Based on our record, Open Library seems to be a lot more popular than ManyBooks.net. While we know about 263 links to Open Library, we've tracked only 19 mentions of ManyBooks.net. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I used to get manic and buy books like crazy…. A word to the wise: use thrift books for physical books. Library Genesis, Many Books, and Project Gutenberg for free book downloads. You can open the file on the “Books” app that Apple provides. Source: 10 months ago
I will definitely check out openlibrary.org and manybooks.net. But I want to make sure that I don't "bypass" anything because there are way too many eyes watching way too many things. Source: 10 months ago
Manybooks.net (these are mainly old books and classic, free is free though). Source: 11 months ago
You should be able to get them through your public library. Also, many of them may be available at manybooks.net; to be accessed through your device. Source: about 1 year ago
Books - InternetArchive | ManyBooks | Project Gutenberg | FreeBooksy | Libby - an app to borrow books from your library | BorrowBox - another library app. Source: over 1 year ago
Check out https://openlibrary.org. You can search ´library science’, librarian’, etc, and something should come up. Just select the ‘ebooks’ option to search for items within the collection. And you can narrow the search by subject, etc. Source: 5 months ago
Right now I'm in the middle of the chicken and the egg problem where we don't have enough authors cataloging their publications and b/c of that obviously readers are not interested in using the site. I've gone back and forth with taking Open Libray's [0] catalog as that would at least flesh out our collection of books but then I'd have to deal with verifying authors to accounts so they can access their books.... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
Here's one: https://openlibrary.org/. Source: 6 months ago
The Internet Archive runs what they call the Open Library, which is a unique concept on the traditional library. You can sign-up with minimal details and digitally check out many scanned books from libraries all over the world. The only caveat is that almost all of the books are older editions - ones that would be impossible to find locally. It's great if you're looking for old routes, a look back in time, details... Source: 6 months ago
I want to clarify that I'm a non-US citizen, so accessing physical copies from US libraries or buying it from Amazon might not be feasible for me. To give you some context, my personal research was guided by the wiki section of r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH (https://www.reddit.com/r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH/wiki/reading/). I've conducted research using various online resources, including the Ebook & Open Source/Access Libraries... Source: 7 months ago
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