Renthead Mommy Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I just got a my first Nook. I thought you could find a lot of older classics for free. Where do I look for that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 This is why I returned a Nook and bought a Kindle instead. The public domain texts for Nook cost $0.99 each, at best. They cost $0.00 from Amazon. I don't know what format the Nook uses. Kindle can use the .mobi files, which I can find on the Internet at other websites that specialize in free downloads. Perhaps there are websites with free e-texts using the Nook file format -- ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I download all my "classic" books from manybooks.net http://manybooks.net/ I've had great luck there, their software is really easy to use. Nook uses epub format. I've had my Nook for 3 years now and I've really liked it but I'm pretty sure our next ereader will be the Kindle Paperwhite, just because we have Prime and I do so much business with Amazon anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Another vote for ManyBooks. I got most of my favorite public-domain books, including Understood Betsy, Anne of Green Gables (all of them), the Wizard of Oz (all of them), Daddy Long-legs (it's important to put that hyphen in the title when you're searching--ask me how I know this!), the Scarlet Pimpernel (and others in what turns out to be a series), and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songsparrow Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 There's also Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Nook can read epub, pdf, and txt. Calibre can convert files from one to another. Last I knew, Kindle could only read mobi. I like that I can take a a doc/docx file, convert it to pdf, and load it on my Nook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weddell Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Nook can read epub, pdf, and txt. Calibre can convert files from one to another. Last I knew, Kindle could only read mobi. I like that I can take a a doc/docx file, convert it to pdf, and load it on my Nook. Kindles can read pdf and txt files as well. Most of the free book sites mentioned in this thread have both epub (Nook) and mobi (kindle) files for download. With a kindle, you can usually download straight from amazon, but I still sometimes have better luck getting classics from Project Gutenberg. I also use Calibre for organizing, converting, and transferring my books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extendedforecast Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I go to barnesandnoble.com and in the nook section, search for free books. A ton of books come up. Or, if I already know the book I want is free, I just search for the title and sort by price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuvToRead Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 There's also Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ This is the site I use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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