There are a lot of people that can't get any pleasure out of reading a book online. Their response is they love the feel and smell of dead wood books.

I had a dead wood library that was quite extensive at one time.
It took up a lot of space and unless I got a new book, I only occasionally used it to reread a favorite or two.

I started looking for eBook versions of my library online.
I figured I can store my library on a thumbdrive and still be able to reread when I want.
One of the benefits of the electronic format is I can increase the size of the text and set the scroll and I can sit on my favorite chair and read but now I don't have to hold anything or turn pages.
LOL. A click of a mouse can pause the book and it stays on page till I close it. I can save the page, like a bookmark and take it back up where I left off with ease. Plus, nothing happens to it. No stains, spills, or oops.

Over the years I have gained a fondness for my eBook collection.
This morning I was looking thru my book marks and looking at the Literature sites with free eBooks, eStories and such and figured I might share some of the Literature Sites I saved so you too might find something to read. Most of the sites have free books, free sample chapters or are audio books and podcasts.

Some are generic indexes where others are genre fiction. There are even some that are reference and study. Basically I'll list the site, then you can explore it for whatever you like.

First, Sacred Texts Archive
More than just a religious Text archive, it has a wide range of free books you can read or download to your reader.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/
There is the Holy Bible, Book of Shadows, Freemasonry,Koran,Tarot Card Reading, UFOs, Earth Mysteries and a whole lot more.

The Sibylline Oracles
Tr. by Milton S. Terry [1899].
Read the mysterious (purported) predictions of the Roman Sibylline Oracle.

The Book of Revelation
The most famous Christian prophecy.

The Prophecies of Nostradamus
by Nostradamus. The complete predictions of Nostradamus both in English and Old French, with a biography of Nostradamus and some notes about the events of 9/11.

The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer
by Alexander Mackenzie, intro. by Andrew Lang [1899]
The tale of the famed Scottish clarivoyant and his amazing, and very specific, predictions.

Sacred Books of the East, Volume 16; the I Ching
by James Legge [1899]
The famous Chinese oracle book, one of the oldest surviving sacred texts.

The Pictorial Key to the Tarot
by A.E. Waite [1911]
Read the classic by A.E. Waite on the Tarot. Includes the Waite-Rider Tarot deck.

An H.P. Lovecraft Anthology
A collection of most of Lovecraft's stories, which due to either the date of publication or lack of renewal have become public domain in the United States. The following mention the Necronomicon:
The Call of Cthulhu
The Dunwich Horror
The Whisperer in the Darkness, Chapter 2
The Whisperer in the Darkness, Chapter 7
The Haunter of the Dark
The Shadow out of Time, Chapter 3
The Thing on the Doorstep
The Book
The Descendant
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, Chapter II

The Necronomicon was not the only book which Lovecraft dreamed up, it is just the most famous. There is a whole list of others cited in his works, such as the Book of Eibon, the Pnakotic Manuscripts, "the Cultes des Goules of Comte d'Erlette, the Unaussprechlichen Kulten of von Junzt, and old Ludvig Prinn's hellish De Vermis Mysteriis" (Haunter of the Dark). He also threw in references to actual books and authors to blur the distinction between reality and fiction, some of which are available at this site:
The Book of Dzayan
Hermes Trismegistus
the Turba Philosophorum
Olaus Wormius

If you have kids or grandkids and a reader, you can get some children's books to read them.

The Complete Library of Children's Books Online ~ The Rossetta Page
At http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/library-complete_index.htm
Also offers translations.

There is three books of Aesop's Fables
Here's a Book 1
http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/Aesops_Fables_Book_1/index.htm

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/alice_in_wonderland/index.htm

The Beautiful Book of Nursery Rhymes
http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/Beautiful_Book/index.htm

Enchantment Tales for Children
http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/Enchantment_Tales_for_Children/index.htm

A lot of good old-fashioned stories mixed with new stuff, quite an extensive list of titles to choose from.

