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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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Internet Archive alternatives are mainly Ebook Libraries, but if you're looking for Ebook Readers or PDF Readers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Web Archiving, Ebook Library and Video Streaming. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Internet Archive.
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    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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    • Anna’s Archive is the most popular Open Source alternative to Internet Archive.

    • Anna’s Archive is Free and Open SourceInternet Archive is Free and Proprietary
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    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.

    61 Project Gutenberg alternatives

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    • Free
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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
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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
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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.

    66 Openlib alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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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);...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • 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.

    14 Standard Ebooks alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  7. ManyBooks.net icon
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    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!

    18 ManyBooks.net alternatives

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    • Free
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    Comments about ManyBooks.net as an Alternative to Internet Archive
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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
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    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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    Comments about arXiv as an Alternative to Internet Archive
    Dylan Hooton
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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
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    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.

    34 eBooks.com alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
    • eBooks.com is the most popular commercial alternative to Internet Archive.

    • eBooks.com is Paid and ProprietaryInternet Archive is Free and Proprietary
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