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GtrsRGr8 · 01-16-2019, 02:32 AM

You can read and download, free, 9,526 high-quality ebooks. Most of the books are the in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics ) subjects (i.e. the "hard" sciences).

These are high-quality books, published, at least for the most part it seems, by the National Academies of Science (nap.edu).

The free books from NAP are all, as far as I can tell, in the PDF format. Note that NAP also sells most, at least, of same titles, in both dead-tree (hardcopy) form, and in non-PDF ebook formats.

The free ebooks are comprised of titles 1) released in the last 30 days, 2) titles that are probably comparable to "backlist" titles of traditional publishers, and 3) a very interesting grouping that the NAP calls "archive" titles.

I, and probably others, have posted information in the past about the freebies available from NAP. However, some of us may have forgotten about them; too, there are no doubt quite a number of people who have signed up for MobileRead since the last time that this treasure-trove was mentioned.

The NAP website is better explored, than being something for someone to tell you about, in my opinion. So, I'll leave the information with you . . . .

01-16-2019, 02:32 AM	#1358
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Read and download 9,526 High-Quality PDF Ebooks for FREE! Mostly STEM Subjects. You can read and download, free, 9,526 high-quality ebooks. Most of the books are the in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics ) subjects (i.e. the "hard" sciences). These are high-quality books, published, at least for the most part it seems, by the National Academies of Science (nap.edu). The free books from NAP are all, as far as I can tell, in the PDF format. Note that NAP also sells most, at least, of same titles, in both dead-tree (hardcopy) form, and in non-PDF ebook formats. The free ebooks are comprised of titles 1) released in the last 30 days, 2) titles that are probably comparable to "backlist" titles of traditional publishers, and 3) a very interesting grouping that the NAP calls "archive" titles. I, and probably others, have posted information in the past about the freebies available from NAP. However, some of us may have forgotten about them; too, there are no doubt quite a number of people who have signed up for MobileRead since the last time that this treasure-trove was mentioned. The NAP website is better explored, than being something for someone to tell you about, in my opinion. So, I'll leave the information with you . . . . Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 01-16-2019 at 02:39 AM.