I was having a conversation with my aunt the other day and we were discussing saving money on entertainment like books and movies. She suggested using Netflix for saving money on movies, while I love Hulu and Miro. For books, we both agreed on libraries, but she noted that she likes to download audiobooks from her library. While trying to cover some of the classics of Western literature, I’ve also found some public domain audio books as well. One day I’ll go through and calculate how much I’ve saved in a year by not buying books or movies. I’d definitely ball park it around a couple hundred dollars. So with that discussion in mind, here’s a book themed roundup.

  • Though not necessarily the largest selection, they do have a solid range of well-known works of literature. For public domain audiobooks, check out ThoughtAudio.com here.
  • I’ve already mentioned Project Gutenberg, but if you’re looking for more contemporary subject material, such as eBay or economy, check out Free-ebooks.net here.
  • And to round things out, 13 book hacks for the library crowd and how to get the most of your local library-online over at Lifehacker.
  • Throughout the day, invariably there are little snippets of time between one thing and another. While this list is not necessarily designed for those times, using them as such is a double whammy of efficiency and happiness boosting. My favourite is combining 1, 3, and 4 by calling people I haven’t talked to in a while and moving about while folding laundry or cleaning. (Read it at The Happiness Project)
  • Here’s an interesting post from J.D. about remembering to put the economy in perspective and some of the lessons that can be learned. (Read it at Get Rich Slowly)

Queercents Flashback: So now that your all set with where to get your books, you’re going to need suggestions, right? Fortunately, Dawn has a list of the best frugal books and movies.

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