I read articles of interest to me. Having to use a phone limits my ability to read a lot on line. But I must say, it is a good way to conserve our resources.

I purchase only used books.

If you like comic books, Here is a database of comic books called, you guessed it, The Comic Book Database

http://www.cbdb.com/

Welcome to CBDB: The most detailed comic book resource on the net! Use this free, interactive site to look up your favorite characters, artists, writers, or comic book series.

Looking for a list of comics with art by Kevin Nowlan or with covers by Alan Davis? Looking for appearances of Lois Lane or the Futurians? Perhaps you want information on books published by Charlton in June of 1963. Well you've come to the right place. Just click on the Search button.

The database currently comprises over 50,000 comic books and is growing daily.

Can't say I have ever read a book online.. Myself it is articles of interest & social media... Now if I had a tablet instead of desk top computer or my phone I would read them online if and when I did..

Hummm I do seem to have quit a collection of books taking up space... Keep saying one day I will pick up reading again...

Good for some research! However you can not believe everything on the internet! Much like the fake news media!

Not sure of your preference but there are a number of online audio and podio books.

I like fiction, specifically anything that is speculative fiction.
I have downloaded full webcasts and put them in my truck and listened to them on long road trips. One of my favorite authors is Scott Sigler. He does his own recording and they are very dynamic.

THE ROOKIE (GFL Book I)

Set in a lethal pro football league 700 years in the future, THE ROOKIE is a story that combines the intense gridiron action of “Any Given Sunday” with the space opera style of “Star Wars” and the criminal underworld of “The Godfather.”

He Has a youtube profile that can give you a sample of his style
http://www.youtube.com/user/scottsigler

Some other audio resources are

Audiobooks ORG Free library
http://www.audiobooks.org/

FreeClassicAudioBooks.com
http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.com/

The King James Bible
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Treasure Island by R. L. Stevenson
White Fang by Jack London
American Indian Folklore and Fairy Tales
The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
and more, a lot more...

I like the short fiction on Pod Castle, Escape Pod and Psuedo Pod
http://podcastle.org/

PodCastle 503: Sinners, Saints, Dragons, and Haints, in the City Under the Still Waters
Author : N.K. Jemisin
Narrator : Laurice White
Host : Tanya DePass
Audio Producer : Peter Wood
Rated R; contains language, violence, and disturbing imagery circa Hurricane Katrina.

I like audiobooks when I am busy around the house or like I said, long distance driving.

If your phone can play youtube videos there is quite an extensive selection of audio books on youtube as well.
Search FULL AUDIO BOOK
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=full+audio+book
LOL first result for me was
IT by Stephen King Full Audiobook Part 1 of 4
11:59:53 not sure if I would want to listen to an 12 hour audiobook let alone 4 of them? but the search does give About 24,700,000 results

Yeah, I have a desktop, a laptop, a tablet and an android phone.
Of all of them I like the desktop best because I just feel I can do more with the file. Most importantly, my monitor is a 50" hdtv and I can make the print as big as I want so I don't have to wear my glasses. Plus its backlit.

I still go to book stores and libraries. Thing is, I see something that interests me I go home and look for an electronic version. Lots of times, they're free or really cheap.

At one time I belonged to the Science Fiction Book Club.
For the cost of one book at club prices I bought 35 books online.
When I gave away my library and went electronic, I gained massive space but also gained a pristine library.

Everyone has their own reading preferences I'm just offering a view. Its kinda like a "Get To Know Me" thing.
If I put in my profile that I love to read and invite a woman over, she see's no bookshelves she will think I am a liar but in all actuality, I have more books than I could store in dead wood form.

so negative...
The thing about fiction is that it doesn't have to be real.
But There is a site that offers all the newspapers you can read.

http://www.allyoucanread.com/

US News
World News
Magazines

Quite an extensive listing.

