I think I've dreamed of an e-book all my life. But somehow the hands did not reach, at first I did not like them, then I managed with paper ones, without experiencing a shortage of electronic ones. Times are changing and I began to miss this excellent working tool, which of course does not completely replace a real book. And just recently, I finally got it - the Amazon Kindle e-reader. I waited until my son gave it to me. Small, thin, light, but with the features that I always needed.

Consequently, now the task has appeared, how to transfer all the books that were waiting for their turn in the bowels of the computer to it. I will say right away that for reading e-books special formats are needed, although it can be read with some inconvenience in PDF format. My quick search didn't turn up much, and converting to MOBI would take a long time. Therefore, I was very happy about my discovery, which gave me this opportunity. And this find is an online resource Library of electronic books. In it, I found all the books for e-books, and also in the mobi format that I need.

E-library e-Reading

The e-Reading electronic library met with a harsh reception, as it prepared its own rules for beginners. I was asked to rate at least 10 books before downloading anything. But I got over it quickly. It's easy to appreciate what you like. Of course, the library asked how I read books, what format I prefer for reading, offering to choose options. Even the appearance of the book had to be noted.

In the free online library e-Reading today - more than 100,000 books in mobi, fb2, lrf, epub, html and txt formats. The library is replenished daily with new books, and this list can be seen. Relevant search will give you those books that you may be interested in. The recommendation system and personal comments on books will help you make the right choice.

Collecting material for this article, I managed to find out Interesting Facts: site cost e-reading- 2.7 million rubles. The number of visitors is more than 7000 per day. The site is especially popular in Russia and Ukraine and is ranked 94,343 in the world.

The texts are presented in different languages, which will undoubtedly be convenient for polyglots and residents different countries. Selecting a book genre is easy from the drop-down menu. Books can be searched alphabetically by title or author's last name.

I think that those of you who love to read will definitely try this service for yourself. Find all you need ebook books, also free and with such great conditions for registered users, today is not easy.

An important detail - free download of books

And one more advantage, which is important - it is free service, any book lover can use it. You can probably guess that basically books for e-readers can only be purchased for payment. The administration of e-reading promises from their resource in the future.

I remember my trips to work two years ago. More than two hours a day took away the trip from home to work and back. Of course, there was always room for books in my bag. But you must admit that an e-book still takes up much less space than a paper one. And that's exactly what I needed.

In general, now I can confidently share information about this rich online library of e-books with my friends. I found a very useful source of knowledge for myself, and a great tool for my e-book. If there are free features, why not use them and use them while they are in our hands?

P.S. Friends, if you don’t have an e-book yet, take a look at before I made it only for registered users, there are very interesting books that I’m currently reading and recommend to you.

Many users are looking for free e-books, and E-Reading often helps with this. e-library.

This site contains an extensive database of foreign and Russian literature in in electronic format.

The content is distributed for free, because the resource is popular among users.

Peculiarities

Before you start using this site, you should know some of its features and characteristics. This will save you time and allow you to use the library with the greatest comfort.

• Availability account And personal account allows access to full functionality;
• It is suitable for both readers and writers, as it allows you to add your own;
• In addition to the immediate base, it contains a variety of interactive - forums for readers and writers, reviews, ratings of authors and books, etc.;
• It has been translated into three languages ​​– Russian, Ukrainian and English.

To the benefits this resource can be attributed not only to an extensive database of free ones, but also to a simple and concise design.

Due to the absence of media materials on the pages, it loads quickly, spends little traffic, and is easy to use.

However, it can be inconvenient for visually impaired people due to the use of small print and low contrast.

Personalization

Registration is required to access full functionality. It gives the opportunity to communicate on forums, leave feedback and comments, and writers to add their work. However, unregistered users can also download.

In order to create an account on it, use the following algorithm:

1. Find in the top right corner home page line and click on it;
2. A data entry form will appear in a new window;

1. Enter the email address and future account password in the appropriate fields;
2. Click the button "Register";

1. A link to confirm registration will be sent to the specified email address;
2. Follow the link in the email and your account will be activated.

After activating your account, you will be logged into it automatically. You can log in next time by clicking on the "Login" button located next to the button. A window will open in which you will have to enter your credentials ( email and password) and click on the "Login" button.

Now you have access to all the functionality. Design home page changes as it displays your account statistics and other information (recommended, reviews, etc.). Appears next to the "Login" and buttons, in this section you can set up your account.

