Smashwords is a top online site with ebooks from independent authors and publishers. There are currently over , from over , self-published authors. Smashwords is a leading source of newly released independent ebooks.
Then, change the way entries are being displayed — from stacks to list. Do it by clicking the bullet list icon in the top right. This way, next to each title you will see a list of available formats.
Currently, there are between 50, and , free ebooks on Smashwords. That number depends on how authors promote their books. Sometimes they make a book free for a limited time. It usually happens with first volumes of book series. You will be able to see the most popular free titles in the Kindle Store. The list is being updated a couple of times a day, so it collects the hottest free titles that are currently available.
The other way to find free Kindle books is to search Amazon. Please, keep in mind that to access free books in the Kindle Store, you have to be signed in with your Amazon account and have a Kindle or Kindle app registered with the same credentials.
Otherwise, you would not be able to get free ebooks from the Kindle Store to your device. The catalog includes over 25,, fully accessible books and other text files. From here, you can also start browsing a collection of 1. The ebook section is available at archive. When you find an interesting book, click on its cover and a read-online panel will open right away. To find downloadable files, scroll down the page a bit.
On the right side, you will see all available formats. Its goal is to create one web page for every book ever published. Compared to the Internet Archive, with its vast catalog and advanced search features, the Open Library website is simpler and more user-friendly, and you can find the books you need much quicker.
To find a Kindle format of a book you like to read, open the page with its details. Open Library is more than just a catalog of free classic books. It also shows contemporary books that are free to read if you decide to borrow them. To do that, you may need to register at Open Library or find the book in your local library using WorldCat or Library Link. ManyBooks offers free books in a clean and friendly interface. The site is ad supported but these ads are displayed usually at the bottom of the browser window and are not too disturbing.
Most books are sourced from Project Gutenberg and other sites that offer books with a Creative Commons license. In total, over 50 thousand books are available, all with nicely designed covers. Plus, each book is available in several file formats, a lot more than what you can find elsewhere. The major disadvantage on ManyBooks is that if you want to download the file, you will have to register an account. Books with Free Download catalog on Goodreads is not huge — there are only 2, titles listed here, but they are very interesting ones.
Rowling, a short story set about three years before the birth of Harry Potter. It recounts an adventure experienced by Sirius Black and James Potter. When you open a book page, you will see a row of buttons. BookRix is a platform that offers books from self-published authors combined with free books from the public domain.
A catalog of free ebooks is an essential part of the website. Whenever I run a KDP Select free promotion on any of my books and get a fair amount of downloads, I'm able to easily rank it for specific keywords.
I have a bunch of strategies to rank my Kindle books in my Mastering Book Publishing program, but understand that the more downloads you get, the better. I've also found that the rankings tend to stick immediately after the free promotion is over as well, so it's not just a temporary ranking change — it is long-term.
With my Life Mastery book , unfortunately it isn't optimized for any particular keyword. It's basically a Kindle book that I primarily promote and get sales from on my blog. If I did have a specific keyword I was trying to rank for, I expect it'd be ranked 1 for it after this amount of downloads and it would stay that way. Depending upon how many of those people actually read the book, I am expecting to have a large portion of people visit my blog and sign-up for my e-mail newsletter.
I've already noticed a massive increase of e-mail signups and a spike in traffic over the last days, but it's still fairly early as my Kindle book is over pages long and it can take some people weeks or months to finish the book. The biggest benefit that I expect to receive will be an increase of sales for products that I offer on my blog and in my newsletter, as well as more coaching applications. I've optimized my blog and auto responder list effectively to promote my product and services.
My Kindle book also mentions my coaching services in it as well. The advanced settings allow you to play with the layout, spacing, alignment, page turning, and other elements. You can view chapter headings and jump to a specific chapter. Pressing down on a word brings up a menu where you can highlight it, translate it, or share it. You can even make voice notes and hear the book read aloud to you. Tweaking the app is challenging at first.
Press down on the screen, and a circle pops up with icons for different features but with no indication what each one does. Still, the app offers a range of settings. You can change the font style and size, brightness, colors, margins, reading mode, and other attributes.
You can also bookmark pages, jump to a specific page, and hear the book read aloud. Pressing down on a word allows you to highlight it, search for it, or define it.
Instead of dealing with the icons, you can jump directly to the Settings screen to tweak the app. By Lance Whitney July 7, , p. About Lance Whitney Surviving a long and varied career in publishing, advertising, and IT, Lance Whitney now wears a few different technology hats. I purchased a photo from iStockPhoto.
This sounds complicated but takes less than 5 minute s. The Guide to Conversion and Formats is here. You can opt out of some if you want. Enrollment is by clicking one button. Make sure to set a promotion day to see the effect of free downloads on your paid sales. For me, this is so minute as to not be relevant — yet. The second time, I tried it on a weekend, where I figured more people would be lazing about on the couch browsing the Kindle Store.
The second time around, free downloads were lower overall, but I did see another big increase in downloads after the promotional period ended. Will this work for everyone?
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