There are titles you get to keep, borrow, hold in your hands, read online, listen to as an MP3, or put on your e-reader. Some you can get in the mail and others you’ll have to go out and pick up. Some of these tips you’ve more than likely heard of, but hopefully you’ll find some new ideas on how you can get free books for yourself and everyone in your family. So, we all know libraries have books. But here’s a tip: visit the last day of a book sale. Many times they will hand out free or very low-cost books instead of hauling them back into storage. Select Books & People > Go Hunting to find the location of books near you that are just waiting to be picked up. Over one million users are on this site, and there are books waiting to be picked up in dozens of countries. There are digital books in a large variety of subjects, including both fiction and non-fiction. There are also children’s books you can get for free on your Kindle. Something uniquely beneficial about digital books is that they’re easy to trade. You can borrow and lend your Kindle books with friends and family. There’s quite the handful of websites out there that offer these books, and you could spend years and years reading all of them. Be sure you return the favor with your read books, and you’ll be more likely to get additional titles in the future. The link below will lead you to free audio books that you can download and listen to from your phone, computer, or MP3 player, or alternatively burn to a CD. Registration is free and is geared towards children from birth up to five years old. It works in the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, and Australia. You’ll need to join your local group online and then watch for when people post free stuff like books or anything else. Then, you claim those free items and pick them up with no strings attached. There’s no cost to use this website. You’ll join over 10 million members who are giving away and picking up free stuff in thousands of towns. Similar to Freecycle listed above, Craigslist has a whole section dedicated just to free items. You might have luck running across books there, too. If the free books don’t show up right away, search for the book you want, or just enter book into the search box to find every book that users are selling in your area. If you’re not sure where to go, you might have luck finding a nearby sale at Garage Sale Finder. These are over all different kinds of subjects and there are some great selections for people of all ages. First, you’ll need to mail out a book of your own to someone who requests it (you’ll have to pay for shipping), and then you’ll get a credit that can be redeemed for a book of your choice that someone else will ship to you. There are hundreds of thousands of books to choose from, including not only paperbacks but also hardback books, textbooks, and audiobooks. You can keep the books you receive or offer them back up for other users to have.
