Aug 24

Where to Get E-books

Tag: Devices — Ellen Hage @ 11:11 am

Here are the places that sell e-books.  I have not bought from all of them.  The one’s that I have purchased e-books from have a “*” next to the name.  I’ll update this as I come across new ones and also delete if they disappear.  Also feel free to comment on your experiences with the vendors.

Books for a Buck: Specializes in affordable novel-length fiction. We do sell many of our books through Fictionwise and Mobipocket, but some of our books (especially our cheapest books) are available only through the publisher website. Also, new books are on sale for only $1 during their first month of availability-before they go on Mobipocket, Fictionwise, or other distributors.

Try searching with Digital Reading Search
It’s a Google Custom Search Engine that searches the free and paid-for ebook sites.
(Baen, PG, ManyBooks etc are on the list)… no warez.

Baen: They have many in their free library. None of their books have DRM, they are reasonably priced and they have many formats. Unfortunately they are somewhat specialized in military related SciFi and they currently do not support the LRF format used by the Sony Reader. However they do have formats that can be used with the Sony, e.g. RTF, and also have Mobipocket, MS .lit, HTML, Palm & Rocket/Ebookwise. They do have a few books by other publishers as well, e.g. Tor.

Feed Books:  Feedbooks is a project in development in Paris, France. Our main focus is to create a complete experience for e-ink readers and other portable reading devices.

Penguin GroupI like this site because it has a special interest grouping.  So if you are into African American literature, this site has the best selection I’ve seen and I didn’t have to search for it.  Other special interest groups include Latino literature, parenting, and short reads.  Prices on some of the books are more expensive than other e-book stores.  Site sells paper books and not all include an e-book version. Also some selections include an excerpt of the book.

Cyberread

Site contains over 40,000 e-books in a variety of formats.  Not all formats available for every title.  Good selection of categories that may be of interest to professionals and students in addition to fiction novels.

Diesel E-books

Good selection of children fiction and religious fiction.  Formats include MS reader, Palm reader, and Adobe.  Diesel also sells bundles and offer free e-books.  Free e-books are mostly classics and require you use MS reader.

Digital Book Index

If you are looking for free e-books, this is must go to and bookmark place.

The site links to more than 137,000 titles from 1800 non-commercial and commercial publishers, universities and private sites.  If you need some help in find articles for research, this site and really help you find more resources.  Great for all types of students and us regular folks too.

Readers ‘R Us

This is mainly a place to get classic books for free.  They also offer free MP3 audio too.  I found this site when looking for children books.  The site is not very user friendly when it comes to navigating through the categories.

Blish:  This site is for selling and buying digital content. They sell e-books, but from what I can tell they are downloadable for a limited time.  That I don’t like.  They also offer photos, how-to guides, clipart, music, sound loops, video, design templates.  I have never bought from this site. If anyone has any info (good or bad) let me know.  Prices seem reasonable on the few e-books I looked at.

Ebook Mall:  This retailer has been around for quite a while.  They have a info page describing the various e-book formats and devices and another page that compares formats and devices. Ebook Mall used to be rather expensive back in the Gemstar days, but now their prices are more in sync with other sites.

eScholarship Editions:   Site has close to 2000 books from academic presses and covers a range of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction.  Select books are available to the public.

Bartleby:  Site offers contemporary and classic reference works. Good for students and researchers. Also they have 20 volumes of the Harvard Classics in Adobe, Microsoft, and Aportis formats.  

The Dog Patch:  Texts from Public Domain

Belgrave House:  Romance

Regency Reads:  Sister site of Belgrave House

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12 Responses to “Where to Get E-books”

  1. Gigi Reynard
    Posted: Oct 10th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
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    eBooks About Everything (www.eBooksAboutEverything.com) with over 150,000 titles has eBooks for everybody, everywhere, every time (24/7/365). eBooks About Everything: Think it; Click it; Read it!

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  2. Ellen Hage
    Posted: Oct 10th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
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    Thanks, I’ll add this to the list

    Ellen

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  3. Sandy
    Posted: Oct 18th, 2007 at 7:48 am
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    You missed Reader’s Eden Online Bookshop, we currently sell over 500 ebooks. Started by Writers Exchange E-Publishing, but it distributes lots of other electronic publisher’s works too.

    There are MANY other ebook sellers that aren’t on your list.

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  4. Ellen Hage
    Posted: Oct 18th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
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    Sandy,

    My list is not all inclusive. It is simply the ones that I know of in hopes that other like you will suggest more. Thanks,

    Ellen

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  5. Ellen Hage
    Posted: Oct 21st, 2007 at 2:55 pm
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    You missed Reader’s Eden Online Bookshop, we currently sell over 500 ebooks. Started by Writers Exchange E-Publishing, but it distributes lots of other electronic publisher’s works too.
    There are MANY other ebook sellers that aren’t on your list.

    I went to the site to take a look. According to the FAQ all books have to be downloaded within 48 hrs after purchase. This can be extended via an email request. So I am thinking that there is no on line bookshelf. Please correct me on this Sandy. I know I have left out many sites on my list and one of the reasons is that either I have never bought anything from them or because they lack an online bookshelf. I think that it is essential to be able to go back and get my purchase at a later date, and do it without asking permission.

    Ellen

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  6. Sandy
    Posted: Oct 21st, 2007 at 8:52 pm
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    You missed Reader’s Eden Online Bookshop, we currently sell over 500 ebooks. Started by Writers Exchange E-Publishing, but it distributes lots of other electronic publisher’s works too.
    There are MANY other ebook sellers that aren’t on your list.

    I went to the site to take a look. According to the FAQ all books have to be downloaded within 48 hrs after purchase. This can be extended via an email request. So I am thinking that there is no on line bookshelf. Please correct me on this Sandy. I know I have left out many sites on my list and one of the reasons is that either I have never bought anything from them or because they lack an online bookshelf. I think that it is essential to be able to go back and get my purchase at a later date, and do it without asking permission.
    Ellen

    Hi Ellen,

    Unfortunately our shopping cart does not have that facility. I am hoping some time in the future we will be able to add that modification. In the meantime, I am happy to set up downloads again from customers no matter how long ago they bought the book. I keep my records indefinitely so I can easily look up that they did buy the book and therefore are entitled to download it, anytime thereafter. The only reason you have a 48 hour download limit is for security reasons.

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  7. Ellen Hage
    Posted: Oct 21st, 2007 at 9:18 pm
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    Thanks Sandy for the information. I feel better now. I’ll update my site tomorrow hopefully so that your site is shows up on the list. Again thanks. I love hearing about more choices.

    Ellen

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  8. Debra Kemp
    Posted: Nov 28th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
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    I would add: Fictionwise.com and eBookwise.com to your list.

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  9. Ellen Hage
    Posted: Nov 29th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
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    I would add: Fictionwise.com and eBookwise.com to your list.

    Debra,
    LOL the two places that I buy from all the time. I can’t believe I never added them.

    Ellen

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  10. Doug
    Posted: Feb 20th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
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    I don’t recomend Readers Eden.

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  11. T. Bradley
    Posted: Feb 23rd, 2008 at 1:53 am
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    Renaissance E-Books is a great publisher/seller. They are at: http://www.renebooks.com/
    They have bookshelf and a variety of payment options. They sell fiction, non-fiction and mature fiction. :)

    Cheers!

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