In terms of travel gadgets, the Kindle may singlehandedly be the best thing out there since sliced bread.
Enter LibGen.io, a huge repository of over 2 million ebooks that has a rather extensive selection from new releases to standard literature across many topics. Essentially, it is a quick resource for grabbing English-language books on the go, which can be a tough thing deep in the heart of the Russia. That next long-haul flight might be a killer.
In past experience, LibGen.io has been able to find our intended selection about 80% of the time. Most books are available in a variety of formats. (Kindle primarily uses the MOBI format; but it is a relatively simple process to convert from the EPUB format to MOBI format.)
These files can later be sent to any Kindle device or app using the Send to Kindle desktop application.
Legal? Il-legal? Users beware, LibGen does have a somewhat questionable history, so it's not going to support a favorite author or anything like that. Think of it like The Pirate Bay meets e-books, so use the site at your own risk.
(For more vetted sources of free e-books, more than over 95 percent of local libraries offer e-books for checkout. Amazon Prime also lets its users borrow Lonely Planet e-books for free.)
