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The best Ebook Library alternative to Internet Archive is Z-Library, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Internet Archive and 15 are Ebook Libraries so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Ebook Library alternatives to Internet Archive are Anna’s Archive, Library Genesis, Project Gutenberg and Openlib.

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  1. Search engine of shadow libraries: books, papers, comics, magazines. Z-Library, Library Genesis, Sci-Hub. Fully resilient through open source code and data. Spread the word: everyone is welcome here!.

    15 Anna’s Archive alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  2. Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.

    60 Project Gutenberg alternatives

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    Comments about Project Gutenberg as an Alternative to Internet Archive
    Jonathan Jewell
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    Not equivalent to the Internet Archive as a whole, but captures a massively important aspect of its role. Absolutely brilliant idea and transforming access to these monumental texts.

    Guest
    Negative
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    it does not have good books

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Project Gutenberg is a great Internet Archive alternative.

    • Project Gutenberg is Free and ProprietaryInternet Archive is also Free and Proprietary
  3. Openlib icon
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    Openlib is an open source app to download and read books from shadow library (Anna’s Archive). The App Has Built In Reader to Read Books.

    67 Openlib alternatives

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  4. Wikisource icon
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    Wikisource is an online digital library of free content textual sources on a wiki, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikisource is the name of the project as a whole and the name for each instance of that project (each instance usually representing a different language);...

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    • Online
     
  5. DOAB is a community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books and helps users to find trusted open access book publishers. All DOAB services are free of charge and all data is freely available.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  6. Standard Ebooks icon
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    "Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven effort to produce a collection of high quality, carefully formatted, accessible, open source, and free public domain ebooks that meet or exceed the quality of commercially produced ebooks.

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    • Online
     
  7. ManyBooks.net icon
     16 likes

    Thousands of free ebooks, pre-formatted for reading on your computer, smartphone, iPod, or e-reading device - ePUB, Kindle, eReader, PDF, Plucker, iSilo, Doc, RTF, Mobipocket, Newton Paperback, and zTXT ebooks ready to go!

    17 ManyBooks.net alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Online
     
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    Comments about ManyBooks.net as an Alternative to Internet Archive
    Guest
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    This is not a service for archiving and long-term preservation.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • ManyBooks.net is Free and ProprietaryInternet Archive is also Free and Proprietary
  8. arXiv icon
     13 likes

    arXiv® is a free distribution service and an open archive for scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics.

    10 arXiv alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Online
     
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    Comments about arXiv as an Alternative to Internet Archive
    Dylan Hooton
    Negative
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    This site is not great, since it's just a journal list and won't let me archive sites.

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    • arXiv is Free and ProprietaryInternet Archive is also Free and Proprietary
  9. DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world, driven by a growing community, committed to ensuring quality content is freely available online for everyone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  10. eBooks.com icon
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    eBooks.com is a leading retailer of ebooks, with a vast range of ebooks from academic, popular and professional publishers.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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