I’ve been a long time reader, but I was a little bit skeptical about the Kindle. I just liked the way a real book felt in my hand and the smell of freshly printed pages. I didn’t plan on getting a Kindle, but I decided that it would just be a more practical option. It’s much easier to take around with me whenever I take the kids to the park and I’m able to store a whole library of books on the device, so I never run out of reading material.

One thing I never knew about the Kindle was that you could get your hands on a ton of free books. Had I known this, I would have purchased a Kindle a long time ago. If you want to get free Kindle books, you can scroll down and look over some tips I’m going to hook you up with.

#1. Search for Free Books on Amazon

Doing a simple search for “Free Kindle Books” on Amazon will yield a ton of results. Do it now and you’ll easily be able to find over 20,000 results. If you find a book you really want, you should download it immediately. It can be tempting to open multiple tabs with books you want and just continue searching, but Amazon changes their prices on books a lot, so a book that’s free one hour could have a price attached to it the next hour.

#2. Amazon Prime

I’ve talked a lot about Amazon Prime and whether or not it’s a great deal. One of the perks of being an Amazon Prime member is that every single month Prime members are able to download a pre-release of a book completely free. Also, Prime members will gain access to the Kindle Lending Library, which enables Prime members to “borrow” a book from the library for free per month.

#3. Visit the Library

This may sound crazy, because you typically think of libraries as a place to get your hands on physical copies of books, but most libraries actually have ebooks now. If you want to borrow a book for your Kindle, you can typically access your library’s selection of digital books by going to their official website.

#4. Ask a Friend to Share a Book

Some Kindle books come with the ability to share the book with one other friend. Ask your friends if they have any Kindle books that they can share with you. I would suggest returning the favor, as well.

#5. Find a Book Lending Website

There are plenty of websites out there that will allow you to trade books with people around the world. Basically, you’ll list the books you’re able to lend and you can find books you want to read that other people have. You each pick a book from your list of books and share with each other. It’s just like lending a book from a friend, but you’ll have a much larger selection of books that you can choose from.