The Project Gutenberg library of ebooks is truly a gift to humanity. In case you don’t know it is a repository of 20,000 books that are out of copy-right. (Most books published pre 1930). Only problem is they are in text format - not nice to read for a page or two - impossible to get through a whole book.

With ReadPal this treasure trove is accessible to all. Reading the books becomes a pleasure once more. My friends are always surprised when I tell them that I read in bed - with my laptop! I use the full-screen mode, massive font size, auto-scrolling and the laptop at my feet. (Secured in case I fall asleep).

We’ve bundled a dozen free ebooks with ReadPal so you can start your Library off. They are selected from the Gutenberg Top 100 hit-list.

For general reviews and views on reading on-screen TeleRead is a good place to start.

It is free for individuals and charities so download now!
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Dracula, by Bram Stoker

The blood-thirsty Count Dracula preys on the innocent, the hapless and the beautiful. Truly, a gothic masterpiece of suspense and horror.

You can download it as part of the ReadPal Instant Library for free now.
You’ll be able to read it faster, with no glare or stress with ReadPal. This will help you enjoy the story more.

You’ll find that you’ll even be able to read it in bed - if you dare…
The ReadPal reader enables you to read anything, Word, Text, emails, etc. much faster and more comfortably. (There is a free 2 week ReadPal trial but great book and a dozen others will remain free and on your computer anyway even if you do not proceed with ReadPal).

Click here to download it. (You will find Dracula in the Library section).

Click here to visit ReadPal.

[PS You can also learn to speed read with our amazing software course or buy probably the best book on it at amazon).

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At ReadPal we’ve decided to include The Thirty-Nine Steps, by John Buchan, in our Instant Library version of ReadPal. You’ll be able to read it faster, with no glare or stress. This will help you enjoy the story as more.

The ReadPal reader enables you to read anything, Word, Text, emails, etc. much faster and more comfortably. John Buchan’s, The Thirty-Nine Steps is not a long book so you can easily complete the book during the two week free trial. (The book will remain free and on your computer anyway even if you do not proceed with ReadPal).

So happy reading.

Click here to download it. (You will find The Thirty-Nine Steps in the Library section).

Click here to visit ReadPal.

[PS learn to speed read with our amazing software course or buy probably the best book on it at amazon).

I’m an Irishman, went to the same school as Joyce, sat in the same desk as him and have never finished Ulysses. It’s embarrassing. What’s more despite my best efforts to the contrary my friends seem to think I’m the literary sort.
Oh, I can bluff my way all right, discuss the narrative, his style, punctuation or lack of, influence on modern literature, my God, I can even quote from it. But as of today I’ve never read more than a couple hundred pages (and the last bit).

So I’ll read it tomorrow. The only way I’ll get through it is by using ReadPal to force the pace. (Afterall it is a big book).

I’ve posted it up on ReadPal so you can read it too. (Click here for Ulysses text file and Free trial of ReadPal). If you want to learn to speed read I recommend my book, (surprise, surprise) at Amazon.

Let me know if you finish it tomorrow also.

Happy Reading,
Dedalus.

Go to readpal for all things reading….

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Your free trail version of ReadPal now comes prestocked with a dozen classic eBooks. The books remain yours even if you don’t buy ReadPal - they remain in the ReadPal Library folder.

Click here to download it directly and start reading in two minutes!

The Thirty-Nine Steps, by John Buchan

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll

Dracula, by Bram Stoker

Dream Psychology, by Dr Sigmund Freud

Grimms’ Fairy Tales

Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain

Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë

Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Crime and Punishment, by Fyordor Dostoyevski

The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells

The Bible, (New Testament), King James version

With ReadPal you can read these books much faster on-screen (42% faster), with MUCH greater ease and comfort. You’ll even be able to read outside or comfortably in bed! For the student who needs to revise quickly we also have AutoSkim that removes unimportant words letting you reread, revise and relive the book at much greater speeds. As ever,our thanks to Project Gutenberg for the texts.
Go to readpal for all things reading….

The late, great Conan Doyle was born on this day in 1859. The Godfather of murder mystery is best remembered for his Sherlock Holmes series. You can download The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes for free at ReadPal. I particularly like this first story A Scandal in Bohemia.
(Many thanks again to Project Gutenberg - that wonderful resource of free texts).

As with any long text the only way you’ll read it on-screen is with ReadPal.� Download it here.

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I note that grey’s anatomy is suddenly very popular in the blog searches. I am guessing this is yet another phenomenon due to the Da Vinci Code. The anatomical drawings / dead body mimicking them come from Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebooks. (These are available in text form, sorry only text, via ReadPal).
In relation to Grey’s Anatomy. I studied it in med college a long while ago and found that despite its great name it wasn’t very good for studying. It was trading on its heritage as the first great tome of anatomy.

If you are looking for free anatomy books you’ll find some at Project Gutenberg. They’ll be a bit old and verbose but you can’t complain when it’s free. Also anatomy is the ‘perfect science’ - i.e. the body hasn’t changed and there is little gross anatomy that can be left to discover. We are not going to discover a second nose!

Happy reading, as ever,

L.

In honour of the Karl Rove’s indictment (?anticipated indictment) I’ve pasted up the Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevski. There’s a moral lesson in it for us all. How our actions continue to haunt us - even if we don’t get caught. (Many thanks again to Project Gutenberg - that wonderful resource of free texts).

As with any long text the only way you’ll read it on-screen is with ReadPal.

Download trial copy here to read Crime and punishment and lots more free ebooks.

In honour of the Da Vinci Code’s release I’ve pasted up the notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci – so you can do some background research. (Many thanks again to Project Gutenberg - that wonderful resource of free texts).

As with any long text the only way you’ll read it on-screen is with ReadPal.

Download trial copy here and lots more free ebooks.

Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebooks

Hi,

Just alerting you that we have posted up a number of classic ebooks up on a hidden page in ReadPal. For those lovers of saucy literature we’ve included Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte.
Jane Eyre and other books
Jane Eyre was published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It met with general acclaim until it became known that a woman had written it. It was not thought that a woman could write such a passionate novel and seem so knowing sexually. There was concern for her moral welfare as some of the book dealt with the “grosser and more animal portion of our nature”.

Happy reading,

L.