The Digital Public Library of America – eBooks

(dp.la)

“Discover 37,055,474 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States”

What is DPLA? 

“The Digital Public Library of America amplifies the value of libraries and cultural organizations as Americans’ most trusted sources of shared knowledge. We do this by collaborating with partners to accelerate innovative tools and ideas that empower and equip libraries to make information more accessible.

We work with a national network of partners to:

• Make millions of materials from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions across the country available to all in a one-stop discovery experience.
• Provide a library-controlled marketplace and platform for libraries to purchase, organize, and deliver ebooks and other e-content to their patrons.
• Convene library leaders and practitioners to explore and advance technologies that serve, inform, and empower their communities…”

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Browse and Download Free eBooks

(freebooks.dp.la – collection – groups)

“Our new web catalog allows anyone to browse and directly download any of the more than 6,300 eBook titles available on DPLA’s Open Bookshelf. Choose from classic novels, children’s books, textbooks and non-English titles, all for free, with no login or library card needed.”

[Selected areas and titles]

AP Classics

Emma, by Jane Austen

Children’s Books

The Red Book, by KR Clarry

Textbooks & Literary Classics

Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering I, by Don Johnson

Fiction

Rise, then Descend, By Nick Stokes

Nonfiction

Linux Inside, by OxAX

Young Adult

If Then Else, by Barbara Fister

Spanish

Las Inquietudes de Shanti Andía, by Pío Baroja

French

En Route, by Joris-Karl Huysmans

Other Languages

Mlinzi na chekechea yake, by Ursula Nafula

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The Digital Public Library of America – eBooks

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