How To Get Free Books On Kindle

Pretty much every type. From kids' books, to very old public domain books to modern mysteries and thrillers, along with romances and paranormal romances, you'll find something for every taste. And you don't even need to search for books in shady ways to keep you reading for years!

For a long time we've been using the various public domain resources to download text and pdf free ebooks to read, however let's face it, while many of these are great, we do want to grab a modern mystery to read as well. Afterall we do want to learn about the latest and greatest books published by contemporary writers that can shine just as much as the goodies but oldies.

So let's see what we can find here, shall we?

The Kindle can open many different file formats, but sadly not all. When you check out the websites shown further down below, you will notice that their downloadable ebooks (or those directly transferable to your Kindle) will have different file extensions. So here are the ones the popular (or latest) Kindle models can open:

* .azw files - the Kindle's native file format
* .txt files - simple, plain text files
* .pdf files - Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (it can only open the non-protected pdf files)
* .mobi files - Mobipocket (sometimes also under .prc file extensions - non-protected only)
* .tpz files - Topaz files
* .mp3 files - Audio files for audio books

If you download other file types, you will need to convert them to Kindle. But you can only convert those that don't have DRM protection (for protection against piracy). The websites below are safe for downloading legit files and you will be given on each site information about the type of files you will get.

Amazon has its own list of free ebooks that you can download directly to your Kindle. What's best, you are not limited by the top 100 books overall only. You can choose 100 great books from a wide variety of different categories, so there is here plenty for you to choose from.

Simply click on the categories below, and look to the right side column titled "Top 100 Free". These are not all the categories, but a small sample of what's more popular.

Free Best Sellers in Kindle eBooks
Free Best Sellers in Fiction
Free Best Sellers in Nonfiction
Free Best Sellers In How To Books
Free Best Sellers in Action & Adventure
Free Best Sellers in Biographies & Memoirs
Free Best Sellers in Erotica
Free Best Sellers in Contemporary Fiction
Free Best Sellers in Children's Fiction
Free Best Sellers in Fantasy
Free Best Sellers in Historical Fiction
Free Best Sellers in Horror Books
Free Best Sellers in Mystery & Thrillers
Free Best Sellers in Science Fiction
Free Best Sellers in Romance Novels
Free Best Sellers in Cooking, Food & Wine
Homeschooling
Religion & Spirituality
Parenting & Families

Don't forget: Each of these categories will have several subcategories that will help you refine your reading list even more! Enjoy reading!

If you think libraries are dead, think again. Since most of them have already implemented the recent Kindle lending option, so now you can borrow your favorite books from the library. Here's how it works.

1. You need to have your library card handy.
2. Go to your favorite library's website and check out the ebook section.
3. Find the book you want to borrow (download) and add it to your cart.
4. After the check-out process is finished, you'll get transferred to Amazon's website where you will be able to download it using Wi-fi (simply connect your Kindle to the wi-fi to get it).

Notes: If the book is very popular, you might have to be put on a waiting list. This is because due to the way the books are tracked, each copy can be donwloaded only once at a time. Also if I'm not mistaken, you can read the book for 14 days, after which it gets transferred back to the library.

Read more at Amazon on how to Borrow Kindle Books from Your Local Library for further details.

There is another way to get all the currently free Kindle Ebooks at Amazon using the 0.00 trick. What you do here is the following:

1. Go to the Kindle Bookstore (Kindle Bookstore)
2. Search for 0.00

You'll get here hundreds, if not thousands of free ebooks for your Kindle to download immediately. Of course, while you're here, you can refine your search by categories on the left side of your screen.

If you don't want to follow the steps, but want to get directly to the free books, click here.

Yes, these sites are official and you can simply sign up (free to register) and start swapping your books. away.

Here are some of the popular ebook swapping sites to check out.

Book Lending
Ebook Fling

To start borrowing and lending your Kindle books, you need to sign up to these sites. Then if you have books that you want to lend out, click on the button Lend, and if you want to borrow a book, click on the button Borrow. There is a growing number of people signing up for these two sites as this is a great way to get the latest and greatest books that others have paid money for and you can borrow them - for free.

Note: There is usually a time limit until you can keep a borrowed book, usually it's 14 days, after which the book gets transferred back to the lender's Kindle.

Of course, we can't forget about the public domain books that you can get for your Kindle. Here are some of the more popular sources:

Openlibrary.org - you can currently download over 1 million free Kindle ebooks
Project Gutenberg - Not so big as openlibrary, yet you can still find over 36,000 free Kindle ebooks from here
Manybooks.net - This site has around 30,000 free ebooks for your Kindle to choose from
Way Back Archive - This is another very popular source for getting free Kindle ebooks. Simply go to Texts and start reading. Part of Wayback Archive is also Openlibrary, however I mention it separately because this has so much more: movies, music and even older cached versions of websites long defunct. I used to spend hours here!
Free Google Books - Google Books has also a nice free section that you can peruse and download.
Feedbooks - This site has over 3,000,000 books public domain ebooks that you can download. You can also publish your own books.
Wikibooks - Part of WIkipedia, Wikibooks has free textbooks, annotated texts, instructional guides, and manuals.

Bookyards is "The Library To The World, a web portal in which books, education materials, information, and content will be free to anyone who has an internet connection."

You can find there almost 18,000 free ebooks and tons more links to other free ebook resources online. They have an easy navigation interface, you can search for books internally or on other sites, and you can go by category as well. I found it pretty useful to get some interesting books there.

Free-eBooks.net is a great free website with tons of ebooks that you can download and read on your Kindle device.

The only thing you need to do is register to the site. Registration is free, however.

It is basically an online source for free ebook downloads, ebook resources and ebook authors. Besides free ebooks, you also download free magazines or submit your own ebook for others to read - great for free publicity for your work!

Globusz is a website with the goal of helping authors build an essential profile, and to give their work global exposure. If you want to read new books by (sometimes) unknown but promising authors, you can read their ebooks for free here.

Globusz helps authors build a network of readers who can download the work free.