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Who needs a website to find any book they want for free?
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cassandra_3 commented: I would love to know of a site like this, I have a few that I know of already but you can never have enough go to sites! +0

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A single, lawful site that delivers every book for free does not exist. Copyright, publisher decisions, and author permissions control availability. posed the idea; correctly warned about harm to creators and legal risk, while and pointed toward commercial and library options. The brief guidance below fills gaps with concrete, legal resources and a compact search workflow to try before considering risky sources.

Suggested search order:

  1. Library first — check the local catalog or WorldCat (WorldCat) and request via interlibrary loan; many systems offer e-loans through apps such as Libby (Libby / OverDrive) and hoopla (hoopla).
  2. Public-domain repositories for older works — Project Gutenberg (Project Gutenberg), Standard Ebooks (Standard Ebooks), and HathiTrust (HathiTrust).
  3. Archive lending — Open Library / Internet Archive (Open Library, Internet Archive) for borrowable scans (note: controlled-digital-lending has been legally contested; library policies vary).
  4. Free audiobooks — LibriVox (LibriVox).
  5. Textbooks and academic works — OpenStax (OpenStax), DOAB (DOAB), and OER Commons (OER Commons).
  6. Author/publisher channels — author websites, newsletters, and publisher promotions sometimes release free or sample content under Creative Commons or limited-time offers.

Cautions and context: pirated sites risk legal trouble, malware, and lost income for creators; supporting authors through purchase, library loans, or publisher-sanctioned promotions sustains future work. This list expands on comments from and by offering specific, reputable entry points and a practical order of operations for locating legal free copies.

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Member Avatar for rproffitt

This would be a very bad thing. Authors that don't release their works into the public domain would be deprived of income and more.

-> No one needs this.

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there already is one: amazon.
Find them for free, then pay the author to read it.

commented: Much better answer to the question. They asked about "finding"! +16
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What about your local library's ebooks app?

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