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Ebooks and digital libraries gather places to read, borrow, and organise electronic books. Entries include public archives, library lending services, reader apps, and tools that convert or repair ebook files. Availability is the first thing to check, since lending depends on where you live and on the rules of each service, and a title that is free in one country may be locked in another. Compare the formats each one supports, how you sync across devices, and whether the catalogue is complete or partial. Some listings point to third-party collections, so check the source and its terms before you download.
WeLib is a reading site that states it offers access to 43 million books and 98 million articles. Its pages list categories for a full database and academic papers, with the academic papers section stating direct access to 98,551,629 academic papers. Titles shown include fiction and nonfiction works.
WeLib is a book and paper repository offering 43 million books and 98 million academic articles, described as free. The site presents a full database and academic papers section, along with popular titles, and gives options to listen, read, download, summarize, share and save entries.
Wikibooks helps search books, ebooks, papers, library records, or reading archives.
Wikisource helps search books, ebooks, papers, library records, or reading archives.
WinDjView helps search books, ebooks, papers, library records, or reading archives.
Z Lib helps search books, ebooks, papers, library records, or reading archives.
Book-search and library-style site for finding ebooks, articles, and document records.
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The Screensaver Gallery on KindleModShelf is a place to browse and download community Kindle screensaver images, with search by author and favorites. Images can be opened directly in Screensaver Studio.
.i2p helps search books, ebooks, papers, library records, or reading archives.
Apps / Extensions helps search books, ebooks, papers, library records, or reading archives.
Project Gutenberg Australia offers free ebooks by authors who died before 1955, whose works are in the public domain in Australia. The site provides over 5,000 titles in formats such as text, HTML, EPUB, MOBI, and PDF. Volunteers prepare the ebooks. As of January 2025, the collection is no longer being expanded, but the site remains online.
BookSee is an electronic library offering free downloads of books and magazines, with over 2 million items available via direct links. Most books are in fb2 format, and users can read some online. The site provides help pages, a search plugin, and an API. Books can be added by sending them via email.
A site offering a large collection of classic, public-domain books and short stories in a book-like format. The site states it holds 1,762 books and 1,194 short stories from 297 authors. Free registration with a username and password allows users to set bookmarks.
Distributed Proofreaders helps search books, ebooks, papers, library records, or reading archives.
E-Book Mecca helps search books, ebooks, papers, library records, or reading archives.
EbookPDF is a free digital library search engine that indexes open-access PDF textbooks, academic research papers, classic literature and professional manuals. Users search by title, author or topic to find full-text documents, and all indexed documents are available for free preview and educational download without subscription or registration. Downloads are in standard PDF format.
Flow is a free, open-source, browser-based online EPUB reader usable as a progressive web app across web, Windows, Linux, macOS, Android and iOS. It supports reading multiple books at once, an offline-first mode after installation, and custom cloud storage. Data is stored locally in the browser using IndexedDB; Dropbox is the only supported cloud storage.
Hoopla helps search books, ebooks, papers, library records, or reading archives.
Jane Reader is an epub reader for macOS and Windows with a library for managing ebooks. It offers automatic light/dark mode, six color themes, one- or two-column layouts, built-in fonts, customizable margins, line height and font size, saved reading locations and window sizes, chapter and page numbers, and a vertical mode for Chinese and Japanese. The software is in beta.
Lex helps search books, ebooks, papers, library records, or reading archives.
Librum helps search books, ebooks, papers, library records, or reading archives.
Loyal Books offers free public domain audiobooks and ebook downloads. The site lists popular free audiobooks and provides search by title, author or keyword, plus browsing by genre. Ebooks are offered in English, French, Spanish, Tamil, Portuguese, German and other languages. Some paid book sections are also listed.
Mayberry helps search books, ebooks, papers, library records, or reading archives.
