How to Score Free Books

Book worms, take note! There are many ways you can find free books that are right under your nose. Do you spend way to much on books? There are so many ways online and off that you can find free books to keep and borrow that you may find you never have to purchase one again! Here are some ways you can score free books and e-books right now!

How to Score Free Books

The obvious first place to find free books is your local library, but did you know that checking out books is not the only way you can score free ones there? Ask your library to start a collection box for people that want to give away their books that the library can’t use for whatever reason. If you are lucky enough to already have one of those, make sure you check it out regularly. Often times, the books that are left in the donation box are newer, it’s just that the library has too many copies.

Start reviewing books. You can either start a blog dedicated to it or simply make sure you review all the books you read on websites like Amazon, Good Reads, and the New York Times. You should also look for authors asking for reviews on Twitter. Just search for the hashtag #FreeReview, #BookReview  and you will find a lot of authors, self-published and not looking for honest reviews from all kinds of people.

Amazon Daily Free eBooks. Amazon has a list of Free eBooks for Kindle that has regular new additions to it. Plus you can find a daily list of free Kindle books here on Premeditated Leftovers.

Barnes & Noble Free eBooks. Barnes & Noble has a free list of eBooks for Nook. You can find free books in your favorite genre by using this resource for how to find free books on Nook that includes links to free books in the most popular genres.

Borrow free books from online swaps. If you are like many book worms, you probably have too many books to begin with and are quickly running out of room. One way to still get to read the newest books is to join websites that allow you to swap books with others on the site for a period of time. The only cost you endure is the shipping of books to others and with media mail, this should only be 2-3 dollars per book. Check out BookMooch.com or PaperBackSwap.com

Craigslist and Freecycle. Like you, many people have a lot of books they want to share with others. A lot of times, they are free for the taking on sites like Freecycle.org and Craigslist. You may not get the exact books you are looking for, because many people want you to take entire boxes of them, but whatever you don’t want you can just list them for free for someone else.

If you like the classics check out Internet Archive. It is a not-for-profit website that helps people get their “hands” on classic literature in e-book forms or PDF forms. Did you know that books that are considered classic are often free this way because they are considered archived works? Pretty neat!

Start a book trading club with your friends, church or other organization. People you have something in common with probably read similar things and you can swap back and forth till your heart’s content.

Yard sales are a great resource for free books. You may be able to get free books by looking for a free bin at any yard sale you go to or by simple asking at the end of the day. Books are one of those things that people don’t mind giving away for free, because they are bulky and will have to be dealt with if not sold, especially if they are nearing the end of their yard sale.

How do you feed your reading habit for free? I would love to know your tips!