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Public Domain Ebook Collections

Bartleby: Great Books Online
Presents free literature, reference, and verse ebooks.
Documenting the American South
Digital initiative from UNC that provides access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture.
eBooks@Adelaide
The purpose of this site is: to provide access to the “classic” works of civilisation; to promote reading of the same; and for the editor to have fun.

Free eBooks by Project Gutenberg

No registration or account necessary for unlimited free eBook downloads.
Google Books
If the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given us permission, you'll be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text. If it's in the public domain, you're free to download a PDF copy.
HathiTrust
HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future.
Internet Archive - Texts
The Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission: "universal access to all knowledge."
Making of America - Cornell University Library
The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. Provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
Making of America - University of Michigan Library
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection currently contains approximately 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
NetGallery
NetGalley delivers secure, digital galleys to professional readers. If you are a reviewer, blogger, journalist, librarian, bookseller, educator, or in the media, you can use NetGalley for FREE to read and request titles before they are published.

Gitenberg
Gitenberg is a collaborative, open source community curating and publishing highly usable and attractive ebooks in the public domain.
Online Books Page
Maintained by the University of Pennsylvania Library with more than one million free books on the web.
Open Library
A downloadable eBook collection with books contributed from libraries across the country.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is the first and and one of the largest collections of electronic books.
UC Press E-Books Collection
Almost 2,000 electronic editions of academic books managed by the Publishing Group at the California Digital Library.
Unglue.it
Unglue.it is a place for individuals and institutions to join together to make ebooks free to the world.
University of Pittsburgh Digital Editions
The University of Pittsburgh Press and the University Library System (ULS) have formed a partnership to make books published by the Press available online.
Victorian Women Writers Project
Provides access to transcriptions of works by British women writers of the 19th century.
Wright American Fiction (1851-1875)
A collection of 19th century American fiction, as listed in Lyle Wright's bibliography American Fiction, 1851-1875. There are currently 2,887 volumes included.

Hathi Trust Digital Library "HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. There are more than sixty partners in HathiTrust, and membership is open to institutions worldwide."

Free-eBooks.net/

This site requires free registration and access is limited to 5 PDFs and/or TXTs, or eBook downloads per month.

Online Free Books.net

No registration or account required. Must agree to read disclaimer before downloading eBooks.

AskSam eBooks & Databases

No registration or account necessary.

Read Print

Read Print is an online community for users who enjoy books and reading. Members can utilize an array of services that include features to rate and review books, stories, and poems, create an online bookshelf, read books online as well as search for and create groups and lists of books, among other features.

Wikibooks

Find textbooks that are not only free to learners, but open to editing by anyone.