ebooks

Note: When this page was originally created, back in the early 2000s, I had a Palm device and was using its eBook Reader, so was building (or linking to) these freely-available ebooks. These days, I very much doubt there are many (any?) people still using a Palm and reading books in this format, but for sake of completeness I’m still hosting these files. Enjoy!

Original page content:

Welcome to the page of free ebooks I’m offering for the free Palm eBook Reader. Why the Palm eBook Reader and not other eBook formats? Simple—it’s free, and they provide a utility for creating eBooks (using their own markup scheme, PML), also for free.

Now, I know Palm Digital Media is a great source for eBooks—more power to them—but I’m all about free (as in free beer), and there seems to be a real scarcity of freely available eBooks to download. To that end, I’m converting free works (primarily from Project Gutenberg) to the Palm Reader format to help correct this situation.

So, without further ado, here’s the list of free eBooks I have converted to the Palm Reader format thus far, and are available for download:

Title Author Size Download Notes
0wnz0red Cory Doctorow 48 kb 0wnz0red.pdb Short story from the collection A Place So Foreign and Eight More
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne 303 kb 20000leagues.pdb
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens 83 kb xmascarol.pdb
A Place So Foreign Cory Doctorow 63 kb foreign.pdb Short story from the collection A Place So Foreign and Eight More
A Place So Foreign and Eight More Cory Doctorow 245 kb a_place_so_foreign.pdb The collected set of Cory Doctorow’s short stories, which are also available here individually.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 75 kb alice.pdb The classic children’s book that appeals to all ages.
Anne of Avonlea Lucy Maud Montgomery 258 kb anne_of_avonlea.pdb
Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery 295 kb greengables.pdb
Anne of Ingleside Lucy Maud Montgomery 293 kb anne_of_ingleside.pdb Converted by Charles N. Sublett
Anne of the Island Lucy Maud Montgomery 232 kb anne_of_the_island.pdb
Anne of Windy Poplars Lucy Maud Montgomery 254 kb anne_windy_poplars.pdb Converted by Charles N. Sublett
Anne’s House of Dreams Lucy Maud Montgomery 233 kb annes_house_of_dreams.pdb
Around the World in 80 Days Jules Verne 198 kb 80days.pdb
Autumn David Moody 210 kb (File hosted offsite) Free ebook offering from David Moody. Visit his official website at http://www.theinfected.co.uk/.
Chronicles of Avonlea Lucy Maud Montgomery 190 kb chronicles_avonlea.pdb Converted by Charles N. Sublett
Craphound Cory Doctorow 31 kb craphound.pdb Short story from the collection A Place So Foreign and Eight More
Damaged Goods R. John Callahan 96 kb (File hosted offsite) A short story anthology by Rob Callahan, which he is generously offering for free under the Creative Commons license.
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom Cory Doctorow 165 kb (File hosted offsite) Cory Doctorow’s first novel, which he just published and is releasing for free (in a variety of formats!) on his website. So whaddya know… an actual current book! Now if more authors would do this…
Dracula Bram Stoker 433 kb dracula.pdb
Emma Jane Austen 459 kb emma.pdb
Further Chronicles of Avonlea Lucy Maud Montgomery 202 kb further_avonlea.pdb Converted by Charles N. Sublett
Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift 298 kb gullivers_travels.pdb
Hamlet William Shakespeare 103 kb hamlet.pdb The play’s the thing…
Hell-Bound Snowballs R. John Callahan 95 kb (File hosted offsite) The next ebook from Rob Callahan!
Home Again, Home Again Cory Doctorow 41 kb homeagain.pdb
Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 289 kb huckfinn.pdb Forget what you were force-fed in high school literature! This is a great follow-up to Tom Sawyer.
Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne 229 kb journeyearth.pdb
Macbeth William Shakespeare 62 kb macbeth.pdb “Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.”
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land Charles M. Skinner 457 kb americanmyths.pdb “Our Own Land” here refers to the United States. It’s a fun collection of American folklore and mythology.
Persuasion Jane Austen 239 kb persuasion.pdb
Peter Pan J. M. Barrie 136 kb peterpan.pdb Second star on the right, and straight on til morning…
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 357 kb pandp.pdb
Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud Montgomery 236 kb rainbow_valley.pdb
Return to Pleasure Island Cory Doctorow 34 kb pleasure.pdb Short story from the collection A Place So Foreign and Eight More
Rilla of Ingleside Lucy Maud Montgomery 304 kb rilla_of_ingleside.pdb
Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen 348 kb sense.pdb
Shadow of the Mothaship Cory Doctorow 35 kb mothaship.pdb Short story from the collection A Place So Foreign and Eight More
Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs 251 kb tarzan.pdb
The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper 612 kb deerslayer.pdb
The Happy Prince and Other Tales Oscar Wilde 43 kb happy_prince.pdb
The Iliad Homer 404 kb iliad.pdb Old school.
The Island of Dr. Moreau H. G. Wells 128 kb drmoreau.pdb
The Machine Stops E. M. Forster 133 kb the_machine_stops.pdb E.M. Forster’s 1909 short story, converted and contributed by Ray Latiolais.
The Man Who Was Thursday G. K. Chesterton 177 kb Thursday.pdb This ebook was converted and contributed by Ben Gray.
The Night Before Christmas Clement C. Moore 2 kb twas.pdb
The Odyssey Homer 351 kb odyssey.pdb
The Raven Edgar Allan Poe 4 kb theraven.pdb Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore!”
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge 12 kb mariner.pdb “God save thee, Ancient Mariner…”
The River War Winston S. Churchill 388 kb riverwar.pdb This book was converted and contributed by Richard Stauduhar.
The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy 257 kb scarletp.pdb I read this when I was a teenager, and it’s a rollicking good adventure, the original masked hero.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson 74 kb jekyllhyde.pdb
The Super Man and the Bugout Cory Doctorow 36 kb bugout.pdb Short story from the collection A Place So Foreign and Eight More
The Time Machine H. G. Wells 94 kb timemachine.pdb
The War of the Worlds H. G. Wells 178 kb warworlds.pdb
Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll 84 kb lookingglass.pdb The frumious Bandersnatch!
Tom Sawyer Mark Twain 209 kb tomsawyer.pdb Quintessential Mark Twain.
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson 195 kb treasureisland.pdb
Tskukumogami R. John Callahan 51 kb (File hosted offsite) A novella by Rob Callahan, which he is generously offering for free under the Creative Commons license.
Walden Henry David Thoreau 332 kb walden.pdb