How to read books for free and legally

How to read paper books for free

Share with friends

A way familiar from childhood. You give someone your books to read, and he shares with you in return. The main thing is to make sure that the publications return to their rightful owners, otherwise you may find that you have nothing else to change.

Engage in bookcrossing

“Read it yourself - pass it on to someone else” is the motto of the book exchange movement. Most often, there are bookcrossing points in anti-cafes and similar establishments; periodically, promotions are held in MEGA.

For this method to work, you must not only take the book to read, but also pass it on.

Sign up to the library

Libraries are still working, and books are still being given out there, and modern ones too. You probably have such an institution nearby. Take a look there if you don't want to spend money.

Track ads

From time to time, people move, do spring cleaning or do something else that makes them get rid of the piles of books. If you respond to such messages in the social network feed, you can acquire very valuable copies.

How to read e-books for free

Focus on the classics

Copyright laws protect a work for several decades from the date of death of the creator or, if the author is unknown, from the date of publication. In Russia and in many other countries, this period is 70 years, and the option of 50 years is also common.

After this period, the work becomes the property of the people, and you, as a representative of this very people, can safely download the book to your reader and not be afraid of persecution from the law. There are many resources where this can be done. Pay attention to these.

Federal Reserve Knowledge Banks

The site contains over a million different texts, and their number is constantly growing. One of the methods of filling the resource is grants for libraries, which encourage institutions to share in the open access publications from collections, especially rare ones.

Wikisource

Anyone can add texts to Wikisource, including libraries, which they do through grants. On the resource you can find prose, poetry, textbooks and even periodicals of bygone days.

National Electronic Library (NEB)

The NEB fund accumulates books that have passed into the public domain or in any other way legally digitized. And this is not only fiction, but also textbooks, sheet music and other publications.

Liters

There are many classics in the collection of free books, but there are also modern works. You can read them on the website or through mobile applications.

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Bookmate

There are 50 thousand free editions in the base of the site.

MyBook

Another subscription reading service that provides free access to the classics.

Sign up to the library

You can be an active user of the library without leaving your couch. You can order and receive books directly from it. Moreover, if the work is not in the institution, it can be bought especially for you.

This became possible with the advent of on-demand fundraising services. The most popular and developed of them is "Liters: Library". The system works like this:

1. You get access to the service in the library where you have a library card (sometimes all this can also be done online). Enter data on the "Liters" website.

2. The account will indicate which library you are a reader. Next, find the book you want.

3. Ask the librarian for it and wait for an answer.

4. Get the book (or reasonable refusal). The work will be available under your account for 10 days, then it will return to the library automatically.

Not all libraries work with such services. Check with your institution for this information.

In addition, with the help of a library card, you can get access to electronic library systems. But there you will have to choose from what the institution deemed necessary to add to the funds.