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"This is a listing of 27 sites that legally offer free textbooks and written course material. There is a separate page with links to free audio and video courses. To the best of my knowledge all of the websites listed here offer only content that they are legally entitled to transfer to you. If you find a site listed here that you know illegally offers copyrighted material, please contact me through the site with a link to the infringing content." 
Ali Halabi's comment,
August 9, 2013 11:46 AM
If you are looking to sell your TextBooks localy www.textbooklistings.org is super simple. You simply list your textbook for sale in your city for the price that you want. Its free and its a growing community
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Digital textbooks are in the news these days. Many publishers are providing digital textbooks at a cost. However, Boundless has "just launched the public beta version of its brand new site. What is Boundless? It’s a way to easily turn all of the open source information that exists in the world into a simple easy-to-use digital textbook. And it’s free." Boundless uses open source materials to create their digital textbooks. Additional digital resources are also generated. For more information on how it works check out this article, or go directly to the Boundless website to sign up: http://www.boundless.com/.
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Where are we when you look at open source textbooks? This infographic explores the situation and the solution, as well as sharing locations where you may find open source materials. (You might also do a search on OER in this Scoop.it for locations). Given finances of schools I think that open education resouces (that's the OER referred to above) will become more common...but that is my personal opinion.
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It’s innovation in education. And the time is right. OpenStax College offers students free textbooks that meet scope and sequence requirements for most courses. These are peer-reviewed texts written by professional content developers. Adopt a book today for a turnkey classroom solution or modify it to suit your teaching approach. Free online and low-cost in print, OpenStax College books are built for today’s student budgets.
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If you are looking for sources of free textbooks this post may help you find them. Thre are 14 new sites included in this list. Textbooks are available in many disciplines and grade levels, from elementary school through college.