I have always been a voracious reader. I can go to the book store or library and return with an armload of books and be entirely out of reading material within a week. Fortunately, in today's world, I can access thousands and thousands of books through the internet. I can read novels online, find reference materials, or even find stories from my local newspaper.

Free Novels Online

There are many different places to go online to read novels. Many online novel s are completely free to read. these are books whose original copyright has expired or which may have been written under an open source license. There are also people who write good material for the internet and earn their living from the advertisements on the page. If you want to read novels online, or anything else for that matter, you may be able to get it for free.

Read the Latest Novels Online

On the other hand, there are a lot of excellent novels that are not available for free. Almost all of today's most popular novelists are tied to publishing houses that place hard restrictions on what is made available on the internet. You might be able to find some pirated version that somebody threw up on a file sharing service somewhere, but reading these is like stealing the work from your favorite author. He gets nothing when his work is pirated. You can still read novels online, but you may need to buy the files, or sign up for a monthly subscription service to have access to the latest novels by the best authors.

Electronic Book Readers

Once you do buy the file or subscribe to a service, you will find lists and lists of today's top books available for download. You can either download them and read them on your computer, or use a dedicated reading device like Amazon's Kindle device. Kindle is a lightweight, electronic bookreader designed for electronic files and portability. It's internal memory can practically hold your own personal library and you can fit the whole thing in a purse.

Audio Files Online

Once you have the file in text form, there is software available that will read it aloud to you. This is great for long commutes, or when you're occupied with some other task, but are anxious to get through the latest Stephen King novel. Whether you're gardening or working out on the treadmill, these audio conversion programs can be just what you need.