any internet enabled device in the library, whilst you’re on the move, or from the comfort of your own home.
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