{"id":10249,"date":"2015-03-06T21:36:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T03:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/?p=10249"},"modified":"2023-08-23T11:29:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:29:33","slug":"where-to-find-books-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/2015\/03\/06\/where-to-find-books-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Books: Start Building Your Home Library Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We have a bunch of bookworms in this family, and a big part of our budget goes to buying new books<\/strong> — especially when you lump in all the textbooks needed by the five of our kids who are currently in college or professional school. (Textbooks are especially pricey, which is why one of our students rents most of his — but that’s another post for another day.) But what if I told you how you could start building a home library for FREE? Would you do it?<\/p>\n

Of course, our family borrows a lot of books from the local library (mainly children’s picture books), but we normally purchase the titles we want to keep. Whenever possible, we buy them used at a substantial discount. But over the years, we’ve also found some great ways to add quality books to our home library for FREE. Here are a few of our favorite sources for doing so<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Free Print Books<\/h2>\n

I prefer reading print books whenever possible. I love the feel of paper in my hands, the ability to write notes in the margin, and being able to find an underscored portion on the page exactly where I remember it being the first time I read a particularly poignant passage. Here are the best sources of free print books I’ve been able to find. (I’d originally listed a few others in this post, but those links have quit working as more and more publishers move their catalogs to digital copies.)<\/p>\n