The Book Depository

The Book Depository is a British bookseller whose motto is “All Books To All” and “selling less of more rather than more of less.”  This includes offering over 11,000 free e-books, many from their own imprint, Dodo Press.  At this time, the free ebooks are only available as PDFs, which can be read using Adobe Reader, a free software.  (To download Adobe Reader, go to: http://get.adobe.com/reader.)  Most e-readers, including the Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook, can read PDF e-books.

Home Page

To get free e-books available from The Book Depository, go to: http://www.bookdepository.com/free.  The home page offers information about The Book Depository’s free e-books.  Click on Search free eBooks to start looking for e-books.

Search

Enter a title, author, or other keyword in the Add keywords box and click Refire Search.

Search Results

All of the e-books matching the search will be displayed.  Click on the title to find out more about the book or click Get Free eBook to be taken to the book’s record.

Record

The record includes information about the book, as well as a link to purchase the book or download the free PDF.  To get the e-book, click on Download free eBook PDF.

Downloading
A popup box will appear.  If you chose to Save, be sure to give the PDF a name and note where it is being saved.  Alternatively, choose to Open and start reading.

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Transferring to an E-Reader

Plug the e-reader into the computer using the USB cable.  Locate the file on the computer.  Go to Computer and where the e-reader should be listed as a device.  Left click, hold, and drag the e-book  to the e-reader.

For most e-readers, this is the final step.  If using a Kindle, double click Kindle to open.  Left click, hold, and drag the e-book into the documents folder.