Obooko is a free reading platform we've rebuilt from the ground up after 15 years and 11 million downloads. Thousands of books available to read instantly in your browser, sync across devices, or download PDF/EPUB/Kindle. No subscriptions, no lock in, no proprietary formats. 4,000+ legal book titles across 30 genres from indie authors and NYT bestsellers. Ad-supported like YouTube, so readers never pay, authors earn. We exist to increase the world’s reading minutes.
Hey all,
I’m George. I’ve spent the last few months rebuilding Obooko, a free ebook platform that’s been around since 2010 with 11 million downloads across 840,000 readers.
tldr: reading time is declining while screen time explodes. #BookTok has 370B+ views, which is *more than every book ever sold in human history*. So the demand for book content is massive. The format just hasn’t kept up.
Obooko is our answer. It's completely free, ad-supported. There's no subscriptions, no DRM, no device lock in. Just books.
What’s new in this rebuild:
Modern web reader: start on your laptop, pick up on your phone
Personal library that syncs across every device
PDF, EPUB, and Kindle downloads: your choice, always
30+ genres, thousands of titles from indie authors to NYT bestsellers
My background: I previously my online art marketplace to $100M+ in art sales and built/exited SmartrMail. This is my third venture. A book changed the direction of my career in my twenties and I genuinely believe reading expands minds and changes lives. That’s why we exist: to increase the world’s reading minutes.
What’s next: Revenue sharing for authors. Readers never pay, but authors earn from the ad revenue their books generate. Every read earns.
Our motto is: Fiat Libri. Let There Be Books.
i'd love to hear what would make you choose a book over your feed? And if you’re an author, what would make you publish with us?
About Obooko on Product Hunt
“Free books to replace your doomscroll”
Obooko launched on Product Hunt on February 7th, 2026 and earned 283 upvotes and 15 comments, earning #2 Product of the Day. Obooko is a free reading platform we've rebuilt from the ground up after 15 years and 11 million downloads. Thousands of books available to read instantly in your browser, sync across devices, or download PDF/EPUB/Kindle. No subscriptions, no lock in, no proprietary formats. 4,000+ legal book titles across 30 genres from indie authors and NYT bestsellers. Ad-supported like YouTube, so readers never pay, authors earn. We exist to increase the world’s reading minutes.
On the analytics side, Obooko competes within eBook Reader and Books — topics that collectively have 128k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Obooko performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Obooko?
Obooko was hunted by George H.. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Obooko including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
George H.