With the growing of releases of e-Readers such as Kindle and iPad, sales of eBooks have been on the rise. Amazon announced that it sold more paperbacks recently. Although reading eBook is the trend, some of us still looking for some good literature without having to pay for it. And here are 2 efficient sources to get free eBooks:

From The Super eBookstores
There are plenty of eBookstores now and many of them offer a large collection of free eBooks, for example: Amazon’s Kindle Store, Apple’s iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, the Kobo store, etc. Recently, Google has begun to add a large number of free eBooks to its online eBookstore as well.

From Your Local Library
Many people may not believe it, but in most cases you definitely can get free eBooks from your local library. While libraries may seem to be irrelevant in the age of the Internet, they are still very important participants when it comes to accessing information.

Most libraries use the standard called Adobe Digital Editions for their eBooks, which means that you can check out books to your PC or Mac. In addition, there is an app available for Blackberry, iOS and Android called Overdrive. To use Adobe Digital Editions or Overdrive, you need an Adobe ID, which is free, and then you have to authorize the app with that ID. From there you can search for your local library and sign in using your library card. Then that will take you to a website and let you search the library’s catalog and download your eBook.

Though Overdrive is a nice app, it does leave a lot to be desired and still has a long way to go. One annoying thing is that it pushes you out of the app into the browser to browse your library’s website for books. It also requires you to check the website to see if a book is available or not, which is not very convenient. On the other side, there are many great books available, and you can borrow books that are currently checked out to send you an email when they come back in. The reading experience itself is also very good.