If you are doing research there is a number of resources
http://www.research-assistance.com/
Thesis & Dissertation Assistance
We can help you design it and analyze it.

Research Design
Review of Literature
Methodology
Statistical Analysis

http://www.bookrags.com/

Everything you need to study or teach Literature!
study guides
lesson plans
bios
essays
homework help

Then there are the college and university online libraries, The library of America, CIA world Fact Book etc...

Forgotten Books Restored
https://www.forgottenbooks.com/en

Forgotten Books is a London-based book publisher specializing in the restoration of old books, both fiction and non-fiction.

Today we have 945,609 books available to read online, download as ebooks, or purchase in print.

You do know if you can read it online you can download it and paste it to a doc or text file?

Choices are:
Download
Read
Buy Paperback
Buy Premium Clothbound
on all titles

Thinking for Results
by Christian D. Larson

Literature for Children
by Orton Lowe

The Secret of Spiritual Power
by George D. Watson

Clairvoyance and Occult Powers
Including Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Premonition and Impressions, Clairvoyant Psychometry, Clairvoyant Crystal-Gazing, Distant Clairvoyance, Past Clairvoyance, Future Clairvoyance, Second-Sight, Prevision
by Swami Panchadasi

The Seven Principles of Man
by Annie Wood Besant

Dracula
by Bram Stoker

The Key to the Universe
Or a Spiritual Interpretation of Numbers and Symbols
by Harriette Augusta Curtiss and Frank Homer Curtiss

Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen

A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
by Jules Verne

and many, many more...

One of my favorite indexes for speculative fiction authors is Fantastic Fiction.
I just like the layout and how it gives lists of works.

http://www.fantasticfiction.com/index.html

Dean Koontz
(Dean Ray Koontz)
USA flag (1945 - )

aka W H Allan, David Axton, Brian Coffey, Deanna Dwyer, K R Dwyer, John Hill, Leigh Nichols, Anthony North, Richard Paige, Owen West, Aaron Wolfe

Acknowledged as "America's most popular suspense novelist" (Rolling Stone ) and as one of today's most celebrated and successful writers, Dean Koontz has earned the devotion of millions of readers around the world and the praise of critics everywhere for tales of character, mystery, and adventure that strike to the core of what it means to be human.

Dean Koontz lives in Southern California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Anna, and the enduring spirit of their golden, Trixie.

Odd Thomas
0.5. You Are Destined To Be Together Forever (2014)
1. Odd Thomas (2003)
2. Forever Odd (2005)
3. Brother Odd (2006)
4. Odd Hours (2008)
4.5. Odd Interlude (2012)
5. Odd Apocalypse (2012)
6. Deeply Odd (2012)
7. Saint Odd (2015)


Robert J Sawyer
(Robert James Sawyer)
Canada (1960 - )
Robert J. Sawyer has been described as Canada's answer to Michael Crichton. Critically acclaimed in the US he is regarded as one of SF's most significant writers and his novels are regularly voted as fan's favourites. He lives just outside of Toronto.

Basically, You type the name of an author in the search and it gives you that page.
I use it to complete my collections.

Think you have everything that Stephen King has written?
Think again...

Stephen King
(Stephen Edwin King)
USA flag (1947 - )
Husband of Tabitha King, father of Joe Hill, father of Owen King, father-in-law of Kelly Braffet

aka Richard Bachman, John Swithen

Stephen King has written over a hundred books and novellas including The Stand, Bag of Bones, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft and Just After Sunset. Many of his stories have been turned into classic films including Misery, Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption. He is winner of America's prestigious National Book Award and was voted Grand Master in the 2007 Edgar Allen Poe awards.
He lives with his wife, novelist Tabitha King, in Maine, USA.

