Amazon Kindle - Free Ebooks (online or on your Kindle)

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  1. AsianStew

    AsianStew Moderator Staff Member

    Hey all, I was on Amazon looking for some books and came across a bunch of ebooks or textbooks for free.
    I tried doing another search for "free textbooks for college students" and it came up with another bunch!
    You can try a search, it may not be a sale, can be an awesome deal if it remains free for these...

    As I don't have a Kindle, I used their browser version at read.amazon.com and tested two downloads, it works!
    Note: Kindle Bundle is free, the Kindle Unlimited is NOT, you need to have a Kindle Unlimited membership
    Link: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=free+textbooks+for+college+students&i=digital-text&s=price-asc-rank
     
    AsianStew, Dec 25, 2021
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  2. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    Thanks for this. I "bought" a few.

    Also of note, among the many low-key included benefits with Amazon Prime is Prime Reading, which gives you access to a large collection of books at no cost. Although it's nowhere near as large of a library as Kindle Unlimited, it's functionally free for people, like me, who would already have a Prime subscription anyway.
     
    Maniac Craniac, Dec 25, 2021
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  3. MasterChief

    MasterChief Member

    This resource helps with some research for my doctoral program. Thanks!
     
    MasterChief, Dec 26, 2021
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  4. Stoic

    Stoic Member

    Honestly. You can get just about any book for free on your ereader.

    The only problem is that I'm an active reader. I can't get any information downloaded in my brain unless I'm after specific knowledge and can write-in, re-read the page multiple times. If I really want to study a book, I get the tangible thing and I highlight it and write into it.

    Too much is as good as nothing as well.
     
    Stoic, Jan 5, 2022
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  5. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Free college / university texts have been a thing for years. I have some good ones I downloaded in ~2008-2010, IIRC.
    Have a look at this page - they have close to 1000. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks

    I'm sure there are at least a dozen others. Google-fu pays off, here.
     
    Johann, Jan 5, 2022
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  6. MasterChief

    MasterChief Member

    I have an uncanny recall for comic book stories starting from the late 60's to present day. Anything academic and I resort to a similar method as yours!
     
    MasterChief, Jan 5, 2022
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