Free eBooks – Great Reads Available for Download Now

There are so many free, high quality, eBooks available for immediate download, it is really quite astonishing.   One can download a free eBook and begin reading it while they are waiting for a bus or in a doctor’s office.   A computer isn’t even required; inexpensive eBook reader or even a smart phone will do.

Here I share information on several resources for learning about and downloading free eBooks.

Project Gutenberg offers over 36,000 free ebooks to download to your PC, Kindle, Android, iOS or other portable device.   The eBooks available at Project Gutenberg were previously published by bona fide publishers, and are made available for free, in the United States, because their copyright has expired.  No fee or registration is required, but they do accept donations.

A couple of terrific titles available at Project Gutenberg include:

The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Paul Laurence Dunbar [Illustrated]
http://aalbc.com/authors/paull.htm#all

Booker T. Washington called Paul Laurence Dunbar the “Poet Laureate of the Negro Race”. Dunbar, the son of enslaved parents, grew up in Dayton, OH, where he was friendly with the Wright Brothers.  He had a successful high school career–founding editor of the school paper and elected class president of the predominantly white school–but upon graduation, he was forced to work as an elevator operator. His second book of poetry was praised by William Dean Howells and by age 24, he was one of the most renowned literary figures in America.

The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt  http://aalbc.com/authors/charlesw.htm#marrow

One of the most significant novels in American literature, Chesnutt ‘s The Marrow of Tradition is based on the Wilmington, North Carolina, Massacre of 1898. Called a “race riot” by the inflammatory Southern press and engineered by white Democrats who had seen their political [power] slip into the hands of Republicans, many of whom were black, it was in fact a coup that restored power to the Democrats by subverting the principles of free democratic election. Some of Charles Chestnutt’s relatives lived through the violence, and their accounts inspired this powerful and passionate novel.

 

Free eBooks are not just limited to the old classic titles.  There are many new works available for free download. 

You can always find free, or really inexpensive, Kindle ebooks on Amazon.com.  Here is a link: http://aalbc.it/free_aaebooks  There you’ll find titles which include:

Irresistible Forces by Brenda Jackson http://aalbc.com/authors/brenda_jackson.htm#free

Brenda Jackson has written more romance novels than I can count.  She was the first African-American author to have a novel published as part of the Silhouette Desire line, and has seen many of her novels reach the AALBC.com & USAToday Bestseller lists.

You may as well check out Amazon’s new eBook Reader, the Kindle Fire.  The Kindle Fire sports a vibrant color touchscreen with extra-wide viewing angle. It also provides 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books, the Amazon Appstore – thousands of popular apps and games, free cloud storage for all your Amazon content . The reader is provides accelerated web browsing via Amazon Silk Cloud-Accelerated “Split Browser” — all for only $199!

 

You can also find a large selection of free eBooks made available by the authors themselves. 

For example, the critically acclaimed novelist Leonce Gaiter, has made his latest novel, The Rampage of the Rufus Buck Gang available for free eBook download
http://aalbc.it/lg-free-ebook

This eBook is available in all the popular formats. The promotion ends October 6th.  You must use coupon code WB45M at check out.

Leonce is a excellent writer and has crafted a thoroughly researched novel about little known chapter in American history.

One of my most critical reviewers described Leonce’s novel “Bourbon Street” this way:

“It has been a long while since I read a book as complex and gorgeous as Bourbon Street written by Leonce Gaiter. A novel which explores the spectrum of inner naked essence of human nature, Bourbon Street was a sheer joy to read from beginning to end.”

To find more deals like this you can subscribe to the AALBC.com eNewsletter we share information about free eBooks.  Authors can also share information about free eBooks on our discussion boards.  In fact authors are encourage to share information on any aspect of their work (see note below).

 

Many authors are using free eBooks to promote their work, in creative ways, and expand their audience.

Christopher D. Burns, makes his book Stages: A Handbook on Men and Relationships available to read for free (http://aalbc.it/stageshandbook) but you’ll have to download each chapter individually.

After reading a few chapters, for free, you may decide pay for the full download.  This gives readers an opportunity to discover a new author or interesting book without any financial risk.

Increasingly eBooks may even be borrowed from libraries.  This is just some of the way one can begin to enjoy the wonderful world of literature.  The only investment required is time

Remember, it does not hurt to “read more”

Note:  AALBC.com helps share information about books:

Libraries are also a good source of free ebooks. “Nationwide, 82 percent of public libraries across the country offered e-books in 2011” (Check out an article on the subject on Kansas.com)

Authors, publicists, publishers, book lovers, check out the revamped AALBC.com Discussion boards.  http://aalbc.com/tc you can post information about your books or books you enjoy, post reviews, book trailers, excepts and more.

You should also take advantage of events calendar (http://aalbc.it/BookEvents) to post information about your book signings or book related events.

You may share information posted on our discussion boards with your followers on Twitter and Facebook.  I also review content their to include in my eNewsletter (http://aalbc.it/newsaalbc).  Our highly regarded eNewsletter, has been published continuously for over 12 years.  It is emailed to almost 20,000 subscribers.

AALBC.com discussion board have been on-line for almost 14 years.

Both are free resources.