Google offers half a million free ebooks

Sony Reader just got half a million times more appealing, courtesy of free ebooks from Google
Sony Reader just got half a million times more appealing, courtesy of free ebooks from Google

Google and Sony announced today the launch of half-million public domain ebooks, optimised for the Sony Reader and for reading books on the go on your trusty old laptop.

Head over to the Sony eBook store – ebookstore.sony.com – and then click through to Google's Unearth a Classic section on the site to see what's on offer right now for absolutely no money at all.