Search

There are several book options. If you already know which one you want to find, then use one of the following methods:

• Enter the title or author's name in the search bar at the very top home page, and click the Search button. The page will refresh and display a list with matches in the title;

• Use alphabetical indicators. The alphabetical index is also located at the top. Site home page. Click on the required letter, and a list of authors whose surnames or names begin with this letter will be displayed. A more detailed alphabetical index will also appear, in which the second letter of the first or last name will also be indicated;

If you do not know exactly what you want to read, then you can use the search by genre. Find the section under the search bar, and click on it. A genre window will open, in which you can select the appropriate one. After clicking on it, a list will be displayed sorted by rating, popularity or reviews.

interactive

In the "Impressions" section, the button to go to which is located under the search bar, displays the latest reviews on the most popular or interesting to you. The "New" section displays recently added to the site. A section gives you access to forum topics and sections.

Here you can chat with other readers. Themes are popular book search by approximate content, etc. Authors who add their books have a separate forum.

In the "Add" section, you yourself can add to the site the books you have that are not on the site yet.

At the same time, you must carefully read the rules for adding and the current legislation on this issue, information about which is indicated on the adding page. It is important that your actions do not violate copyright law.

Clicking on the title of a book will take you to its page. Here are the author, genre and other reference Information about her. Below the block with basic information is the button "Download". On the right are the formats in which it is present on the site.

Press desired format. If necessary ( depending on the browser) confirm the download. Find it in your Downloads folder on your computer and transfer it to your mobile device (if needed).

How to get to the electronic library?

Let the e-book not smell of paper and paint, but in two clicks you can become much more enlightened! Save this collection - and dramatically simplify your search for suitable or necessary literature.

E-libraries for everything

Universal warehouses where you can find everything or almost everything. Recall the classics, get acquainted with new products, dig into smart treatises or have a pleasant evening reading light reading.

Library of Maxim Moshkov http://lib.ru/ A living legend of the Runet, which has proudly not changed its design for more than 20 years. Mostly fiction, many of our contemporaries-compatriots. There are also songs with chords.

Electronic library bookz.ru http://bookz.ru Here you can read from the screen or download texts in archived form. What is valuable: every day dozens of interesting new products. There is an audiobook section.

CoolLib Library http://coollib.com Wiki-style open content library: user-generated content. A very rich collection of everything. Especially nice - you can find familiar books with "the same" pictures.

Electronic library RoyalLib.com http://royallib.com/ If you don’t know what exactly you are looking for, you can walk through the sections: “Detectives and thrillers - maniacs”, “Science fiction - cyberpunk” ... Download format options: doc, rtf, fb2, html, txt.

Large online e-Reading library http://www.e-reading.link/ In addition to the alphabet and search, there is a forum where they will help you remember a thing from which only something vague remains in your memory. Near each work there are options “read” and “download”. You can also put the books you are interested in on a virtual “shelf”.

etextlib electronic library http://www.etextlib.ru/ Near each cover, you immediately see the options available for it: FB2, ePub, MOBI, PDF, TXT or "buy". By registering, you can receive librarian recommendations tailored to your taste. If you wish, you can also upload your own books here - in FB2 format.

Mobile phone books http://jbooks.mobi/ For fans of reading in the subway. Books are placed here in the form of Java applications that can be run on mobile phones, smartphones and PDAs. There are tips on how to better set up a book on your phone.

Electronic library vipbook.info http://vipbook.info Fiction, technical and applied books, textbooks, magazines, newspapers, video lessons, audio books. It is only possible to download, the need for this should be prompted by the cover and content.

Pile of books http://www.kuchaknig.ru/ A platform with opportunities for communication between book lovers, where you can leave requests to search for books, create photo albums, chat with like-minded people, etc. Of course, after registration. Or you can just silently read online and download what you like.

Electronic library rubook.org http://rubook.org/ Judging by their “Top 100”, fans of romance novels should especially like this place. However, there are more serious genres. Searching through book series can come in handy - when “you want something in the same vein as ...”.

E-libraries are useful

Find a document or instruction, step by step or notes - and immediately apply it for its intended purpose!

Dictionaries online http://slovaronline.com/ Here you have the Great Soviet Encyclopedia with explanatory dictionaries, and pantries of alphabetized terms from all over the world. Up to sexology and alcoholic beverages.

Language Tutorial Library http://www.lang-lib.narod.ru/ Tutorials, dictionaries, textbooks foreign languages as well as online translators.

