
: Some classic literature is available for free - but where? Knowing some classic literature works being free... what would be typical sites to find and download those? (By "classic" I mean those
Knowing some classic literature works being free... what would be typical sites to find and download those? (By "classic" I mean those older works that are now regarded to be “copyright-free”.)
I know iTunes, GooglePlay and the rest offer some free literature works via apps, but I am looking for more "open" resources like free online libraries, archives, etc. Does anything alike exist? Is there a directory or something where (copyright-) free books are listed for reference purposes?
The reason why I am asking is that I would hate having to waste time scanning my hardcopies just to read them on my ebook reader, when such books are freely available in ebook-compatible format somewhere...
Note: I'm talking about freely available literature, and not stolen (non-free) works offered by illegal download sites, and certainly not things like useless "get rich quick" PDF guides. I did my homework and (ab)used some search engines, but in contrast to my usual experiences, search engines didn't really help as most of what they suggest turned out to be sites offering illegal downloads.
The only usable example I found and which had an acceptable quality was Archive.org's texts. In fact, it is a pretty good example of what I'm looking/asking for. There must be more, alike resources out there…
Also note the discussion on Meta related to this question — “Should we make the free books question a community wiki?”
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Yale University's Avalon Project has a great collection of free materials in the law, history, and diplomacy realm.
Also, Amazon has lots of free Kindle versions of various works that are no longer under copyright protection. For example, you can find free Shakespeare materials here.
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All the work on Wikisource is free (CC or PD) by US law. It can be downloaded as EPUB with download help available
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The web site Mobile Read maintains a library of public domain eBook files in various formats.
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The best-known resource is Project Gutenberg, which exists for precisely this purpose.
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