Series
Shining
1. The Shining (1977)
2. Doctor Sleep (2012)

The Dark Tower
1. The Gunslinger (1982)
2. The Drawing of the Three (1985)
3. The Waste Lands (1991)
4. Wizard and Glass (1997)
5. Wolves of the Calla (2003)
6. Song of Susannah (2004)
7. The Dark Tower (2004)
8. The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)
Gunslinger / Drawing of the Three / Waste Lands (omnibus) (1992)
The Dark Tower Boxed Set (omnibus) (2016)

Talisman (with Peter Straub)
1. The Talisman (1984)
2. Black House (2001)
The Talisman and Black House (omnibus) (2003)

The Green Mile Serialization
1. The Two Dead Girls (1996)
2. The Mouse on the Mile (1996)
3. Coffey's Hands (1996)
4. The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix (1996)
5. Night Journey (1996)
6. Coffey on the Mile (1996)

Bill Hodges Trilogy
1. Mr. Mercedes (2014)
2. Finders Keepers (2015)
3. End of Watch (2016)
The Bill Hodges Trilogy Boxed Set (omnibus) (2016)

Novels
The Star Invaders (1964)
Carrie (1974)
Salem's Lot (1975)
The Stand (1978)
The Dead Zone (1979)
Firestarter (1980)
Cujo (1981)
Cycle of the Werewolf (1983)
Christine (1983)
Pet Sematary (1983)
It (1986)
Misery (1987)
The Eyes of the Dragon (1987)
The Tommyknockers (1987)
The Dark Half (1989)
The Stand, the Complete and Uncut Edition (1990)
Needful Things (1991)
Gerald's Game (1992)
Dolores Claiborne (1992)
Insomnia (1994)
Rose Madder (1995)
Desperation (1996)
The Green Mile (1996)
Bag of Bones (1998)
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
Dreamcatcher (2001)
From a Buick 8 (2002)
The Colorado Kid (2005)
Cell (2006)
Lisey's Story (2006)
Duma Key (2007)
Under the Dome (2009)
11/22/63 (2011)
Revival (2012)
Joyland (2013)
Sleeping Beauties (2017) (with Owen King)
The Outsider (2018)


Omnibus
Carrie / the Tommyknockers (1994)
Desperation / Regulators (1996) (with Richard Bachman)
Stephen King Omnibus (1999)
Mr. Mercedes / Everything's Eventual / Lisey's Story (2015)
The Accident Season / The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2016) (with Moïra Fowley-Doyle)

Collections
People, Places, and Things (1963) (with Chris Chesley)
Night Shift (1978)
Stephen King's Creepshow (1982)
Different Seasons (1982)
Skeleton Crew (1985)
Four Past Midnight (1990)
Gray Matter (1993)
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (1993)
Six Stories (1997)
Blood and Smoke (audio) (1999)
Hearts in Atlantis (1999)
Secret Windows (2000)
The Man in the Black Suit (2002)
Everything's Eventual (2002)
The Secretary of Dreams (2006)
Just After Sunset (2008)
Road Rage (2009) (with Joe Hill and Richard Matheson)
Stephen King Goes To The Movies (2009)
Full Dark, No Stars (2010)
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015)


Chapbooks
Silver Bullet (1985)
My Pretty Pony (1989)
Lawnmower Man (1992)
Umney's Last Case (1995)
Quitter's Inc. (1999)
Apt Pupil (1999)
LT's Theory of Pets (2001)


Plays
Storm of the Century (1999)
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (2013) (with T Bone Burnett and John Mellencamp)


Graphic Novels
The Talisman: Vol. 1: The Road of Trials (2009) (with Peter Straub)
The Dark Man (2013)