Mountain of books http://goraknig.org/ There is also an artist, but more non-fiction: from equipment to hobbies, plus magazines (automotive, design, popular science, etc.) and audiobooks.

The world of an interesting book “Knizhek.net” http://www.knijek.net/ Cooking, technology, leisure, health, economics... Everything is useful in the household.

Operating instructions, specifications and user manuals http://mcgrp.ru/ For those who suddenly realized how important it is to read the manuals, but it was too late: the cat ate them all. They promise that there are manuals for any technique, and if not, write, find and add.

spokes.ru http://spicami.ru/ Schemes, master classes, videos - and not only for knitting: there is also about a hook, and about sewing, and about felting, and other needlework.

Literature for skillful hands http://www.hobbybook.net/ Here they tried to reveal the topic of needlework to the maximum - after all, not with a single embroidery. Even aircraft modeling is available.

Engineering Portal “To Scale” http://www.vmasshtabe.ru/ 17,771 drawings and 3D models, news from the world of CAD, science and technology, projects, schemes (kinematic, technological, functional), GOSTs and technical literature. According to the principle “those who download share, those who share download”.

“Code” and “Techexpert” http://docs.cntd.ru Electronic fund of legal and normative-technical documentation. More than 17,000,000 documents: from the Constitution to GOSTs for the last year.

auto literature http://manualforauto.ru / Repair and Maintenance everything that moves, as well as a forum for motorists and other valuable features.

Photographer's Library http://www.photographerslib.ru/ Books on photography and camera art. Not much, but essentially - and there is a section with useful links.

Sheets Piano http://sheets-piano.ru/ Here you can download sheet music, chords or guitar tabs, listen to music and watch videos, read biographies of composers. From classical to music from anime and commercials.

E-libraries thematic

Resources “by interests” allow you to discover your niche, dive into it with pleasure and hang out there for a long time. Or simply enlighten on a particular topic.

Audiobooks http://mds.altervision.ru/ For those who love literature more with their ears than with their eyes. Audiobooks can be downloaded without registration or listened to online.

Audiobooks for iPod and iPhone http://www.ipod-book.ru/ Here you can download one or as many as you want from 1612 audiobooks for iPod, iPhone and iPad in m4b (AAC) format.

Fairy tales for children online http://vseskazki.su/ Folk, copyright and all. With funny pictures, of course. Also video and audio. A kind of electronic Arina Rodionovna!

magazine room http://magazines.russ.ru/ This is a classic “thick magazine”, only in non-paper form. More precisely, the whole library literary magazines: there is “ New world”, “Neva”, “Foreigner”, “Star” ... All lovers of smart literature, modern poetry and prose - here.

Library of detectives and thrillers http://detektivi.net/ Do you prefer different Chases to all Kafkas? Here you are understood and welcomed like nowhere else.

fantasy worlds http://fantasy-worlds.org/ Colonization of other worlds, alternative history, magicians with demons and others, sorry for the expression, hitmen.

All fiction http://www.vsyafantastika.ru/ Science fiction, fantasy, mysticism and horror. You can search by cycles and series.

Library of Esoteric Literature http://ezobookslibrary.ru/ Your best friends are Osho, Castaneda and Eckhart Tolle, your favorite pastime is to meditate and self-awareness? Enjoy and be enlightened!

book world http://knizhnyymir.com A lot of all sorts of non-fiction from a garden with a vegetable garden to esotericism with the occult. All this for download in fb2. Looks nice, built comfortably.

Cube - self-development and self-improvement http://www.koob.ru/ Psychology, psychotherapy, esotericism, teachings - and then sports, health, business and wealth.

Bookshelf site Psychology.ru http://www.psychology.ru/library Here everything is more serious: Freud with Jung and other officials of psychological science.

Klassika.ru http://www.klassika.ru/ Only classics, only hardcore. Admit it, have you read Trediakovsky for a long time? Confusion, gentlemen. Requires satisfaction.

Theater Library of Sergei Efimov http://www.theatre-library.ru/ Modern and classical plays, books, textbooks, theoretical work, study guides and literature - and all this is about the kingdom of Melpomene. Theatrical, theater critic and just interested.

Russian painting http://www.artsait.ru/ Who needs self-education? Biographies of artists and their work. 650 outstanding Russian artists since the 14th century and over 15,000 illustrations.

