Back Mountain Memorial Library

A member of the Luzerne County Library System



96 Huntsville Road

Dallas, PA 18612

 

HOURS: Mon  -  Thurs:          9:30am - 8:30pm

              Friday:                     9:30am - 5:30pm

              Saturday:                 9:30am - 4:30pm
PH:  570-675-1182             FAX:  570-674-5863

Free Books Online & eBooks

Downloadable eBooks
 
You will need a library card for Luzerne County.
Here’s what you need to get started:
 
 
 
1) Click on the “eBooks Are Here!” link, shown.
2) You will be taken to the “Magic Wall.” The Magic Wall shows dozens of featured titles available for downloading. Download the free app, Axis360, to your eReader from the "App Zone" on the "Magic Wall."
3) Once you have your library card, you can set up a "Magic Wall" account by clicking on "Login," then on "My Account."
4) Choose a tab above the Magic Wall or from the menu to the left to browse the collection.
5) Click on a book cover to get a synopsis or reader reviews.
6) You can begin downloading your choice immediately by clicking on Checkout Now, or Add to Checkout List and keep browsing.
 
You can also put a book on hold by clicking Add to Wish List.

Additional Resources

Bartleby.com
"The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse, providing students, researchers, and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge."
http://www.bartleby.com

Bibliomania
Free online literature with over 2000 classics of fiction, drama, poetry, short stories + reference, bios, book notes.
http://www.bibliomania.com

International Children's Digital Library
Non-profit foundation whose mission includes "making the best in children's literature available online free of charge...by building a digital library of outstanding children's books from around the world and supporting communities of children and adults in exploring and using this literature through innovative technology."
http://en.childrenslibrary.org

IPL Online Texts
The Internet Public Library directory of online literary text sources.
http://www.ipl.org

LibriVox
Free downloadable AUDIOBOOKS created by volunteer readers of public domain works.
http://librivox.org

Luminarium
"A comprehensive anthology and guide to English literature of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Seventeenth Century, Restoration and Eighteenth Century."
http://www.luminarium.org

Making of America (Cornell University)
"The Cornell University Library Making of America Collection is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction"...providing access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
http://digital.library.cornell.edu/m/moa

Making of America (University of Michigan)
"A digital library of primary sources in 19th-century 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."
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp

ManyBooks.net
There are more than 29,000 downloadable ebooks available for Kindle, Nook, iPad, and most other eReaders, and they're all free!
http://www.manybooks.net

Online Books Page
University of Pennsylvania directory with over 1 million free books on the Web.
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu

Perseus Digital Library
Tufts University collection of Greek, Roman, Arabic, Germanic, Renaissance, and 19th-century American texts.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/collections

Project Gutenberg
"Offers over 38,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online."
http://www.gutenberg.org