Today is World Book Day , 23rd of April. It was first organized by UNESCO to promote reading and copyright (sure... we all love copyright especially for books, music and movies). Of course, the brits disregard this day and do their own thing on the first Thursday of March, just like driving on the other side of the road and other odd stuff like the Sex Pistols. Anyway, World Book Day was celebrated for the first time on the 23rd of April 1995 and the day was chosen to celebrate both Cervantes and Shakespeare, whom died on this very day. Shakespeare was also born today, talk about coincidence. There is a more intricate explanation on wikipedia, but basically that's the short story.
In order to celebrate this day, I am giving you some links to free e-books. Here goes:
Project Gutenberg - lots of classics
Free-ebooks.net- some are free especially in txt or pdf format
Openculture.com - 400 free eBooks
ManyBooks.net - add free eBooks
Barnes&Noble - free book section
KoboBooks.com - free book section
Simply get your hands on a book you are curious about and start reading. Feel free to tell me below about any other website you know with free books, just remember to keep it legal. Thanks.
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