E-Books on the Web

In addition to the resources listed on the E-books page, you can also find other e-books on the web. These e-books are usually classic texts from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, i.e. books that are no longer subject to copyright restrictions (currently the life of the author plus 70 years). Here are a few examples of Web sites providing e-books:

• Project Gutenberg
  This site provides the text of older works of literature primarily in a simple text format that most computers can display.
  
  
• Bartleby.com
  This site offers a collection of reference and nonfiction works as well as literature.
  
  
• Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library
  This site offers 1,800 e-books that can be browsed by subject. Note: you may not be able to access all the e-books listed. Access to their entire collection is restricted to University of Virginia affiliates due to legal restrictions.
  
  
• General Note
  Some publishers and vendors sell e-books directly to consumers. Currently, there are multiple e-book formats to download and several e-book readers to display the text of an e-book. Before purchasing an e-book from a commercial source, it is important to check if the e-book is compatible with your computer system.