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  1. Purple Streaks

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    Has any members heard of or used the free e books download .........

    many books .net.

    Please if so ,have you encountered any problems.
     
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      No, but just had a peek...looks interesting. Not being tech savvy I have been warned countless times by hubs and all our sons to be careful about downloading from sites your not sure of. :scratch::noidea:
       
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        I know what you mean upsy, I'm afraid that's why I ask on here about such downloads. Hopefully this one will be ok as it's a lot of sections which interest me.
         
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        Not heard of them. I get free ones from Project Gutenberg which is a very trustworthy site. Amazon kindle have many books for free anyway. I think this subject came up a few weeks ago and someone said they get theirs from the library.
         
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            Yes it was me John.:dbgrtmb:
             
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              It was me who had asked for the downloads .
              Project Gutenberg ,yes this is a good one also the library downloads

              I have a smaller kindle I am wanting to use a different source.
               
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                Ah couldn't remember who had asked :)

                I had a quick look at manybooks.net and personally it's not the sort of site I would visit. Lets face it no business can survive by giving away free stuff (Gutenberg works because it is run by volunteers). The manybooks site is packed full of adverts so I guess that's how they make their living. I wouldn't trust their 'free' downloads either, could they incorporate ads inside the book? I wouldn't take the chance.

                A quick google of "manybooks.net reviews" shows trustpilot members giving it poor reviews.

                This review gave me a good laugh:

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                Do they mean "My terrible sight, doesn't work" - maybe they should be trying specsavers !
                 
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                  Well after a comment like that I've come to the quick decision it's not for me!
                  I got a better idea:runforhills:
                   
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                  Sorry @Purple Streaks ...I meant it was me who said they got their ebooks from the library.:dbgrtmb:
                   
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                  No probs upsy:smile:
                   
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                        Hi Mazambo Thank you that's very kind of you. Granddaughter was talking about something like this that I can use with whatever I'm buying from the internet .is this what the link is?
                        I will check with her first and get back to you.
                         
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                        It could be, it's a site where they have checked to see if the site is scam or not, if your granddaughter is good with tech she'd be the ideal person to help you. If you do need I'll be glad to help.
                         
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