Here are 20 websites where you can download books for free:
Project Gutenberg .com
Open Library .org
Google Books .com
ManyBooks .net
PDF Drive .com
Bookboon .com
Free-Ebooks .net
Smashwords .com
DigiLibraries .com
GetFreeEbooks .com
Obooko .com
Baen Free Library .com
Internet Archive .org
HathiTrust .org
Standard Ebooks .org
ReadPrint .com
Bookrix .com
Librophile .com
Online Books Page .edu
Login to reply
Replies (20)
Tried to zap, no ln wallet setup.
Libgen (?)
Or get 69,000 books on a flash drive for $50.
shop.encyclosphere.org
guess I'll zap you so someone can be zapped
mises.org
thepiratebay.org
yeah they're a mastodon user and post is via the bridge
#readstr #bookstr
View quoted note โ
Also z library
LBRY protocol
What's the predominant file format for this?
Epub
Where's Anna's archive?
I prefer physical books because of their tactile appeal and distinctive aroma. ๐ฅ
How is the situation about malware with these? Can epubs contain maleare at all? ๐ค
You just need Anna's archive. That's what OpenAI allegedly used to pre-train their earlier GPT models.
Here are 20 websites where you can download books for free:
Project Gutenberg .com
Open Library .org
Google Books .com
ManyBooks .net
PDF Drive .com
Bookboon .com
Free-Ebooks .net
Smashwords .com
DigiLibraries .com
GetFreeEbooks .com
Obooko .com
Baen Free Library .com
Internet Archive .org
HathiTrust .org
Standard Ebooks .org
ReadPrint .com
Bookrix .com
Librophile .com
Online Books Page .edu
View quoted note →
Don't tell Zuckerberg, he might download them all!
#bookstr
View quoted note โ
Any file can contain exploits designed to attack particular reader software.
EPUB3 format can contain executable javascript, but, other than Sigil, most reader apps ignore it.
They're certainly safer than most things people download, but nothing online is truly safe.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge ๐
Some missing here.