5 Places to Get Digital Textbooks

Written by Amy Burke

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The days of shuffling that 10-pound textbook to class or those countless fiction novels in your backpack are slowly but steadily coming to a close. With ebooks, your wallet may gain a few pounds as well, as you will be spending a lot less money on books.

Check out these five digital text services. With synchronized convenience and interactive, cost-effective methods, life is on its way to becoming a little bit easier for readers on the go.

1. Project Gutenberg

Considered a digital library with more than 38,000 free ebooks individually digitized by volunteers, this site offers cultural works and literary classics in plain text, HTML and PDF formats. Users are able to search for books by category, most popular or by simply typing in the title.

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