Relax in corona time

It is important to relax in between studying. That is slightly more complicated in corona time than under normal circumstances. We therefore offer you "tips and tools" to relax alone or with friends, using the following activities.

We have also listed a number of sites for you, which provide access to free e-books.

Libraries make e-books available through ThuisBieb

ThuisBieb (home library)

Dutch public libraries make 100 e-books available to everyone via the ThuisBieb App. Also for people who are not members of the Library.

Free older e-books

Older eBooks whose copyright have expired are available through various websites. For example;

• DBNL: The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (DBNL). Here you will find a large collection of Dutch literature.
• Bol.com: Bol.com also offers a number of free older e-books.
• Project Gutenberg: an archive of copyright-free, mostly older books.
• LibriVox: Free public domain audiobooks
• Manybooks: Over 50.000 older free e-books in different genres; novels, mystery, thriller, science fiction, biography.
• Internet Archive
  

Free modern e-books

• In the Google Play Store, you will find several free books that you can read with the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad / iPhone.
• On Smashwords, authors can publish their own books.
• On Gratisepub.nl, you will temporarily find free Dutch-language e-books. Users place links to these digital books here.

Enjoy reading!