Scientific Electronic Library “CyberLeninka” http://cyberleninka.ru/ Just a gift to a scientist, graduate student and student: scientific articles and journals, including VAKovskie. In general, everything is like in your favorite “Leninka”, only on the monitor or on the phone. Plus discussions, peer review and other intellectual joys.

Information system “Single window of access to educational resources” http://window.edu.ru/ The largest repository of full-text versions of educational, methodological and scientific materials in Runet with open access: more than 30,000 materials from Russian universities and other educational and scientific institutions. Another treasure trove of learning lovers.

Administrative and management portal http://www.aup.ru/ Electronic library of business literature and documents, as well as a business forum on various aspects of the theory and practice of organization, planning and management of enterprises.

Fundamental Electronic Library “Russian Literature and Folklore” (FEB) http://feb-web.ru/ Everything you wanted, but were afraid to learn in the field of Russian literature of the XI-XX centuries. and Russian folklore, as well as the history of Russian philology and folklore.

HoneyReader http://www.medchitalka.ru/ Handbooks, encyclopedias, scientific works, articles and books on medicine. For specialists, inquisitive and hypochondriacs.

Ham radio library http://rbook.ucoz.ru/ For those who cannot part with a soldering iron since childhood and can assemble a robot from an alarm clock and vice versa.

Aviation Library http://civilavia.info/ Your motto is “Aircraft first” and you want to know everything about them? Fly here.

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With the advent of powerful mobile phones with large screens and electronic readers, there was a need for electronic books. E-books appeared even before the advent of fancy gadgets, because they were in demand among users. personal computers and laptops, but now their popularity has only increased and now electronic publications no less than printed ones, that is, publications publish a book in two copies, both in print and in electronic form. In this article I decided to review digital libraries, where can download books in fb2 formats,pfd,txt both free and paid.

There are many web resources where you can download e-book for my readers or mobile phones, for example, I wrote an article how to search and download books on the social network VKontakte, you can use it, since you can find almost any book there (because users post them social network Russia, Ukraine and other CIS countries).

If you are not registered there or for some reason do not want to register there, then the information below will be for you, by the way, since I present a small overview of the most popular and free (partially paid) online e-book libraries.

Lib.Ru - Library of Maxim Moshkov

- the most popular and well-known free ebook library in Runet. Here you can read e-books online without downloading and registering. The interface of the online library is very simple, rather tritely simple - a simple layout in HTML without CSS usage and others modern methods web design. As Moshkov explains, he has absolutely no artistic taste and ideas for changing the design. At the same time, it is important for him that the site looks beautiful in different browsers and, moreover, is easy to use over slow communication channels. As a result, the design that the visitor sees on lib.ru is the only option that suits Moshkov.

The structure of the electronic library is peculiar and a little chaotic, but some sections stand out: prose, poetry, children's and adventure, ancient literature, science fiction, history, detective stories, culture, scientific and textbooks, unix "oids of all countries, librarian, service, etc. Data sections contain digitized works that were sent by users of the site.The site has a search bar, which you can use and find the work you need.

Litmir.me - electronic library

Litmir.me- an e-book library where you can read books online or download the same books to your computer without registration and for free. You can search for a book both in the search line of the site and by alphabetical index. In addition, you can find an e-book by various attributes:

• Name of the book;
• Genres;
• Language;
• Keywords;
• The year of publishing;
• Format.

You can search for e-books by tabs: recently added books and popular books. The Litmir.info site is made in the style of a forum, and therefore there is a heated discussion between users of books, magazines and various works.

Book formats: fb2, html, txt, rtf, docx, odt, doc, epub, pdf, djvu, as well as audio books - mp3 and ogg. As I wrote above, you can start reading any of the books you like online from the Litmi website, or download it to your computer, mobile phone or e-reader.

RoyalLib.com- an electronic library where books are presented for free download in 5 electronic formats: doc, rtf, fb2, html, txt. Here you can download an e-book or start reading online, as there is a “reading room”, that is, an e-reader web application is built into the site, which has a convenient and simple interface, and it is also possible to customize the format of the book “for yourself” - select the type , size, font color, background color, line length. It is not necessary to register on the RoyalLib.com website in order to download or read a book, but by registering it will be possible to leave reviews, comments, and also bookmark the reader.

e-book library divided into categories (genres) - military, business literature, detectives and thrillers, children's, non-fiction, home economics (home and family), dramaturgy, computers and the Internet, romance novels, science, education, etc. You can also use the search bar or alphabetical index.

