[HN Gopher] Free public domain ebooks in PDf, ePub, mobi formats ___________________________________________________________________ Free public domain ebooks in PDf, ePub, mobi formats Author : notanexpert Score : 69 points Date : 2022-02-15 20:29 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.globalgreyebooks.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.globalgreyebooks.com) | pyreal wrote: | I'm doing a test of IPFS and just started uploading a library of | public-domain books on a variety of topics that would be useful | in a post-EMP or massive technical disruption scenario. | | The books are mostly pre-electrical age - mid-1800s to early | 1900s. | | Check out the survivor-library here: | | https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmPPiFydDCcpeaXTYdRap5NpPDpczA1es4kHzgj... | alin23 wrote: | Wait.. how are you going to read those ebooks in a post-EMP | scenario? | pyreal wrote: | Using an old technology called paper to print the books | before trouble hits. | proteal wrote: | https://standardebooks.org/ | | Another great source of well formatted, public domain books. | Booktrope wrote: | libravox.org | | A great source of free (public domain) audiobooks, mostly read | very well. | mrtranscendence wrote: | Well, it's definitely a great source of free audiobooks. (I | kid.) | mynameisash wrote: | * https://librivox.org/ | Booktrope wrote: | Still the supreme source of free public domain ebooks | | https://www.gutenberg.org/ | [deleted] | adhesive_wombat wrote: | Wikisource provides ebooks too, though the formatting can be | patchy for complex formatting like tables and parallel texts. | | https://en.wikisource.org | AdmiralAsshat wrote: | Quite a bit of overlap with Standard EBooks, but it looks like | Global Grey has some in categories that SE typically shies away | from, so that's a plus. | bryanrasmussen wrote: | The page said only 15 people donated, I think some people may | have been put off by the requirement of providing an email. I | nearly was. | | on edit: 15 out of a larger amount downloading I mean ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-02-15 23:00 UTC)