cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/17313841
Also:
- https://annas-archive.org/
- https://www.myanonamouse.net/
- https://www.smartquantai.com/
- https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/
- https://unpaywall.org/
- https://nicotine-plus.org/ (Some pdfs/ebooks, mostly for audiobooks)
- https://fmhy.pages.dev/
- http://libgen.lc/
- https://thepiratebay.org/
- https://libgen.gs/
- https://katcr.to/
- https://openstax.org/
- https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/
- https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/books/
- http://www.pdfsearchengine.info/
- https://bookboon.com/en
- http://www.textbooksfree.org/
- https://www.gutenberg.org/
- http://www.avaxhome.co/
- https://forum.mobilism.org/viewforum.php?f=106
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/3i9y7n/guide_for_finding_textbooks/
- https://www.google.com “nameofyourbook site:vk.com file:pdf”
- https://www.pdfdrive.com/
- https://b-ok.cc
- http://libgen.li/
- https://thepiratebay.org/search/textbook/0/99/0
- IRC: irc.irchighway.net:#ebooks
- Telegram: https://www.reddit.com/r/libgen/comments/lq3oo1/active_telegram_bot_for_downloading_libgen_ebooks/
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