Novellas
Children of the Corn (1977)
The Mist (1981)
The Breathing Method (1984)
Dolan's Cadillac (1989)
The Langoliers (1990)
The Library Policeman (1991)
Secret Window, Secret Garden (1991)
Four Past Midnight: The Sun Dog (1993)
The Body (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1995)
Autopsy Room Four (1997)
Blind Willie (1997)
Riding the Bullet (2000)
Secret Window (2004)
Stationary Bike (2006)
The Gingerbread Girl (2008)
The Little Sisters of Eluria (2009)
Ur (2010)
Blockade Billy (2010)
Mile 81 (2011)
Throttle (2012) (with Joe Hill)
Stephen King's Battleground (2012)
A Face in the Crowd (2012) (with Stewart O'Nan)
In the Tall Grass (2012) (with Joe Hill)
Big Driver (2014)
A Good Marriage (2014)
Drunken Fireworks (2015)
Gwendy's Button Box (2017) (with Richard T Chizmar)
1922 (2017)


Series contributed to
Transgressions (with Lawrence Block and John Farris)
Terror's Echo (2006)


Best American Short Stories (with Katrina Kenison)
The Best American Short Stories 2007 (2007)


Anthologies edited
Six Scary Stories (2016)


Non fiction
Danse Macabre (1980)
Nightmares in the Sky (1988) (with f-stop Fitzgerald)
Mid-Life Confidential (1994) (with Dave Barry, Tabitha King, Barbara Kingsolver, Ridley Pearson and Amy Tan)
Stephen King Live (1999)
On Writing (2000)
The WaveDancer Benefit (2002) (with Pat Conroy, John Grisham and Peter Straub)
Building Bridges (2004)
Faithful (2004) (with Stewart O'Nan)
Stephen King Spills the Beans (2008) (with Tim Underwood)
Guns (2013)
Hearts in Suspension (2016)


Anthologies containing stories by Stephen King
Tales of Unknown Horror (1974)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
The Year's Finest Fantasy (1978)
Shadows (1978)
More Tales of Unknown Horror (1979)
The Year's Best Horror Stories VII (1979)
The Year's Finest Fantasy Volume 2 (1979)
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (1980)
Dark Forces (1980)
The 21st Pan Book of Horror Stories (1980)
New Terrors 2 (1980)
The 17th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1981)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
Fantasy Annual III (1981)
Modern Masters of Horror (1981)
Fantasy Annual IV (1981)
Shadows 4 (1981)
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1983)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIII (1985)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
Horrors (1986)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1986)
Masques 2 (1987)
The Colour of Evil (1987)
Horror Stories (1988)
Prime Evil (1988)
The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels (1988)
Book of the Dead (1989)
Dark Visions (1989)
Dark Voices (1990)
Horror Story Volume 3 (1991)
Midnight Graffiti (1992)
Young Blood (1994)
The Puffin Book of Horror Stories (1994)
Space Movies (1995)
The Vampire Omnibus (1995)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Eighth Annual Collection (1995)
Dark Love (1995)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Ninth Annual Collection (1996)
Twists of the Tale (1996)
American Gothic Tales (1996)
Blood Thirst (1997)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
Robert Bloch's Psychos (1997)
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998)
The Best of the Best (1998)
Legends (1998)
Eternal Lovecraft (1998)
Tales of The Cthulhu Mythos (1999)
Vintage Science Fiction (1999)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection (1999)
999 (1999)
Technohorror (1999)


