SITES AND SOURCES FOR FREE BOOKS
This used to be in r/textbooks*, but that sub has been taken over by a greedy bookseller who has removed this message, and only wants to make money. While there is no harm in buying cheap textbooks, all options should be given, esp free ones.*
Add all the list of places where you can get cheap/free text books!
Goal is to be able to get textbooks to students for free/super cheap (hopefully free)
The first if obviously LIBGEN, the best place for ebooks!
Any ebook shared with us, we upload on libgen - Msg me and I'll try and get you what you want, though I've graduated now and don't have as much time, I still try and keep uploading new textbooks to Libgen. If you end up buying one from someone here on reddit, do please share with me and I'll upload it :) There are people here who sell textbooks but their prices are slightly higher. Make sure they are legit from buying from them.
Custom search engine script that searches through many free sites: https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=003753031376654422446:szjag5vbefo (^(thanks to 3simplex & piracy guys for this one))
More resources:
(They are not in any order. Also be careful, some of these sites try to make you download viruses so be careful. Tell us which sites are clean and which are not so clean and which should NOT be here! We try and remove all the malicious ones - ALWAYS USE AN ADBLOCKER)
| eBooks | eBooks/Comics | Magazines/Others |
|---|---|---|
| https://thepiratebay.org/ (public torrents) | bibliotik.me (very private tracker) | |
| http://www.gutenberg.org | https://textbooks.cx small free collection, rest cheap | http://www.textbookly.com (Textbook price aggregator for new/used/rental/ebooks) |
| http://gen.lib.rus.ec libgen mirror | ||
| College Student Textbooks* - Not free but cheap. Best in my opinion. | http://getcomics.info (comics) | |
| http://comicextra.com (comics) | http://magazinelib.com (mags) | |
| http://readcomiconline.to (comics) | ||
| https://ebookee.com | http://pdfhive.com | http://ebook3000.com - use an adblocker |
| https://b-ok.asia/ (z library alternate link) | http://audiobookbay.nl (great source for audiobooks) | |
| http://mobilism.org - large ebook forum | https://www.litsolutions.org/ - Free step by step solutions!! | https://torrends.to - torrents meta search |
| Biggest source of cheap textbooks - ToF Books - Delivery within 24hrs] |
Do please tell us if you know of any more.. If any of the above site doesn't work, please tell us that too. Also add comments etc below or message me and we'll try to add them here for guidance.
Before buying from anyone here, make sure their ID is old, have some comments and successful orders. Too many scammers nowadays :( Also if you end up buying ANY textbook, pls also send a link to me (/u/blainemeans2) so I can upload it to Libgen OR you can upload it there directly so everyone benefits! That would be huge!!
Updated post & links on 8th Sept 2022 - Sites not working, links removed but domain name in tact (in case someone tells of an alternate etc) - PM me for any updates and good sites
Posted Sep 7, 2022, 11:00 PM UTC