Free Ebook Sources

Comments recommend websites like Project Gutenberg, Standard Ebooks, Library Genesis, and Internet Archive for free access to public domain and other digital books.

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yeetman21 • Dec 2, 2021 • View on HN

Gutenberg is nice, but there is also libgen for books that are not available on Gutenberg

TeMPOraL • May 15, 2018 • View on HN

Doesn't LibraryGenesis cover this space?

wuschel • Jun 17, 2017 • View on HN

Re public domain books, try out Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/

theshrike79 • Apr 1, 2025 • View on HN

Not for buying, but for free: https://standardebooks.org

tarp • Mar 25, 2020 • View on HN

Standard ebooks is also working thathttps://standardebooks.org/

curo • Jan 6, 2024 • View on HN

are there others? (besides Project Gutenberg)

fredgrott • Aug 13, 2020 • View on HN

note, folks the book can also be found on archive.org as well

Brajeshwar • Aug 28, 2023 • View on HN

This is in the open, and is available in all formats (PDF, HTML, E-Readers, etc.) at Gutenberg - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37134

squigz • May 31, 2024 • View on HN

Standard Ebooks is a great resource. Consider supporting them https://standardebooks.org/donate

grapland • Oct 8, 2025 • View on HN

I want 24x7, free or non-profit full book data streaming/downloading.otherwise there is one more trouble for me.