E-Books

How to Download Free Library E-Books

• McMillan / Wisconsin Digital Download Center, help page and help with specific devices page.

• Tablets and Color Nooks using Overdrive App

• Tablets and Kindles using the Kindle App

• Non-Color Nooks and most other E-Readers

Types of E-Books

• Kindle. Works only with Kindle and Kindle app.

• Adobe ePub. Works with Nook, Overdrive Console, Overdrive app and most other readers.

• Adode PDF. Works with Nook and Overdrive Console, but not Overdrive app. Does not support flowing text. PDFs can be converted to Kindle format by emailing them to Kindle address with the subject line- convert.

Other Sources for Free (Permanent) E-Books

• InkMesh helps you find free/fee ebooks from many of the following sources.

• Pixel of Ink lists many books that are temporarily free. Subscribe via email or Facebook.

• Project Guttenberg  and Internet Archives provide free out of copyright titles in several different formats. The biggest of the free sites.

• Google Books and the Google Book App - Lots of titles, especially history and genealogy. Some are ePub, but many are PDF files.

• Small publishers and self-published authors, a mix of free and fee -  GetFreeEbooks.com, Free-eBooks.net, Smashwords, Baen Free Library, Feedbooks

• Free from vendors - Free NOOK Books (from Barnes & Noble), Free Book Collections for Kindle (from Amazon) and Free Books for Your Kindle (from eReaderIQ) and Free Kindle Books (from iReaderReview),  Free Ebooks (from Kobo), Free Ebooks (from Sony's Reader Store)