Project Gutenberg is a digital archive of more than 70,000 free epub and Kindle ebooks. Open Culture is a similar concept to Project Gutenberg, but it has a much more limited library—only 800 free ebooks. Amazon offers free eBooks, tooThese are worth grabbing even though they're locked to Amazon's ecosystemYou can technically still use the Kindle Store without giving money to Amazon for the books. You can literally search "free Kindle books" to find them, and there's a Top 100 list that includes free titles. Buy the Kindle, skip AmazonDoes it feel contradictory to use a Kindle while trying to avoid Amazon?