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Books and Printed Materials on the Web

Find books and other printed materials with these free resources.

Book Lovers: The Top Ten Websites

There is no shortage of great reading material you can find on the Web, free or otherwise. Here are ten great websites that every book lover should bookmark.

Public Domain Books

Need some new reading material? Public domain books - books that are absolutely free to download and are no longer under copyright - are a great way to find fantastic books, from classics to romance to computer manuals. Here are 16 sources for free books in the public domain. ?

How To Find Public Domain Works with Google

Learn what public domain works are and how you can find a wide variety of quality public domain works for free on the Web using Google.

Authorama

Authorama offers up a good selection of free, high quality, public domain books that you can read right in your browser. Learn more about Authorama.

ManyBooks

ManyBooks offers a good selection of free books in a variety of download formats. Learn more about ManyBooks.

Build a Free Library with ReadPrint

Low on cash, but need to find a good book? You'll want to check out ReadPrint, a fantastic site that offers hundreds of thousands of free books on the Web.

How to Find Free Audio Books Online

You don't have to pay costly monthly subscription fees or fork over exorbitant payments just to read a book anymore. About Web Search shows you how you can create your very own free audio book library via the best sources online.

Read Books Online

Read books online for free with this list of the best sites to find free books; you'll be able to find anything from science fiction to archival works to classical literature here.

Top Ten Sites to Find a Free Ecard

Looking for a free ecard? There's a lot of websites out there that offer great free ecards.

Credit Report Check on the Web

Did you know that you can use the Web to check your credit report?

Search the New York Times for Past Articles

You can use the New York Times excellent site search tool to find past articles.

Improve your word power with the Visual Dictionary Online

Instead of a traditional words-only dictionary, the Visual Dictionary is based on images - more than 6,000 images, in fact, in 15 major themes that span from Astronomy to Sports.

Use Amazon Advanced Search To Find Upcoming Book Titles

Amazon's Advanced Search has a nifty little feature that you can use to find upcoming titles for any subject or any author.

Find Word Definitions on the Web

You can use search engines and specific dictionary search engines to find word definitions on the Web.

Free Online Calendars

You can find plenty of great free online calendars on the Web that you can use to schedule events and share these events with others. Here are just a few free online calendars.

How to Find Free Word Search Puzzles Online

Find printable word searches on the Web, and make your own word search puzzles.

Google Docs

Google Docs is a great collaboration tool you can use to create and share documents completely online. Find out more about Google Docs.

Find a Users Manual on the Web

Lost that users manual? Don't worry - you can probably find it on the Web.

Free Textbooks For College: How to Find Them Online

We all know that college is expensive, and books are one of the biggest items on the price list. Give your budget a breather with this list of where you can find many free textbooks online.

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