The Amazon Kindle. We all love it. Its eBooks are continuing to revolutionize the way we read books. But you know what’s even better? Free Amazon Kindle books… and that’s exactly what you’ll get with Hundred Zeros.

If you are like me and must always have an eBook lined up on your Kindle (device or app…) then Lendle is about to become your next big hobby! Lendle is a new social community website for us poor book lovers. The website functions as a free social eBook library in-which you peek at other people’s eBook stock while allowing them to see the eBooks you own. If you find a title you fancy you can make a request to borrow it.

Tell your Never Ending Story with Cowbird:

A great way to describe our latest Weekly Fave, Cowbird, is Twitter for the soul – or in slightly less lyrical terms, the complete opposite of Twitter’s endless rush of instant, throwaway one-liners. Cowbird is a never ending web of online storytellers, linked almost magically by the subjects of their stories: the people, places and themes they evoke. It’s thoughtful, visual, engrossing: a modern day diary for the online generation.

Welcome to the “Story Verse”:

Small Demons – What have you read lately? I’ve been working  through John Grisham’s endless conveyor belt of legal thrillers. What I really like about his novels is that he makes his stories seem real. You know the streets his lawyers and criminals chase each other down. You know that courtroom. You even know that drink the protagonist sips at the bar. They’re places in your City. It’s the same beer you always take at your local bar…

Bookflavor is a web application for readers or book lovers who want a clean and simple way to discover books and see what other people thought of them. Give it a try, just enter something in the search box, or click “popular books” to see what other people are reading.

Bookboon.com is a publishing house with a difference. Every book it publishes is free, instantly available and made as an eBook. If you’re looking for free books for university students, free books for business professionals, or a free travel guide, Bookboon is a fantastic service.

First Chapters – Do you enjoy reading and discovering new books? Maybe you’re the kind of person who loves going into bookstores; browsing the Top Book List; and reading the first chapters of titles that catch your eye. Well now you can do that on the internet, from the comfort of your own living room, with FirstChapters, for free!

FirstChapters is an innovative book discovery platform designed with you, the reader, in mind. Browse top-rated book lists, including ‘Pulitzer Prize Winners & Finalists’, ‘New York Times Bestsellers’, ‘USA Today Bestsellers’, ‘Amazon Bestsellers’, or ‘Oprah’s Must Reads’ to read free first chapters of books. Click on the picture below to start finding the best new books for free!



You Are What You Read – You Are What You Read is a social networking site around books that celebrates the “great reads of our lives.” A part of Scholastic’s global literacy campaign, Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life, it is a global community for discussing the books that have influenced our lives.

FlipSnack – FlipSnack is a flipping book software that lets you convert PDF documents into Flash page flip digital publications that you can embed into your website.

BookDaily – Where do you go to learn about new interesting  books? NY Times’ bestsellers list? That’s a good start. But there’s now an even better way to tap into book discovery via BookDaily.

BookDaily lets you find great reads by giving you access to the entire first chapter of each featured book (over 80,000 titles!) via email. The obvious added value is that you can actually ‘taste’ the book before deciding to buy it. Sign up to start exploring the books on 1st chapter-basis, and get regular updates on your preferred genres and publishers. The BookDaily platform also offers book reviews by other readers like you, and weekly columns from credible sources.

When it comes to books, I’m more of a sci-fi fan, and I gave BookDaily a try to see if they have my personal must read for August, Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Sure enough, I found it and was immediately offered to read the first chapter. Why, thank you very much!

Unbound – Best selling books you see or hear about in the news are quite often the result of people and companies in high places pulling strings and taking away the true freedom from authors wishing to write about what and how they desire. This also means that as readers, great books and stories never see the light of day while we are missing out on great stories.

Unbound is here to make the lives of authors and readers easier by putting back the power into the right hands. As an author you can share your book pitch, and include a short video explaining what your book is or will be about. Registered Unbound users can then promote authors’ pitches and books by selecting a support level of their choosing. The higher the support, the higher the reward (lowest reward level translates into having your name included in the author’s e-book, highest support level can even mean having lunch with the author).

Although Unbound currently serves the UK market only, it’s a revolutionary concept that truly can level the publishing playing field. See the project of Terry Jones’ book, Evil Machines as an example.

Bookshelf Porn – This Tumblr blog is a visual mecca for book lovers worldwide or, as the blogger behind Bookshelf Porn explains: “A photo blog collection of all the best bookshelf photos from around the world for people who *heart* bookshelves.”

Even if you’re not a huge books buff, Bookshelf Porn is loaded with beautiful photos to check out. I recommend starting with the Editor’s Picks. Here are my personal favorites:

Re-purposed Newspaper Stand Bookshelf via Poetic Home

Prettybooks: Yale Rare Book Library (by Nick Hollot)