As CEO of eBooksBuxOnDemand I predicted the future of digital books or eBooks as they continue to be downloaded from Amazon Kindle, Apple iPad, Sony PRS eBook reader etc. This web site offers self-publishers to create their own eBook.
For just joining as a lifetime member you will have access to also my eBook library that I have archived as the Neo Library of Alexandria. Receive a complementary eBook for just joining as a member.
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The
eBooks that I have archived fall in a category all by themselves remain undistributed through
mainstream ePublishing so you can review them for free.
For individuals who desire which eBooks are popular, I have identified the top ten and their respective websites indexing hundreds and thousands of Free eBooks. Also included in this review are the search engines necessary for looking up a particular genre'
These sites are initially FREE; where I differ is in the distribution of eBooks which are embedded on CDs to protect an individual's privacy - downloading a virus would NOT occur since the eBooks are protected.
For individuals who desire which eBooks are popular, I have identified the top ten and their respective websites indexing hundreds and thousands of Free eBooks. Also included in this review are the search engines necessary for looking up a particular genre'
These sites are initially FREE; where I differ is in the distribution of eBooks which are embedded on CDs to protect an individual's privacy - downloading a virus would NOT occur since the eBooks are protected.
Numerous
e-book formats emerged and proliferated, some supported by major
software companies such as Adobe with its PDF format, and others
supported by independent and open-source programmers.
Multiple
readers followed multiple formats, most of them specializing in only
one format, and thereby fragmenting the e-book market even more. Due
to exclusiveness and limited readerships of e-books, the fractured
market of independent publishers and specialty authors lacked
consensus regarding a standard for packaging and selling e-books.
However,
in the late 1990s a consortium was formed to develop the Open eBook
format as a way for authors and publishers to provide a single source
document that could be handled by many book-reading software and
hardware platforms.
Growing
Trend
New
marketing models for e-books have been developed and a new generation
of reading hardware was produced. eBooks (as opposed to eBook
readers) have yet to achieve global distribution.
In
the United States, as of September 2009, the Amazon Kindle model and
Sony's PRS-500 were the dominant e-reading devices. By March 2010,
some reported that the Barnes & Noble Nook may be selling more
units than the Kindle in the US.
On
January 27, 2010 Apple Inc. launched a multi-function device called
the iPad and announced agreements with five of the six largest
publishers that would allow Apple to distribute e-books. The iPad
includes a built-in app for e-books called iBooks and the iBooks
Store.
In
July 2010, online bookseller Amazon.com reported sales of ebooks for
its proprietary Kindle outnumbered sales of hardcover books for the
first time ever during the second quarter of 2010, saying it sold 140
e-books for every 100 hardcover books, including hardcovers for which
there was no digital edition.
By
January 2011, eBook sales at Amazon
had surpassed its paperback sales.
In
the overall US market, paperback book sales are still much larger
than either hardcover or e-book; the American Publishing Association
estimated eBooks only represented 8.5% of sales as of mid-2010, up
from 3% a year before. In Canada, The Sentimentalists won the
prestigious national Giller Prize. Owing to the small scale of the
novel's independent publisher, the book was initially not widely
available in printed form, but the ebook edition became the
top-selling title for Kobo devices in 2010.
Top
10 Websites to Download Free eBooks
1.
Google Books – It is a web search engine by Google specially for
Books. Google digitizes books from different sources and then make
them available on its servers. Copyright oblige, some are only
partially published. Google Books allows public-domain works and
other out-of-copyright material to be downloaded in PDF format.
2.
Mega PDF – Mega PDF indexes more than 379 million free downloadable
eBooks in PDF format. From novels to biographies to technology books,
you can find everything here.
3.
Pdfgeni – It lets you find and download books, novels, manuals,
articles, document templates, reports, data sheets, and pretty much
any information that is stored in PDF format.
4.
Project Gutenberg – 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. PG has the largest collection
of public domain books. Lots of books from the world’s greatest
fiction authors such as Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Dickens are present
here.
5.
NeoTake – Neotake is a new eBook search engine which has indexed
several eBooks in various formats like ePUB, PDF, LRF, TXT,
Mobipocket etc. It also has a mobile version of the site. More than
200,000 eBooks have been indexed currently.
6.
Free-EBooks – Free-eBooks is an online source for free ebook
downloads, ebook resources and ebook authors. Besides free ebooks,
you also download free magazines or submit your own ebook. A bit of a
downside is that you need to register before downloading your
favorite eBooks.
7.
ManyBooks – ManyBooks provides free ebooks for your PDA, iPod or
eBook Reader. You can randomly browse for a ebook through the most
popular titles, recommendations or recent reviews for visitors. There
are more than 26,658 eBooks available here and they’re all free!
8.
Search PDF eBooks – It’s another cool PDF eBooks search engine
with millions of books in its database. Ignore the excessive ads and
just enjoy the free ebooks!
9.
ReadPrint – Free online books library for students, teachers, and
the classic enthusiast. Thousands of stories, poems and novels listed
down here.
10.
KnowFree – It is a web portal where users are able to exchange
freely e-books, video training and other materials for educational
purposes and self-practice. It contains loads of free technology,
engineering, web development and Business skills ebooks and in
addition, there are lots of video tutorials available.
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