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Presented below are links to collections of digital books (also called electronic books). These are full text versions of popular books which have been made available for reading online. Digital books are available in a number of different formats, for example PDF (requires free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader); HTML (requires Internet Explorer or Firefox browser) and MP3 (these are audio books requiring Windows Media or other 3rd party MP3 player software). Access to the digital books in these collections are mostly free of charge and most publishers allow the reader download and/or save them to a storage device. Please note, however, that while Cambridge Library has filters installed for accessing the internet via the public computers in the library, we cannot be held responsible for the content of 3rd party websites such as those in linked below.
Digital Books Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
The Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts is collection of digital documents. The scope of documents in the collection include items from American literature, English literature, and Western philosophy.
Digital Books Blackmask Online
Blackmask Online collection includes 15,000 HTML eBooks in categories such as action adventure, fiction, classic fiction, drama, history, science and western.
Digital Books Coradella Collegiate Bookshelf
The Coradella Collegiate Bookshelf is a collection of high-quality ebooks that celebrates the marriage of electronic publishing excellence and classic literature.
Digital Books Digital Book Index
Digital Book Index is a union catalogue of electronic books, texts and documents. The website provides links to over 90,000 free e-books, texts and documents.
Digital Books eBooks at Adelaide
The University of Adelaide Library’s collection of Web books includes more than 700 classic works of Literature, Philosophy, Science, and History. Each work has been carefully formatted for maximum readability either on screen or when printed. Works can be read online, or downloaded for offline reading.
Digital Books Read Print
Readprint is a service that offers thousands of free books for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast. There is a very useful author index that can be browsed easily to search for a book that you wish to read.
Digital Books Renascence Editions
Renascence Editions is an effort to make available online works printed in English between the years 1477 (when Caxton began printing) and 1799.
Digital Books Children's Books Online: Rosetta Project Collection
A volunteer-driven project, beginning in 1996, which houses an online collection of illustrated anqitue books for children.
Digital Books Children's Storybooks Online from Magickeys
An online resource of Illustrated children's stories for kids of all ages to young adults.
Digital Books Children's Books Online by Globuz Publishing
A collection of children's books with options to read online or download.
Digital Books Online Children's Stories
Run by David K. Brown from the University of Calgary, this website is part of the Children's Literature Web Guide and contains many popular online stories.
Digital Books Picture Books by Dandi Palmer
From the UK comes a website by Dandi Palmer, showcasing and providing access to her picture books and artwork which are free to view and download for personal access only.
Digital Books How to save free digital books
This document gives instructions as to how you can save free ebooks.
Digital Books Tumblebooks
Tumblebooks, a new online resource, is now available on the State Library of Western Australia website. Tumblebooks provides e-books for e-kids where children can read or listen to storybooks online, write a book review and play games. Tumblebooks has been provided to all Western Australian public libraries through Better Beginnings Family Literacy Program which is funded by the State Government of Western Australia, Rio Tinto WA Future Fund and participating local governments.
Digital Books Web Literature
WebLiterature - classic literature on the web - is the favorite corner of a book-worm, a place to find and read the best classic literature ever written. WebLiterature aspires to be a digital literature library on the Internet for reading free classic literature Full-text, unabridged and authentic top classic literature on the Internet (in case of non-English books, authentic English translated version of the classic) WebLiterature is a fully search-able, chapterwise browse-able and reader-friendly web site.