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The best alternative to Project Gutenberg is Directory of Open Access Books, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Project Gutenberg and three of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to Project Gutenberg are YouScribe and BookShelves.

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  1. 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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    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    YouScribe is the French community platform for sharing and selling digital publications.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. BookShelves icon
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    eBook reader and library manager designed for macOS and iOS supporting EPUB, PDF, MOBI, AZW, AZW3, KEPUB, and CBZ formats, customizable fonts and themes, privacy-focused local or iCloud data, automatic sync, and 100,000+ free public domain books.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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