Resources for free ebooks for kids

DOWNLOAD FREE E-BOOKS FOR KIDS FROM THESE SOURCES

The Children’s Library: http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

e-books directory: childrens literature: http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=158

free children’s ebooks, from picture books through young adult books: http://www.epubbud.com/

Read children’s books online: http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/Reading/

Free downloadable children’s books: http://freekidsbooks.org/

Gizmo’s 192 sites for free children’s ebooks: http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-books-children

Peter Pan resources: this site has them available for reading online:
http://www.classic-literature.co.uk/scottish-authors/james-barrie/

(Peter Pan) This site has some for download in PDF
http://www.freeclassicebooks.com/james_m_barrie.htm

(Peter Pan) For Kindle (PRC)
http://www.freeebooksforkindles.com/james_m_barrie.htm

The skinny on libraries and e-books

People ask us why we don't have more popular e-books in our catalog and why we don't have more copies of the hottest titles. The answers lie in the publishing houses' policies and restrictions on e-book "sales" to us.

For example, Simon and Schuster and MacMillan DO NOT yet allow libraries to purchase or lease their e-book titles. The library cannot buy or lease Steve Jobs, for example, because of Simon and Schusters' "no library sales" policy.

Random House charges libraries up to $100 for one of their ebooks, while HarperCollins only allows 26 downloads before the title must be repurchased. 





Now, look at  library prices compared to personal purchases of  print books or e-books:

Title,Author Publisher	Print price for library List price/discount Baker & Taylor	Ebook price for library Overdrive	Ebook price for consumer
The $100 Start Up by Chris Guillebeau, Random House	$23.00/$12.88 Hardcover	$69.00	$11.99 Amazon/Nook
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman, Random House	$10.99/$6.59 Paperback	$53.97	$9.99 Amazon/Nook
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, Random House	$18.00/$10.80 Paperback	$54.00	Free/$1.99 Amazon $2.99 Nook
Cover of Snow by Jenny Milchman, Random House	$26.00/$14.56 Hardcover	$78.00	$12.99 Amazon/Nook
My Beloved World, by Sonia Sotomayor, Random House	$15.00/$9.00 Paperback	$83.85	$12.99 Nook Store (Not in Amazon)
Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James, Random House	$26.95/$15.09 Hardcover	$95.70	$9.99 Amazon/Nook

The following titles are NOT AVAILABLE for library purchase in ebook format: For example:

Safe Haven, Nicolas Sparks, Grand Central Publishing

Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Picoult, Simon & Schuster

Killing Kennedy, Bill O'Reilly, Henry Holt & Co

Killing Lincoln, Bill O'Reilly, Henry Holt & Co

Not a pretty picture. Hopefully, in time, publishers will cooperated more fully with public libraries. Stay tuned.

Based on Ann Awakuni's handout written for Mountain View Public Library.

Resources for Free Sci-Fi & Fantasy e-Books

Finding free science fiction and/or fantasy ebooks can be a challenge, so we've put together a list of resources. Some books must be read online, others are in pdf form. Some websites require registration. Let us know which websites are the most useful for you. 

E-books Directory (Science Fiction and Fantasy section): http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=58

Project Gutenberg: Science Fiction: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_%28Bookshelf%29

        Fantasy: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Fantasy_%28Bookshelf%29

Places to look for free Sci-fi ebooks: 

       Gizmo’s 135 Places for Free Science fiction & Fantasy eBooks Online:   http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-books-science-fiction-fantasy
 

       Another place to look for free Sci-fi ebooks: http://digiphile.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/top-20-websites-for-drm-free-science-fiction-ebooks/

       And one more place to look for free Sci-fi ebooks: http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=59

Obooko.com: http://www.obooko.com/obooko_scifi/free_ebooks_science_fiction_001.html

Baen free library: http://www.baenebooks.com/c-1-free-library.aspx

20 Best Websites to Download Free EBooks

I just ran across this list of the "20 Best Websites to Download Free EBooks" and I want to share it with you all. http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-best-websites-to-download-free-e-books/

I love reading (some) science fiction, so I'm excited to see what the Baen (http://www.baen.com/library/) free library has to offer me, and whether it's easy to download Baen books to my Google Nexus. I see titles by David Weber, David Drake, and Andre Norton available for free--sure looks good to me.




Some of the suggested sites offer classics, others specialize in technical or computer books. Http://www.free-ebooks.net/  offers fiction and nonfiction, and books in Spanish. Http://www.onlinefreeebooks.net/ offers PDF copies in health & medicine, hobbies, sports & martial arts categories, among others.  Some of the sites require registration (free), others will require some research to see if their file formats will work with your reading device.

Scroll to the bottom of the webpage to see 16 more free ebook websites, and a link to Part II, which contains an additional 30 websites with downloadable ebooks (http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-best-websites-to-download-free-e-books-part-ii/).

Don't neglect to look over the comments too--you'll find additional free ebook resources and, if you need it, information about how to download free ebooks from Scribd.

You'll learn that  http://ebookjunkie.com/ has a free ebook download of the day. For example,  Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin was the freebee for Dec 4th.

Which downloading websites work for you? Let us know about your downloading experience.

Anne Shirako, Ukiah Reference Librarian, 463-4493