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Tappan Library: Adults page: 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:

E-Books Audiobooks
Google Books Books Should Be Free
Free-ebooks.net (Reg. Required) Kids Audio Books
Internet Archive LibriVox
UPENN Online Books Page Lit2Go
Free Barnes & Noble Nookbooks Open Culture
NYPL's DigitalDownloads - Get @ Card  
OpenLibrary.org  
Project Gutenberg  

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