Summer holidays are the perfect time for many Spaniards to learn to read. Having more free time, staying awake longer and being more relaxed predisposes us to read more. There are dozens of recommended readings for summer vacation, but sometimes we have not thought to buy the titles or we do not want to spend money.
Some communities, such as Castilla y León, offer reading plans for the youngest, designed for these dates. However, also At the state level, there are proposals that allow you to have books without spending money. And they can be read on your mobile phone or on an e-book reader, such as Amazon’s Kindle.
The National Library of Europe has a collection of 1,322 booksincluding the 387 recently added works, downloadable for free from its onl ine platform. These are books in Epub format compatible with any application or device capable of reading this file extension, designed for e-books.
The National Library collection It is based on classics of Spanish literature, works that are no longer protected by copyright. and therefore can be downloaded or printed legally and for free. Writers like Perez Galdós, Unamuno or García Lorca are good examples of what can be found in this collection. To get the books you do not need to register or provide any information.
All you have to do is enter the catalog, open the desired book and click on the option epub file download. Once downloaded to your mobile, you just have to choose with which application you want to open it. Although one of the best known for reading e-books is Kindle for Android, this application is designed to buy books in its store but it does not work to open this type of files. We will need an application like ReadEra, which is free and allows you to open this type of files.
If you’re looking for more recent reading, installing Kindle is an option.not only because you can read many titles for free with the Amazon Prime subscription that many already have, but because there are free titles that can be downloaded without paying. These are also classics, but not only of Spanish literature, which expands many options. Other options can be services like Project Gutenberg, with access to more than 60,000 titles of public domain copyright-free books, or platforms like Bubok, where authors can self-publish their book and make it available to readers.