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Good starter list from , and others, but quality, licensing and safety vary widely across old aggregator sites. For a single, actively maintained index of freely available programming books use the community-curated repository that collects verified links and organizes them by language and topic. (github.com)

Complement these lists with established archives and official documentation when possible: Open Library for loanable and archived copies, Project Gutenberg for public‑domain texts, and vendor/author documentation for platform APIs (for Win32 API, consult Microsoft's official Win32 documentation). (openlibrary.org)

Quick practical checklist (to address the legality and malware concerns raised by and the safety points from and ):

  • Prefer files hosted on an author, publisher, university or well‑known project page rather than a random filehost.
  • Look for an explicit license (Creative Commons, public domain, or publisher permission).
  • For platform APIs and current libraries, prefer official docs and samples (authoritative, up to date). (learn.microsoft.com)
  • Avoid downloads that come from unfamiliar mirror sites; scan new files in a sandbox or with updated antivirus before opening.
  • Use the curated GitHub index above to discover reputable sources and follow the link back to the original host before downloading. (github.com)

If purchasing is needed (answering ): prefer buying ebooks directly from author/publisher platforms that support global purchases (authors often publish directly on platforms that let them set free/pay‑what‑you‑want pricing). Check the vendor’s payment and shipping options for your country before purchase. Leanpub is one place authors sell/offer ebooks directly. (leanpub.com)

These pointers should make the thread’s long list more usable today and reduce legal or security risk when grabbing free technical books.

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Member Avatar for ricnyx

i also have 1 free ebook site
ebookshare.net anyone know?

Member Avatar for dubeyprateek

All these are legal ?

Member Avatar for Jishnu

Don't know.. How can one know that by just visiting the site?

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Many of these books are open books or out of print books. e.g. O'Reilly has its open books at http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/. So these are supposed to be legal. And if by mistake you download some pyrated copy then nobody is gonna hang you till death so dont worry much. Look I am not encouraging pyracy, even I am against pyracy and cracking, and many pyrated copies have malwares attached, but now a days pyrated copies look so much real that they are hard to distinguish. So dont think much about this and try to get more and more resources to learn. Coz learning is very much ethical purpose.

Member Avatar for Jishnu

and many pyrated copies have malwares attached

Exactly. That is what is of utmost concern to the users...

Member Avatar for kv79

Oh no ,only one Win32 API tutorial it is one big surprise.
All of these book but they do not have win32 book that is so pathetic or i can't find anyone.

Member Avatar for Jishnu

Oh no ,only one Win32 API tutorial it is one big surprise.
All of these book but they do not have win32 book that is so pathetic or i can't find anyone.

I understand that you want an ebook on Win32 API. There would definitely be good ebooks on it around, but I think that in such subjects, going for standard books is a lot easier than reading from ebooks..

Member Avatar for ithelp

Which one is your free software book website ?

Member Avatar for jaepi

This is very helpful.

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How can someone from Bosnia buy a book over a internet ?I went to 2 banks in my town and when i tell them what i want they are say that they do not have that ability .There is some chance that it exist (paypal or master card or visa) because i did not go in the other two banks. :D
But when asking about that, before two years ago they tell me that is it impossible that no one can do that .

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