Read eBooks online: The 5 best legal websites
The Internet offers a wealth of offers if you want to read eBooks online. We show you the top 5 legal websites here.
Read eBooks online via Proje (c / k) t Gutenberg
Projekt Gutenberg, together with its international mother project Project Gutenberg, is one of the largest public eBook sites. There you will find a very wide range from the classics of literature to current publications by Nobel Prize winners.
- Categories: Children's books, adventure books, stories, crime novels, specialist books, courses and instructions.
- Number of works: Over 50, 000 free eBooks.
- Special features: Project Gutenberg now also has a special page for mobile devices.
archive.org - the eBook collection
Archive org now links 382, 216 scanned works, more than 94, 000 of them from European sources. The project is essentially an index list that collects hundreds of scan projects and makes the scanned works available. The indexing is sometimes not very stringent, but a search function makes it easier to use. University publications and specialist journals can be found here as well as entire generations of textbooks from all areas of science.
- Categories: Numerous. University publications, specialist journals, lectures can be found here as well as entire generations of textbooks from all areas of science.
- Number of works: over 300, 000 eBooks and over 10 million texts, books and writings.
- Special features: The project links numerous university libraries worldwide.
eBook Selfpublishing: Bookrix.com
Bookrix is a site for everyone who wants to work as an author.
- Categories: novels, thrillers, children's books, fantasy, thrillers and much more.
- Number of works: over 70, 000 free eBooks.
- Special features: Everyone is invited to upload their own works here and to offer them together with indie authors and young talents.
Commerce and Culture: eBooks on Amazon
Even the online giant Amazon has several hundred free books in addition to commercial items. The books are in the public domain and free for Kindle readers. Amazon maintains a list of free classics, as well as a "Top 100 free e-books"
- Categories: classic.
- Number of works: several hundred free eBooks, several million available for purchase worldwide.
- Special features: A small free department in the middle of the online department store.
Last but not least: The libraries on site, but online
The good old library on site has also changed significantly in recent years. Many tens of thousands of current works are offered there electronically in the so-called "Onleihe".
- Categories: Books, audio, video files and ePaper for PC / Mac, Andriod or iOS systems
- Number of works: approx. 40, 000 eBooks
- Special features: The local library is now accessible worldwide.
