From ebooks to phone service, here are some tips for living your digital life on the cheap.
There are a number of services out there that offer free ebooks readable from your tablet or Web browser. There's the non-profit Open Library, which offers millions of texts in various formats, as well as Project Gutenberg, which boasts over 45,000 downloadable ebooks.
For audiobooks, there's LibriVox, which offers around 8,000 free recordings. Your local library may also offer a selection of ebooks that you can access wirelessly.