Large online e-Reading library

E-Reading- a large library of electronic literature: fiction, science fiction, fantasy, science fiction, historical, detectives, science and not thin. literature and others. The interface of the online library website is simple and without unnecessary navigation, which causes inconvenience (for me personally). Something reminds Lib.Ru.

But to find the right book in electronic version It's not hard, here are a few options:

• Search line;
• Alphabetical index (Cyrillic and Latin);
• By sections: genres, recommended, rating of books and authors, etc.

You can download or read e-books without registration and for free. This site does not sell books. Each book is described in detail and before you start reading it, you can familiarize yourself with the content, as well as with the title, author, edition, genre. After that, you can start reading directly in the browser of your computer or mobile phone, and there is an option to download in the format: fb2, lrf, epub, mobi, txt, html.

Electronic library Bookz.ru

Bookz.ru- one of the electronic libraries where you can download books, reference books, magazines and dictionaries in electronic form. This library is organized in such a way that if a user fails to find a book for some reason (the book is not in the Bookz.ru database), then the administrators will find out about it and try to add what they are looking for within a week. If the user is not sure exactly about the author's name or the title of the book, then it is better to enter one word that you are sure of, or even part of it, for example, when searching Dan Brown/Dan Brown it's better to just enter brown and you will definitely find the author.

As in the previous listed e-book libraries, you can search by author, book title, alphabetical index. The search will take place on 115,000 books and 30,000 authors.

Big-Library.info- a library that contains educational, artistic, technical literature, as well as reference and encyclopedic literature; detective novels and short stories. Here you can find Russian and foreign literature. E-books in the Big-Library.info library are divided into sections with easy navigation.

Using the library search, the user can easily find by author or by title and download a book for free.

Scientific electronic library "CyberLeninka"

CyberLeninka is a popular scientific electronic library created on the concept of open science (Open Science), the main purpose of which is to increase the popularity of science and scientific activity, public control over the quality of scientific publications, the development of interdisciplinary research, the modern institute of scientific review and increase the citation of Russian science. It contains 516,822 scientific articles in its database.

Advantages of the CyberLeninka library:

• Always free, fast, constant, full-text access to scientific and educational materials in real time;
  provision of materials under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license, which allows unlimited use of works, subject to attribution;

• Exporting materials to open international repositories scientific information Google Scholar, OCLC WorldCat, ROAR, BASE, OpenDOAR, RePEc, Socionet and others via the OAI-PMH protocol;
• And most importantly, the full texts of all scientific publications can be downloaded and read for free

There are also CyberLeninka apps for Android and iOS.

Knigi.ws - literary portal

Knigiws is the largest free electronic library in which you can find about 500 thousand works of domestic and foreign authors. A wide variety of genres: detectives, novels, fantasy, adventure, psychology and thrillers - in total, more than 40 are represented in the catalog thematic sections.
It is possible to download books in TXT or FB2 format. There is also a special section "Audiobooks", where you can listen to books online in mp3 format or download an audio file to your computer.

By choosing a book, you can read detailed information book title, author, description, genre, year of release, formats in which e-book download is available.

Bookfi.net - a large electronic library of the Russian Internet

bookfi.net- one of the largest libraries of e-books in Runet, where you can find almost any book and magazine. The library can be used free of charge and without registration. On the home page The site has a search bar that is hard to miss. In it you need to enter the name of the book, journal or author's name and click on the search button.

After you have found the right book, you can download it (it can be available in EPUB, PDF, MOBI, TXT, RTF formats) or you can read it online, as there is a built-in BookReader web application.

Bookmate - digital library in your pocket

bookmates- a service for reading e-books by subscription for everyone who has a mobile phone (I wrote about the service bookmates). Today, Bookmate is one of the leading book services in Russia with the largest library of books in Russian, as well as books in English, Spanish, Turkish, Swedish and other languages. In order to take advantage of the service, you need to download the Bookmate application for Android, iOS or Windows Mobile on your mobile phone. Then register.

After registration, you will have access to many books (500,000 books). Updates and new books appear every day. You can download and read books in fb2 and ePub formats, and your favorite books, notes and quotes will be securely stored in Bookmate. The reader can be customized for yourself: contrast, font, background. You can communicate with other users of the service, receive and give recommendations on books.

The top 10 free online e-book libraries were listed above, among which you can choose the most convenient and favorite one, where you can read books online or download them to your computer, mobile phone and e-reader and enjoy reading. If you use another electronic library, you can write about it in the comments (below the article).