Digital Content with your Library Card: More Free E-Book, Audio Book & Streaming Video
More Free Content
Getting e-books and audio content for immediate and FREE download has never been more easy (and legal).
Check out these sources:
E-Books | |
Manybooks.net | Mostly classics but has featured titles. Includes a category for books that were banned at institutions at times in history. |
Freecomputerbooks.com | Free e-books across categories from web design to MS Office to software engineering. |
Onlineprogrammingbooks.com | The site's main focus is programming (C#, C+, AJAX, SQL, etc) but includes e-books and lecture notes across IT topics. |
Baen.com/library/ | Sci-fi focus. |
Ebook Lobby | Defined topics from Biography & Memoir to computer books broken out into: OS, Software, etc. to Business & Marketing. |
Scribd | Scribd is broken out by categories from Business/Law to Cookbooks and more. It includes how-to manuals & teacher guides. |
https://scribl.com/info/podiobooks-now-scriblScribl (formerly Podioboooks) are "serialized" audiobooks. Can subscribe to receive an episode via RSS feed or direct download from the site.
The Quick List of Well-Reviewed and Totally Free E-Books & Audiobooks:
Library Journal offered a list of free, streaming video by specialty:
Video Site | Subject Focus |
pluto.tv | streaming TV and movies |
AV Geeks | indie docs; art house; short films; newsreel; and public domain content |
National Film Board of Canada | indie docs; educational; kids; and avant-garde |
NOVA Beta | science-related documentary |
National Geographic TV | documentary |
Snag Films | docs & features; art-house |