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Recommended Reading:
http://4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Recommended_Reading
Find here a list of recommended reading compiled by /lit/ users, please refrain from posting topics asking for recommendations until after you have checked this link. It also contains a list of valuable links when looking for books, including 'must read' book lists and the Western Canon.


Free Electronic Books (Ebooks)
Try the following websites for access to free ebooks:
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://library.nu
http://avaxhome.ws/ebooks
http://ebookee.com/
http://manybooks.net/

Another resource available is #bookz, check these links for more information!
irc: http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Bookz
irc.undenet.org#bookz

If the book is not found on one of these resources then it is unlikely a free e-book version of it exists, try a simple Google search before posting here. However it is unlikely a member of /lit/ will be able to help you if it is not listed on one of these resources.


E-Readers:
Searching for the perfect E-Reader? For you or as a gift?
Please search these websites:
http://www.mobileread.com/
http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix

for all the information currently available on E-readers
If, after THOROUGHLY searching these sources, you still do not have the answer you're looking for then please feel free to post a thread here asking for help. However we will most likely not know the answer if it is not posted on the listed sites.


Converting ebook file formats:
Okay now you have your ebooks you might want to convert them to a more e-reader friendly format. Most ebooks come in a .txt or /htm; format, the most e-reader friendly format is .epub. We suggest converting all files to this format for the best results.
The best tool for this is a free program called Calibre:
http://calibre-ebook.com/
It also serves as a good way of cataloguing and sorting your ebooks.


Literary Blogs and Online Magazines:
Listed here are some interesting and varied blogs concerning literature. These are regularly updated with fresh content, meaning you will rarely read the same thing twice:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat
http://www.bookslut.com/blog
http://www.marksarvas.blogs.com/elegvar
http://www.complete-review.com/saloon
http://www.maudnewton.com/blog
http://www.lbc.typepad.com/blog
http://www.theoldhag.com
http://www.readerville.com
http://www.wordriot.org/
http://wordswithoutborders.org/
http://www.all-story.com/
http://www.undergroundvoices.com/
http://www.webdelsol.com/
http://www.threepennyreview.com/
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/
http://www.richmondreview.co.uk/
http://www.thewriterseye.com/
http://web.me.com/christineyurick/Think_Journal/Home_Page.html
http://www.theomnivore.co.uk/
http://www.pshares.org/
http://www.redchinamagazine.com/
http://www.irishpages.org/
http://www.ilrmagazine.net/
http://jacketmagazine.com/00/home.shtml
http://www.theliteraryreview.org/
http://www.littlemag.com/security/index.html
http://www.madhattersreview.com/
http://www.methree.net/
http://www.usm.edu/english/mississippireview.html
http://www.narrativemagazine.com/
http://cat.middlebury.edu/~nereview/
http://nuvein.net/
http://www.pbq.drexel.edu/
http://www.theparisreview.org/
http://www.percontra.net/
http://www.pifmagazine.com/
http://www.bornmagazine.org/
http://bostonreview.net/
http://www.expatriateliterarycircle.com/
http://www.corpse.org/
http://www.failbetter.com/index.php
http://www.geist.com/
http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/
http://www.granta.com/
http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/
http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/
http://www.anotherealm.com/
http://www.applevalleyreview.com/
http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/


Miscellaneous Links:
Listed here are a selection of links pertaining to literature, mostly online resources, they include free literature courses, online videos and lectures and much more.
http://academicearth.org/
http://freevideolectures.com/
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/index.php
http://hulk03.princeton.edu:8080/WebMedia/lectures/
http://ci.columbia.edu/ci/
http://conversations.berkeley.edu/
http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Browse


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