Friday, December 2, 2011

Free Business Books available Online

Business Books for Reading

2020ok (Business & Investing) has a large collection divided into many sub-categories.  I found many of the listings impractical, but there are probably some gems in there.  Most are available for download in pdf.  However, many link off site and have varying availability.
Amazon offers a number of free kindle ebooks for free download.  Supposedly there are 100, however the list does contain some non-business entries.  The business works are sprinkled throughout, so you have to look.  Registration at Amazon is required.  I am not certain that these are available to non-USA users.
BesteBooksWorld  has 755 free business ebooks and 186 free ebooks in its Marketing section for free download in pdf.
BookBoon offers a large number of free business ebooks for download in pdf.  The books are financed by some ads within the pages.
BookYards has 30 free business books available for download in pdf.  Interesting collection.
BucaroTecHelp has an interesting collection of free business books available for download in pdf.  These deal with internet business for the most part.  You do have to view their news feed to be able to download, but registration is not necessary.
BusinessBookMall  has a large collection of books dealing with all facets of business for free download in pdf.
Business-Software-Books has a smaller collection of business books that mostly relate to use of software for business.  These are zipped files and the ones I checked were pdf.
ChestofBooks has a small, but practical, collection of free books in its Business section available for online viewing.
Chilanti has a very good size collection of links to free business ebooks in 8 categories.  These links are offsite, so the viewing/download options vary.  They also provide links to tutorials, blogs and articles.
DigiLibraries has 91 free ebooks in their business & economics category.  This is a mix of classic and modern (unpublished authors) works.  All the ones I checked were available for download in ePub or for reading online.  Some also offered PDF downloads.  Thanks to Jonathan Malka for this suggestion.
DailyLit offers 16 free business related ebooks for reading in their usual installment format.  Sending installments by email or RSS.  Interesting collection that includes books by Henry Ford, P T Barnum and 50 Cent.
eBookLobby has 37 free books in its Business & Investing section with varying availability in online viewing or download.
eBooksDirectory has 118 free books available in its Business & Investing section available for online viewing or download in pdf.
eBooksForAll   has 60 free ebooks for download in pdf.  Interesting combination of old and new works.
eBookTakeaway offers 5 free business ebooks on management for download in pdf, ePub and text ebook.
ElegantSolutions offers 2 free ebooks in its business genre.  One is a classic work of fiction (that still rings true today) and the other looks to be an interesting work on human nature.  Both are available for free download in LIT (Microsoft Reader).
FeedBooks has 5 free books in its business & economics category of original works.  These are available for free download in ePUB, KINDLE, PDF and custom PDF
ForgottenBooks  has 160 books in its Business and Economics section for free download in pdf.
FreeBooksForAll has a fairly large and interesting collection of free books in its Business, Economics, Personal Finance & Computers section available for download mostly in pdf, with a few exceptions.
Free eBooksBlog  offers links to 16 free business ebooks.  These links are offsite, so download/viewing options vary.
FreeOnlineBookStore  has a number of interesting works in its business start up section available for free download in pdf.
GetFreeeBooks has an interesting collection of free business books available for download in pdf.  They are posted as blog entries, so you have to do some searching, but it is worth it.
GoogleBooks has a large collection under a search for "business" available for full view and download.  I am not sure all 582,000 are related to business, but the initial search results were.
HowTo has an interesting and practical collection of free business books available for online viewing.  Suggested by an anonymous poster.
InternetArchive has 4,963 free books available for download in varying formats in its Business section.
ManyBooks has 22 free business books available for download in a variety of formats.
MemoWare has 668 free business books available for download in varying formats.
MIT OpenCourseWare offers a large selection of business courses in its Sloan School of Management section.
oBooko has 28 free books in its business & enterprise category.  The ones I looked at were PDF in zipped files.  Free registration is required, but no spam at all received by me.
OnlineBestColleges has a listing of what they call the top 100 free ebooks for business students and entrepreneurs..  These are links offsite (many to sites already listed here), but the listing is interesting.  Some of the links do not lead to the book specified, but still lead to relevant books on business.
OnlineComputerBooks  has six books in their Business category available for download in pdf.
PublicBookShelf offers 1 free book in its business & finance category.  "Single Parents Cash & Resource Guide" is available for free reading online only.
Web-Books haa 9 free books in their business category.  These are all available to read free online or for download in WEB and WEB database.  Viewing the downloads requires their Web Viewer (free) which is clean as far as I can tell
WitGuides has a practical collection of 21 free books in its Business section and 35 other free books under Real Estate and Money.

Business Audio Books

LearnOutloud has 131 free audiobooks in its business section.  They are available in different ways, including online listening, MP3 or MP4 as many link to other sites.  An interesting collection.
OpenCulture has a few interesting audiobooks mixed in among some not so interesting in its Business section.  It also features some Business School Podcasts.