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Reading has become an expensive pleasure. A few years ago, books were downloaded for free and in full. Literally 3 years ago, pirated book resources accounted for up to 95% of all electronic libraries. Everything changed after the introduction of the anti-piracy policy of Roskomnadzor. This is right from a business point of view, because writers need to live on something. On the other hand, the impoverished population does not want to pay big money for self-education, which until recently was available.
Below is a list of the largest e-book libraries – Runet sites where you can read or download works at affordable prices – and even for free.
10 SamoLit
https://samolit.com/ is a young but popular resource for downloading books without registration. The works are available in fb2, epub, txt formats. Usually, this is enough for readers, but for sophisticated users, the creators even provided a converter.
For those who are not technically savvy: a converter is a file converter from one format to another. In addition, users create their own virtual libraries – this is not possible on every site.
Understanding the site is easy. On the main page, a sign is displayed giving you two options: “convert, download and forget” or “publish“. If you want to download the book, open the section with instructions. The “publish” option was created for young authors who post on The planes their works.
9. Kodges.ru
Digital library https://www.kodges.ru/ is regularly updated and filled not only with written texts, but also with many audiobooks. Moreover, the resource provides full versions of audio recordings. The information line contains the size and bitrate of the audiobook, as well as the name and surname of the voice actor (reader).
The site has a simple interface, so visitors can easily understand everything. The library has a lot of specialized literature, for example, on medicine, jurisprudence. Readers can also upload books and audio themselves.
8. TarraNova
TarraNova http://tarranova.lib.ru/index.html is not like ordinary digital libraries. The interface frightens with technicality, the guest gets the feeling that he has gone somewhere in the wrong place. In fact, there is nothing to be afraid of – this is an interesting, but professional site. It is designed for authors and translators. In addition, publishers may be interested in the texts posted here.
TarraNova positions itself as “archive of translations and author’s texts”. As follows from the description, the Internet resource is intended not so much for reading, but for placing translations and works. According to the creators, translations often remain without names – the site corrects this injustice.
7. BookZ
Developers https://bookz.ru/ gave the site the most simple and understandable design. There are 5 columns on the main page – new items, audiobooks, new reviews, book search, series. So finding everything you need will not be difficult.
On the BookZ more than 100 works, including audiobooks. Unlike most other resources, new items and bestsellers are loaded here. However, the anti-piracy policy has not bypassed the site, so most of the works are just introductory fragments.
6. RoyalLib.com
Like BookZ, due to copyright complaints about RoyalLib Not all books are available in full format. However, the site has advantages for which it is worth visiting.
Digital library https://royallib.com/ convenient for those who do not like to download files and prefer to read books online.
Downloading is possible – you can download files in TXT, DOC, RTF, FB2, HTML and EPUB formats. But this is not the only way to read the text. The user can simply leave a bookmark and continue reading online later without overloading the memory of their device.
The site has a well thought out design. Comfortable for the eye, the ocher design, similar to old paper, does not blind and does not distract from reading.
RoyalLib also cooperates with the studentlib website, where students order essays and reports.
5. LitPortal
Constantly updated library https://litportal.ru stands at the origins of Runet – it was created back in 2003. The site has a simple design, reminiscent of web pages from the early XNUMXs.
Book collection LitPortal broken down by genre. The table with the authors also shows the number of the writer’s books and the number of visitors in different periods of time (per day, month and year). This is a kind of popularity rating of authors.
LitPortal contains books in both Russian and English. And although the site does not have a convector, the download formats are varied – pdf, a6.pdf, epub, fb2, fb3, rtf.zip, txt, txt.zip.
However, you can read only introductory fragments, for the full version you will have to buy a book on the site. To participate in the discussion and read user comments – log in.
4. Litres
All roads lead to Litres. https://www.litres.ru/kollekcii-knig/besplatnie-knigi/ – a huge electronic bookstore. Often, no matter what site you want to buy a book on, the link will lead you to this particular resource.
But there is a section on LitRes with free books – a link is indicated to it. Among the free works there are more than twenty-six thousand books by classics and contemporary authors. But the bestseller is unlikely to be downloaded. There are also many audiobooks. You can download them after authorization.
LitRes is a diverse and user-friendly site with a large collection, but be prepared to pay money for literature – the library is completely legal.
3. Aldebaran
https://aldebaran.ru/ – a literary service with a large number of works. Reading online and without registration, downloading books in different formats – fb2, epub, rtf, mobi, pdf, listening to audio books.
In the past, all books were in the full version, now an abridged version is available. Downloading a paid file occurs through Litres. Aldebaran has a large collection of literature, simple and user-friendly design.
The copyright holders have greatly “cleaned up” the resource, but there is still a lot of interesting things left here – classics and works whose authors do not mind sharing their creativity for free.
2. Flibusta
famous library https://flibusta.appspot.com/ more than once they tried to block for copyright infringement, since all the books on this site are free. However Flibusta has not given up and is still in operation.
This is the site where you can download even the bestsellers that have just been released for free. So hurry up to take advantage of it right now, what if it won’t come out tomorrow?
1. LitMir
https://www.litmir.me/ – Another one of the “victims” of the anti-piracy campaign of Roskomnadzor. Recently LitMir returned to the list of the most popular Runet libraries. This happened after the site removed the books that the copyright holders complained about. Therefore, it is mainly introductory fragments that are loaded here.
Links to full paid versions, as is often the case, lead to Litres. But free books haven’t gone anywhere either – it’s just that the list has been reduced to the classics.
The site has a user-friendly interface and easy search. Before opening the web page with the desired book, you can mark with one click in which format you will download. Also included are electronic bookmarks in books and the number of works in the series is noted.