Mastodawn

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

Joseph (filthy on opsec)Feb 22

http://ProjectGutenberg.com
http://OpenLibrary.org
http://GoogleBooks.com
http://ManyBooks.net
http://PDFDrive.com
http://Bookboon.com
http://Free-Ebooks.net
http://Smashwords.com
http://DigiLibraries.com
http://GetFreeEbooks.com
http://Obooko.com
http://BaenFreeLibrary.com
http://InternetArchive.org
http://HathiTrust.org
http://StandardEbooks.org
http://ReadPrint.com
http://Bookrix.com
http://Librophile.com
http://OnlineBooksPage.edu

Project Gutenberg is https://www.gutenberg.org/, not http://projectgutenberg.com/

Google Books is https://books.google.com/, not googlebooks.com

... i have not checked past that.

Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is a library of free eBooks.

Project Gutenberg

RustyRing Feb 25

TNX

Joseph (filthy on opsec)Feb 22

@idlehand
clickable.
http://ProjectGutenberg.com
http://OpenLibrary.org
http://GoogleBooks.com
http://ManyBooks.net
http://PDFDrive.com
http://Bookboon.com
http://Free-Ebooks.net
http://Smashwords.com
http://DigiLibraries.com
http://GetFreeEbooks.com
http://Obooko.com
http://BaenFreeLibrary.com
http://InternetArchive.org
http://HathiTrust.org
http://StandardEbooks.org
http://ReadPrint.com
http://Bookrix.com
http://Librophile.com
http://OnlineBooksPage.edu

SpeakEasy Feb 22

@recourse thank you

Ariaflame Feb 22

@idlehand @recourse Try https://www.baen.com/categories/free-library.html for the Baen Free Library.

Free Library - Categories

Baen Free Library Ebooks

Emil Jacobs - Collectifission Feb 23

@recourse @idlehand Let's not forget LibGen and Sci-Hub. Yes, "illegal", and you often need a vpn to be able to visit them. If you're not a corporation it turns out that training your neural network (yes, the one in your skull) is illegal doing it for free.

Fuck that. Support the authors you want to support directly.

@collectifission @recourse @idlehand

https://xkcd.com/488/

Steal This Comic

xkcd

Michal Bryxí 🌱Feb 26

@lefou23 @collectifission @recourse @idlehand Oh #TIL that they did this one. Wanted to reply with exactly that advice.

Alejandro Feb 23

@recourse @idlehand

And since you are there; make sure to check Calibre e-book manager. I use it to put the ePub version in my Kindle reader.

Captain Button Feb 23

@recourse @idlehand

A bunch more Baen legal and free content from the old CD-ROMs that came with physical books back when. (Remember them?)

https://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/

BaenCD at the Fifth Imperium

Mighty Orbot Feb 22

@idlehand Probably not the specific book you want, but SOME books.

Francois Lescoutte Feb 22

@idlehand
+ wikisource.org

Darth Depro Feb 22

@idlehand
Useless fact:
Many studies confirm that reading comprehension is better with physical books than with eBooks. Over the years, OverDrive readers have checked out more than 1 billion digital books and, in that time, 15.8 million trees have been saved.
30 Dec 2022

Lydia Schoch Feb 22

@idlehand @Sfwmson #FreeBooks would love this list!

Ronald Snijder Feb 22

@idlehand can I add https://directory.doabooks.org and https://library.oapen.org?

DOAB Home

@idlehand
epublibre .org for spanish books.

If too many people try to access this web, it brings a server error. Please, be patient.

@idlehand But avoid https://annas-archive.org/ where you get behind #paywalls.

Anna’s Archive

The world’s largest open-source open-data library. Mirrors Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, Z-Library, and more.

Ray McCarthy Feb 22

@idlehand
Openlibrary only loans and they pirate!

Orca 🌻 | 🎀 | 🪁 | 🏴🏳️‍⚧️Feb 22

@idlehand Also
z-library .sk
libgen .li
annas-archive .org

Links may change later.

blobcatverified

@idlehand also literotica.com (NSFW)

K_L_Cooper Feb 23

@idlehand
Books? What r Books? 🙄

@idlehand And, most likely, your local public library.

The Shadow Library Uptime Monitor
http://open-slum.org/

SLUM: The Shadow Library Uptime Monitor

This dashboard tracks the availability of popular shadow libraries in real time from a US-based server.[Click here to learn more](https://open-slum.org/sta

kaffando Feb 23

AstroMancer5G (she/her)Feb 23

@idlehand
I didn't see Anna's Archive on here, but that's another one.
https://annas-archive.org/

Anna’s Archive

The world’s largest open-source open-data library. Mirrors Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, Z-Library, and more.

Martin Rundkvist Feb 23

@idlehand Also, thanks to Canadian copyright exceptions, Fadedpage.com has way more recent books than many other public domain repositories.

VelteropⓐⓊ🪂🇪🇺🇳🇱🇬🇧🇩🇪Feb 23

@idlehand Beautifully Organused Open Knowledge Sources (BOOKS).

VelteropⓐⓊ🪂🇪🇺🇳🇱🇬🇧🇩🇪Feb 23

@idlehand
Oops, typo.
Beautifully Organised Open Knowledge Sources (BOOKS).

Andrea C Feb 23

beware of this list everyone. they may be legit or not. two red flags: gutenberg.org and archive.org don't match in this list.

HaikuFaiter Feb 23

@idlehand ¿Alguno que trabaje en castellano?

Bruce Acton 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦Feb 23

@idlehand hi this is another great resource to kick #amazon in the butt for supporting #trump and the trade war with #Canada every little bit of revenue we deprive them of is a win!

@idlehand and Facebook/Meta if you are working in the AI team...

Jay Hannah Feb 24

@idlehand anyone have a list where authors are selling their eBooks (EPUB) for money, but DRM-free?

Wendy Palmer Feb 25

@deafferret @idlehand Smashwords is DRM-free (and they’re having their big sale from Sunday, so a good chance to try a few books cheaply)

Kobo leaves it up to the publisher/indie whether to tick the DRM box or not

#WritingCommunity where else do you sell your books DRM-free?

Hannah Steenbock Feb 25

I have my own Payhip store, which delivers ebooks through BookFunnel - no DRM.

@deafferret @idlehand

Elyse M Grasso Feb 25

@wendypalmer @deafferret @idlehand I left the 'Do you want DRM' box unchecked on both Kindle and Draft2Digital (where I'm signed up for nearly all the channels). Whether anyone is paying attention is another matter...

Jay Hannah Feb 25

@elysegrasso thanks! I added you to my list. FYI: the TLS cert on your store expired, so my browser throws nasty warnings: https://64.27.63.131/~dataraptors/superiormagpiepress.com/dd-product/heir-of-the-bindings/

Elyse M Grasso Feb 25

@deafferret Thanks for letting me know. I have just migrated between hosting services, so the DNS and certs may not have completely updated and settled. I'll get support to check it out.

Elyse M Grasso Feb 25

@deafferret The website should be working better now: the migration took weeks instead of days, and some things got tangled. Let me know if you have any more problems.

Jay Hannah Feb 25

@elysegrasso looks like you fixed it! :)