And we’re back with Part 3! Yes, the world still loves books, no matter what version they are in: printed or electronic. Some of us prefer them in ebook version simply because they are so easy to locate, download and store for future reading and reference.

In this list you can download free ebooks that range from Romance to Horror, Sci-fi to Historical Fiction. They are also available in PDF, text, doc and the crowd’s favorite ePub version. Without further ado, let’s take a look at 20 additional places you can download free ebooks from.

Read Also: Best Websites To Download Free EBooks – Part I & Part II

1. Kobi Free eBooks

Kobo has over 1 million free eBooks. Simply browse through the selections and you can be reading an eBook within minutes! For free selections, filter your results by selecting "Free Only" from the pull-down menu.

2. Free NOOK Books

Find free ebooks in NOOK books and apps format, provided by Barnes and Nobles. You will be spoiled for choice from the more than 1 million free ebooks available in 8 subjects including biographies, mystery novels, romance and religion.

3. Free Microsoft eBooks

Find an amazing array of free Microsoft eBooks brought together to one single place. Find books on Windows 8, Office 2010, SQL Servers, SharePoint and more. Not satisfied? Then check out its second collection here.

4. eBookMall

Many of the free eBooks here are only free for a limited time, mostly as special promotions, so download them while they are still available. This list is updated with new selections daily.

5. Synet

Synet is a website with a global library for free downloads of pdf ebooks, audio books, computer ebooks and more.

6. eBook Junkie

eBook Junkie offers over 9000 ebooks available for free download. The library is loaded with many marketing, romance, medical, and other free ebooks in pdf format. Read the books online for free.

7. eBooksFree

Here you can find hundreds of eBooks for free: no fees, no upgrades required, no charges, period. Now don’t say that you don’t have a good reason to read no more.

8. BooksInMyPhone

Read free ebooks on your mobile phone and carry a library in your pocket with BooksInMyPhone.

9. Bibliotastic

Bibliotastic offers free ebooks which are published by independent authors. You can download the ebooks for free in PDF, ePub and Kindle formats.

10. Docstoc

In Docstoc, you’re able to search over 20 million professional documents in PDF, Word and Rich-Text format which are shared by a user-generated community. Find and download your required document for free or upload your own documents to share with others.

11. OnlineProgrammingBooks.com

Get your free computer and programming books here. Download books in software engineering, developing for Android and iPhone, computer science, web design, and others in PDF format, or just read them online.

12. Bugabong

Bugabong.com is where you can download free ebooks with resell rights. Bugabong bought books sold on eBay and shares them with their visitors. They post these ebooks on the site so visitors are encouraged to check the site every day for resale opportunities.

13. ePubBooks

Not keen on looking through individual sites that serve only particular ebook formats? Then, run your searches through ePubBooks. Your search results will be curated for you and you get direct links to download or buy your ebooks. Search books, comics and graphic novels for Android, iPads, Kobo, Mac or PC among others.

14. The book Depository

The Book Depository offers over 11,000 ebooks for readers to discover at no risk. Find children’s books, anime/manga, medical ebooks, art and photography as well as educational resources etc here.

15. FreeeBook4u.Net

FreeeBook4u.net is a great source for free eBook downloads, of a large range of genres: biochemistry, cooking, cryptography, romance, just name it, the site probably has it. You can also request for your ebook titles you need here.

16. eBook-cafe

Serving classics already in the public domain, eBook-cafe allows you to explore classic literature unabridged. These ebooks are easy to download and can also be read on the browser. All the books can be read and reread multiple times with no restrictions.

17. The eBook Directory

Download any 20,000 free eBooks here without even giving your email address or registering. All ebooks on the site are free to download.

18. Martview

Martview features tons of free magazines to download from but you have to use the martview reader to view them. You can download the reader at the site and start viewing your magazines in no time.

19. Smashwords

Smashwords provides an opportunity to discover new voices in all categories and genres. Once you register, the site offers useful tools for search, discovery and personal library-building. Most of their books are affordably priced, and many are free.

20. Techno India

This website is for downloading free books with an educational focus; find books in engineering, MBA, IT/Computer, IT Certification, and even free software.

More

Here are a few more sites to download free ebooks from.

1. Open Culture – Find over 350 ebooks with great works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry for free.
2. Amazon.com – Search Amazon Kindle ebook titles with "$0.00" and a list of zero dollar Kindle ebooks will be displayed for free download. (This trick is not available for Asia & Pacific visitors).
3. OpenPDF – OpenPDF.info is a search engine and online viewer for ebooks in .pdf file format.
4. eBooks Cool Collection – Ebooks cool collection offers free downloads of ebooks from different categories.
5. Free Book Group – A free ebook resource for books about business, entertainment, medicine, language, literature, science and more!
6. Fribooks – Free ebooks available for download
7. JustFreeBooks – With JustFreeBooks you can find all sorts of free books: public domain texts, open books, free audio books, ad-supported books and more.
8. Library of Doom – There are a total number of 517 books. The site links to free e-books available on other sites on the Internet.
9. mphOnline Free eBooks – Find over 200 ebooks for free download, provided by mphonline.
10. Free Ebooks Library – Find ebooks available under free licenses such as GFDL, Creative Commons license, Project Gutenberg-tm License, and other free to use and distribution licenses

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No matter what your freelance niche is, there’s tons of advice out there that’s considered gospel. Just as there’s popular blogging advice that doesn’t always work, there’s popular freelancing advice that doesn’t always work either.

