Free Books Online
August 14th 2007 14:29
It's that time of year again! So here are some ways to save on books:
Many of you probably know that you can purchase textbooks from websites such as Amazon, half.com, and now even Facebook has a marketplace to sell and trade books, some of you might not have realized that full texts are online for free. (I do recommend using those websites to buy your books if you cannot find them for free online or at your library).
Some books, short stories and poems are online for free because they are considered “public domain.” If you are required to read books, poems and stories from long-dead authors, chances are you can find it online and not have to spend hard-earned cash on books.
One of my own personal examples is saving $72 by not buying the Shakespeare book that had all of his plays. I instead found this website. These do not include line numbers, so if you are required to write a paper, you could borrow the book of a classmate, or borrow a copy from your school’s library, (or as I did, counted the lines when I needed them. Hint: they restart after every scene!). Sparknotes.com also has Shakespeare’s plays.
Another example is the Jane Austen books I had to read for spring semester 2007. I found those books at a website called Classic Reader. On the left side you can search by author or title. They currently have 331 authors, and they add new works every month.
This is just one of the many cost-cutting ways to attend college! I hope it helps you as much as it has helped me.
Happy saving!
Many of you probably know that you can purchase textbooks from websites such as Amazon, half.com, and now even Facebook has a marketplace to sell and trade books, some of you might not have realized that full texts are online for free. (I do recommend using those websites to buy your books if you cannot find them for free online or at your library).
Some books, short stories and poems are online for free because they are considered “public domain.” If you are required to read books, poems and stories from long-dead authors, chances are you can find it online and not have to spend hard-earned cash on books.
One of my own personal examples is saving $72 by not buying the Shakespeare book that had all of his plays. I instead found this website. These do not include line numbers, so if you are required to write a paper, you could borrow the book of a classmate, or borrow a copy from your school’s library, (or as I did, counted the lines when I needed them. Hint: they restart after every scene!). Sparknotes.com also has Shakespeare’s plays.
This is just one of the many cost-cutting ways to attend college! I hope it helps you as much as it has helped me.
Happy saving!
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