Authors looking to find a new or bigger audience are using online eBooks more and more to market their work.
They are often distributed at no charge by the author.
eBooks have become a tool for authors who have had difficulty getting their books printed in the competitive world of publishing.
Traditional publishers are highly selective in what they publish and numerous factors are considered when deciding what they will print.
Many new children's book authors reach readers by offering chapters or even a whole free eBook to gain name recognition in their genre.
This may also help them gain attention from traditional publishers.
Free children's eBooks can be found all over the internet.
A simple search can yield a quantity of results.
eBooks are offered in a wide range of genres including educational and religious.
They may be created by private organizations.
Some websites providing eBooks may have an online kids club, where children receive free eBooks via email in weekly or monthly intervals.
Some sites will require you register before you can access and download free children's eBooks.
Be sure to read the fine print before you give out any personal information.
If you download eBooks it's a good idea to save them to disk or flash drive so they don't clutter up your computer indefinitely.
One of the many benefits of eBooks is that they don't usually come with a subscription fee, since authors distribute them for free.
Be sure to look through the eBook you are considering downloading before you share it with your child.
That way you can make sure its content is as you expected it to be.
You may also want to screen the eBook to see if any of the main characters die, since that can be traumatic for your child to read.