Free Books!

You know what's awesome about ereaders? Free books! For those of us who have debilitating book-buying habits, being able to download free electronic books is one of the very best things about having an ereader. Well, it is for me. Once a month, I hit up the Kindle Top 100 Free list and I go download-crazy. I have a bunch of books I haven't read yet, but it's nice to have that stockpile. (So I'm preparing for the apocalypse. An apocalypse in which I still have electricity to charge my Kindle.) I don't worry about being stuck with nothing to read.

That might be something I actually worry about. Maybe.

Anyway, there are more places online that offer free books legally.

• Smashwords is a great place to get free original books.
• Have a NOOK? Get your free books at Barnes & Noble.
• Project Gutenberg is the go-to site for free public domain books. 
• Feedbooks.com offers both public domain and original free books.
• ManyBooks.net boasts 29,000 free books.
• The sci-fi/fantasy publisher Baen offers some free titles from some of their top authors. (Like Aaron Allston and Elizabeth Moon, huzzah!)
• The Mobile Read forums have a wiki page dedicated to free books where you can find a ton of resources.

You weren't planning to be productive or anything this weekend, were you? I hope not.