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What is the best site to download books online for free? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by patomaloqueiro@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[โ€“] nachtigall@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago

Zlib and LibGen if you are willing to set sails ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

http://libgen.rs/

[โ€“] onlooker@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Seconding Library Genesis. ZLibrary has a nice selection and all, but I'm kind of put off by how you need an account to access it. No such issues with LibGen.

[โ€“] altair222@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i was going for legal materials first. Not a fan of pirating books unless theyre corporate backed content such as college textbooks

[โ€“] zedro@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg has all legal materials. Consider it.

[โ€“] altair222@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

That's what my first suggestion was ahah. thanks anyway

[โ€“] downdaemon@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

https://annas-archive.org/ is a new one trying to be the biggest ever

[โ€“] suspended@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Very nice!

[โ€“] anon0873498@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

even better than z-lib in my opinion

[โ€“] altair222@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

Project Gutenberg, Archive.org are two that come to my mind

[โ€“] 8MinuteEssay@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

lemmy.ml/c/zlibrary

[โ€“] lxvi@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

https://pdfdrive.com https://oceanofpdf.com

[โ€“] TechGuru_007@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

zlibrary is back, which is the best https://gonzoknows.com/posts/zlibrary-is-back/

[โ€“] uthredii@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Zlib is the best. The main site has been taken down though so you will need to use the darkweb site.

This reddit thread says the onion link is: http://zlibrary24tuxziyiyfr7zd46ytefdqbqd2axkmxm4o5374ptpc52fad.onion/

[โ€“] 8MinuteEssay@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

zlibrary is back online they are using personal domains now, although I have no clue how "personal" they are

[โ€“] uthredii@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

That's great, thanks for letting know

[โ€“] patomaloqueiro@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks everyone for the recommendations

[โ€“] erpicht@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

If one has an e-reader, standardebooks.org is an excellent place for English language texts.

[โ€“] sub_ubi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

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