Free eBooks from O’Reilly Press
Would you like some free tech eBooks to read? O’Reilly Press is one of the world’s largest tech publishers, and today the majority of their books are available for purchase as DRM-free eBooks in PDF, mobi, epub, and Android app formats. Their eBooks are often substantially cheaper than the print books, but still often cost between $9 and $30. If you’d like some free books to read, though, O’Reilly has some that might interest you, too! Thanks to their Open Books Project, you can read and redistribute several popular books from O’Reilly press. The majority of the ebooks are out-of-print and older books, such as The Whole Internet User’s Guide & Catalog, originally published in 1992, way before many of use were using the internet. Others, however, are books from the open source community that were published with an open copyright or have been placed in public domain by their author. Some interesting books from the latter group include:
- The Cathedral and the Bazaar
- Free as in Freedom
- OpenSources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution
- We the Media
Even if you’re not an open-source fan, it’s almost impossible to use technology today without open-source products impacting you, and these books can give you an insight into the thoughts and underpinnings of the open-source community. And, that’s not all the books available; you may find something else available there that sparks your interest. So check out the open eBooks from O’Reilly, and let us know which one you enjoyed the most!
Check out the Free open eBooks from O’Reilly Press today at oreilly.com/openbook
Quick tip: Most of the open eBooks are in plain HTML or text form, so if you’d like to read them with a more standard book look and feel, try opening them with Readability or Instapaper.
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