New freelancers begin their career (if they don’t, they should) with research. They perform Google searches, scour tons of popular freelancing blogs to find out what the best freelancing practices are and have lots of conversations with established freelancers about how to start their own freelancing business.

They will probably the same advice from all these sources. Unfortunately not all of it works, no matter how sound the advice is. Below are some of the popular freelancing advices you’ll come across that makes great sense, but don’t always work.

1. Don’t make your bedroom your office

This is the first advice I heard when I started freelancing. No matter what you do, don’t have your office in your bedroom.
Forget an office, I didn’t even have a desk when I started freelancing. I’d work in bed or on the dining table. When I did get a table a month later, it was placed in my bedroom.

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The reasoning behind the advice is sound. Working in bed is bad for your posture, and it doesn’t make for a healthy work environment. After a couple of hours of working from your bed, you just feel like lazing about – absolutely not productive.

But when they are starting out, many freelancers don’t have the funds or the room to have a separate home office. So the advice is actually redundant. It’s impossible to follow advice you can’t afford.

How to make it work for you

If you’re working in your bedroom, make sure you sit up straight and have a breakfast table to put your laptop. Get up every half hour to stretch to avoid feeling drowsy or lazy.

If you have a desk in your room, try to set it near a window. If you don’t have a window, make sure you set the table so that your back faces the bed when you’re working. Add an easy to maintain, real plant on your desk and keep it clean. The aesthetics are important when one is strapped for space.

If at all possible, avoid working in the bedroom. Instead, choose the dining room or the kitchen table. It’s closer to the coffee!

2. Don’t work for free

New freelancers don’t always have a portfolio. To have one, they need clients who’ll give them work and to get work, they need to find clients. It’s a vicious chicken-and-egg thing. The only way out of it seems to be to work for free in the beginning – at least for the first couple of clients!

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But popular freelancing advice says that you should never work for free as it undervalues your talent and sets a precedent for future compensation. What’s a freelancer to do? How are you going to build your portfolio?

How to make it work for you

Instead of working for free, create your own samples. Better yet, volunteer your services to a non-profit organization. Not only will it look good on your resume, the organization would be eternally grateful to you and when you ask for testimonials, they’ll be offering glowing examples.

3. Always take a deposit

How many of you took deposits from clients when you started out? Me neither. In fact, this is something I still don’t do unless the project is a substantial one.

Yes, I got stiffed once and yes, I should ideally take a deposit before starting work. But clients don’t always agree to that and it also really depends on how you do business. Granted, chances of you not being paid are high if you don’t take a deposit but it’s not always feasible to pass over a client just because they don’t pay an initial deposit.

For me, this advice only works with big projects. I simply explain to the client why it’s a big risk for me to start work when a big amount is involved. They usually understand and send over a 20% deposit (at least) or whichever amount we’ve agreed upon.

How to make it work for you

Never hand over a finished project. Always hold something back. If it’s a design project, put your watermark on it. If it’s a website theme/template send them screenshots and if it’s a writing project, ask them for the payment after the draft has been approved.

Whatever kind of work you do, find a way to either put your mark on it or hold something back until you receive the full payment.

4. Have a freelancing contract

Every freelancer, freelance blog and business book out there says the same thing: Working without a contract is inviting disaster to dinner. Yet there are countless freelancers who work without a contract. I know because I was one too. Legal mumbo jumbo scares the best of us.

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As new freelancers, we’re eager to get started. "What’s the point of a contract until I have clients?" you think. And then suddenly, you have a client and you’re so excited you forget all about the contract.

Or maybe you’re scared to bring up the topic of a contract. You’re uncomfortable bringing it up when everything seems to be going smoothly. Just because this advice is popular doesn’t meant it’s not right. It just doesn’t work with a big percentage of freelancers.

How to make it work for you

Always communicate via email. Even when you’ve talked to the client over the phone, send them an email recapping your chat and ask them if you’ve missed anything. An email exchange might not be a contract but it’s the next best thing.

Should you come up with any problems, you can always refer to the emails and tell the client that this was what was decided and agreed upon about the rates, scope, payment terms. Better yet, once all the details have been finalized, send your client all the details in an email recapping the entire deal.

5. Charge what you’re worth

Freelancers either charge what they’re worth or they don’t. Most often, they don’t.

The internet is riddled with advice on charging what you’re worth. We’re told that the kind of clients we attract is directly related to our rates – and it’s true.

Unfortunately it’s very rare for a new freelancers to even know what the going rate is in his niche, let alone, his worth. This knowledge comes with time and confidence in your work.

How to make it work for you

Charging what you’re worth might be stretching it a bit. Stick with charging the going rates. Use Twitter and LinkedIn to find other freelancers in your niche. Check out their websites to see if they’ve listed their rates.

While not all freelancer list their rates, a few do which is enough to give you a general idea. If you’re still unsure, email the ones who don’t have them listed and ask them. Some won’t reply because they guard their rates but there are plenty of freelancers who will.

Online forums are also a great source of information. If there’s a freelancing forum you frequent, ask about the going rates there. You’re guaranteed to get plenty of help!

Reflection

The beautiful thing about being a freelancer is that we’re adaptable folks. If something doesn’t work we either work around it, or find a way to make the best of the situation, without being taken advantage of. Have you ever been given advice about freelancing that didn’t work for you?

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