| Are you tired of getting out the credit card every | | | | and easily by using Mobipocket Creator to import |
| time you want to obtain a new foreign-language | | | | text, html, pdf, or Microsoft Word files. |
| learning tool? When you start to tally up, the bottom | | | | Under the Project Gutenberg "Free Books" area, |
| line can be shocking: a couple of software programs, | | | | choose the link for their "Online Book Catalog". |
| listen-and-speak audio package(s), dictionary, | | | | Choose a foreign language and alpha browse by |
| grammar textbook(s), reading material, audio books ... | | | | author or title - or scroll down on the page until you |
| KaCHING! It adds up quickly. | | | | see a book of interest. This site presents over 50 |
| However, there is a plethora of FREE foreign | | | | languages with more than 28,000 books. They also |
| language reading material available on the Internet. | | | | have partners and affiliates, increasing the total |
| Whenever you have a few minutes to spare, you | | | | number of titles available to over 100,000. That |
| can read on your computer, Blackberry, smartphone, | | | | should keep you busy for awhile! |
| PDA or other electronic reading device. It is easy | | | | Some books at Gutenberg also have audio files. |
| once you know how. This article explains. | | | | Librivox (Librivox.org) is another good stop. Their goal |
| The first thing you must do is to obtain software. (an | | | | is to make all public domain books available as free |
| subsidiary) is your first stop. Go to the "Free | | | | audio books. They are a totally volunteer, open |
| Downloads" area on the left hand side of the page | | | | source, free content, public domain project. You may |
| and click on "Free Software". Download and install | | | | be able to supplement your reading material with an |
| both Mobipocket Reader and Mobipocket Creator. | | | | audio presentation. |
| Return to the home page and select "Download free | | | | Be sure to check the above websites for links to |
| eBooks". Pick the language you are learning and | | | | others providing similar or complementary services. |
| download the eBooks in which you are interested. | | | | Still looking for more? Try a search in your favorite |
| Within just a few minutes, you can be reading public | | | | search engine for "free books online". Alternatively, |
| domain classics. The software bookmarks your spot | | | | try something like "free books online German", |
| whenever you leave a book, so you never lose your | | | | substituting "German" for the foreign language you |
| place. | | | | are learning. |
| As this article is written, Mobipocket hosts over | | | | You will never lack for reading material - and it is |
| 11,500 free books in more than 25 different | | | | absolutely FREE. |
| languages. | | | | (c) Copyright Kathy Steinemann: This article is free to |
| You can find even more books at Project Gutenberg | | | | publish only if this copyright notice, the byline, and the |
| - Gutenberg.org. Some books at their site are already | | | | author's note below (with active links) are included. |
| in mobi format. Others can be formatted very quickly | | | | |