(+) The Easy Method of Converting Google Books to Kindle and Other Formats Free of Charge

A newsletter reader wrote and asked, "How can I download books from Google Books and convert them to text that I can read with my iPad?" I might add, "or in some other format?" to his original question.

The quick answer is, "That is super easy to do. In fact, there are several ways to do that." Today I thought I'd describe the easy steps required.

NOTE: Thousands of out-of-copyright ebooks are available on Google Books and on other web sites as well. Google Books also has many books that are still within copyright but these normally cannot be downloaded in their entirety. Only snippets of copyrighted books may be read online and never downloaded.