Project Gutenberg is an amazing platform that makes books that are in the public domain accessible to everyone. The project is a massive volunteer effort that already spans 75.000 books.
https://www.gutenberg.org
Unfortunately the official website is a bit dated and a bit complicated when all you want is to quickly search for a book or author and to fetch the EPUB in one click.
That's why I built this little helper app in a few minutes using https://instance.so
Any fellow bookworms 📚🐛 here? Let me know what you think!
That’s a super charming and relatable post, Thomas! 📚🐛 You explained the motivation really naturally and invited engagement without being pushy — love it.
I like this book resource platform! Downloading is very convenient and fast.
It's great to have access to knowledge for free. And with a bit of help, like in this case a structured way to find EPUB books for free it's user friendly as well. We need more products like this, quick to build but very useful
I think I’ve discovered a hidden gem! Are there only English books in Project Gutenberg for now?
I like the idea, but now, I can see only a few books on the main page. What is the number of publications in a database, and is there any possibility to contribute? If yes, how do you solve IP, copyrights, etc.?
