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“What’s New in Java 7?”, published by O’Reilly Media, is freely available in several ebook formats from O’Reilly shop.

A “Free Java book” by Daniel L. Schuster in pdf format. It uses the ACM Java Library to provide beginner level access to console and graphics operations and standard Java for everything else. And it immerses the students immediately in graphics & animation so that you get to beginning arcade games (Pong, etc.) by the 6th week. Teaches traditional CS1 topics almost entirely in this problem domain.

“The Common Java Cookbook” by Tim O’Brien can be downloaded as a complete book or individual chapters in pdf format or you can read it online for free. In this book, you’ll find information about various open-source Java libraries. While this book focuses on a variety of open source libraries from a variety of sources, many of these components are from Apache Commons.

Free ebook “Getting started with pureQuery” from IBM. pureQuery is a new data access platform from IBM that simplifies and optimizes applications that access data. Learn how to take advantage of pureQuery in your Java or .NET applications in conjunction with DB2 Express-C, the no-charge edition of DB2.

Free ebook “Practical Semantic Web and Linked Data Applications, Java, Scala, Clojure, and JRuby Edition” by Mark Watson. This book is intended to be a practical guide for using RDF data in information processing, linked data, and semantic web applications using both the AllegroGraph product and the Sesame open source project.

Free online book “Java Web Programming with Eclipse” by Dr. David Turner of California State University San Bernardino and Dr. Jinseok Chae of University of Incheon. The purpose of the book is to introduce students to web application development in Java with the use of Eclipse. The book assumes a familiarity with HTML and the Java programming language.

Free online book “Google Web Toolkit and App Engine Book”. Rather than writing a full book, gwt-gae-book complements existing online materials in a logical, structured, easy to follow way.

Free eBook “Killer Game Programming in Java” by Andrew Davison. Early draft version of this book is available in pdf format. Killer Game Programming in Java is a comprehensive guide to everything you need to know to program cool, testosterone-drenched Java games.

Free eBook “Pro Java 6 3D Game Development” by Andrew Davison. Early draft version of this book is available in pdf format. Java gaming expert Andrew Davison will show you how to develop and program 3D games in Java technology on a PC, with an emphasis on the construction of 3D landscapes.

Free eBook “Maven by Example” is an introduction to Apache Maven which uses a set of examples to demonstrate core concepts.This book introduces Maven by developing some real examples and walking you through the structure of those examples providing motivation and explanation along the way.