Short stories
Cain Rose Up (1968)
Here There Be Tygers (1968)
The Reaper's Image (1969)
Graveyard Shift (1970)
I Am the Doorway (1971)
Battleground (1972)
The Mangler (1972)
The Boogeyman (1973)
Gray Matter [short story] (1973)
Trucks (1973)
Night Surf (1974)
Sometimes They Come Back (1974)
The Lawnmower Man (1975)
Salem's Lot (excerpt) (1975)
Strawberry Spring (1975)
I Know What You Need (1976)
The Ledge (1976)
The Cat from Hell (1977)
The Man Who Loved Flowers (1977)
One for the Road (1977)
The Gunslinger [short story] (1978)
Jerusalem's Lot (1978)
The Last Rung on the Ladder (1978)
The Night of the Tiger (1978)
Nona (1978)
Quitters, Inc. (1978)
The Woman in the Room (1978)
The Crate (1979)
Big Wheels (1980)
Crouch End (1980)
The Mist [short story] (1980)
The Monkey (1980)
The Way Station (1980)
The Wedding Gig (1980)
The Jaunt (1981)
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands (1981)
The Reach (1981) aka Do the Dead Sing?
Apt Pupil [short story] (1982)
Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (1982)
The Body [short story] (1982)
The Breathing Method (1982)
Morning Deliveries (1982)
The Raft (1982)
Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption (1982)
Survivor Type (1982)
Uncle Clayton (1983)
Uncle Otto's Truck (1983)
The Word Processor (1983)
Word Processor of the Gods (1983)
The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet (1984)
Gramma (1984)
Mrs Todd's Shortcut (1984)
The Revelations of 'Becka Paulson (1984)
Beachworld (1985)
For Owen (1985)
Paranoid: A Chant (1985)
The End of the Whole Mess (1986)
The Fifth Quarter (1986)
Popsy (1987)
Dedication (1988)
The Night Flier (1988)
The Reploids (1988)
Sneakers (1988)
Home Delivery (1989)
The Langoliers [short story] (1989)
The Library Policeman [short story] (1989)
My Pretty Pony [short story] (1989)
Rainy Season (1989)
Secret Window, Secret Garden [short story](1989)
The Sun Dog (1989)
The Moving Finger (1990)
It Grows on You (1991)
Chattery Teeth (1992)
You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (1992)
Brooklyn August (1993)
The Doctor's Case (1993)
Head Down (1993)
The House on Maple Street (1993)
Sorry, Right Number (1993)
Suffer the Little Children (1993)
The Ten O'Clock People (1993)
Umney's Last Case [short story] (1993)
The Man in The Black Suit [short story] (1994)
Lunch at the Gotham Cafe (1995)
Everything's Eventual [short story] (1997)
L.T.'s Theory of Pets (1997)
Lucky Quarter (1997)
The Little Sisters of Eluria (1998)
That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French (1998)
Hearts in Atlantis [short story] (1999)
Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling (1999)
Low Men in Yellow Coats (1999)
Riding the Bullet [short story] (1999)
The Road Virus Heads North (1999)
Why We're in Vietnam (1999)
1408 (2000)
In the Deathroom (2000)

Thank you Tom
Very interesting information, I’ll prefer to read just in my Laptop
In the iPhone I tried but it’s hard for me because I’m always working in the field

Reading it self isn’t knowledge or beliefs, it’s a base for everyone creates their own opinions

Also I have found some in the Deep Web

Thank you again Tom !!

I had a mp3 player when I was working, Hooked it up to an amp and speakers on my toolbox. Used to work in the shop while listening to books. Even the other guys liked it as a change of pace from the blaring radio.

I downloaded a bunch of old-time radio plays

Old Time Radio
You are invited to listen to and download Old Time Radio shows here!
http://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio

OTR.Network Library
http://www.otr.net/

The guys loved listening to them.

Abbot and Costello (44)
Academy Award Theater (37)
Adventures by Morse (54)
The Adventures of Dick Cole (12)
The Adventures of Frank Race (43)
Adventures of Phillip Marlow (63)
Adventures of Rocky Jordan (27)
The Adventures of Sam Spade (55)
Air Adventures of Jimmy Allen (120)
The Aldrich Family (16)
Amercian Trail (13)
Amos and Andy (219)
Archie (9)

Tales of the Texas Rangers (70)
Tarzan (76)
Tarzan (Syndicated Serial) (78)
Theater Five (36)
This Is Your Fbi (84)
Tom Corbet (10)

G.I. Journal (6)
Gene Autry's Melody Ranch (43)
George Burns and Gracie Allen (40)
The Great Gildersleeve (468)
The Green Hornet (53)
The Green Valley Line (26)
Gunsmoke (406)

These are the radio show that people used to tune into before TV became widespread.

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