A number of links have crossed my screen lately, many of them offering free or low-cost downloads of eBooks or eAudiobooks. Check them out, and expand your eXperience.LibriVox offers free audiobooks in the public domain. The files are available in mp3 or ogg format, and there's also a weekly podcast. Feeling dramatic? You can volunteer to read!
Open Library allows you to borrow eBooks. If you're already a member of one of the 150+ participating libraries it's an online interlibrary loan, or as they call it: In-Library Lending. If not, don't fret: Open Library also has over a million free eBooks available.
A resource to keep an eye on is Byliner.com, a site for original writing from today's big authors. As of this writing it's in beta, but it's already offering downloads by Jon Krakauer, William T. Vollman, Jamie Malanowski, and Malcolm Gladwell. Also, the Byliner Blog is a great place to drop in, even if you're not actively downloading.
Don't forget: the Santa Fe Public Library subscribes to One Click Downloadable Audiobooks, and we also offer listings of Project Gutenberg eBooks in our catalog!
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