Guides

Guides for readers

Read free, read anywhere, and find books from close to home.

Where can you read good books online for free, and legally?
Free samples with no account, and whole books free with a free one.
Tired of ebooks that look like a web page?
Book-style typesetting, themes and fonts, notes, a dictionary and read aloud.
No signal on the plane? Keep reading anyway.
Download a book before you go, and add LocalBooks to your home screen.
Ever lose track of a book you meant to read?
Save books for later, keep your place on any device, and see your reading streak.
Looking for books by authors near you, or set in your town?
Books by authors near you, and stories set in places you know.
Why does a trailer show up while you’re reading?
Why a 10-second trailer appears now and then, and why it keeps reading free.
Can the author see what you highlight?
Your highlights stay yours. Authors see totals, never who.