<![CDATA[Did you know you can download free epubs of public domain classics from a site called Standard Ebooks?]]>Did you know you can download free epubs of public domain classics from a site called Standard Ebooks? Now you do! https://standardebooks.org/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/ff7518db-7332-4975-86a4-37302a0ed54d/did-you-know-you-can-download-free-epubs-of-public-domain-classics-from-a-site-called-standard-ebooksRSS for NodeSat, 05 Sep 2026 23:21:59 GMTSat, 29 Aug 2026 01:29:30 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know you can download free epubs of public domain classics from a site called Standard Ebooks? on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:51:15 GMT]]>@TallSimon @mqsalmon I've bookmarked both of these. Thanks!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jrdepriest/statuses/117181951234240033https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jrdepriest/statuses/117181951234240033Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:51:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know you can download free epubs of public domain classics from a site called Standard Ebooks? on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:48:37 GMT]]>@mqsalmon

Between this site and Project Gutenberg, I've downloaded dozens of ebooks.

I've been using Episteme as my reader. It also has a FOSS version Episteme Reader.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jrdepriest/statuses/117181940837804388https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jrdepriest/statuses/117181940837804388Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:48:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know you can download free epubs of public domain classics from a site called Standard Ebooks? on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:36:11 GMT]]>@mqsalmon it’s amazing!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/gretared/statuses/117181891964272914https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/gretared/statuses/117181891964272914Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:36:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know you can download free epubs of public domain classics from a site called Standard Ebooks? on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:07:41 GMT]]>@mqsalmon

Also Global Grey

https://www.globalgreyebooks.com/index.html

Faded Page

https://www.fadedpage.com/

Can't speak to source chain.

I first helped Gutenberg in ~1990 before the web.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/TallSimon/statuses/117181543973089023https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/TallSimon/statuses/117181543973089023Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:07:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know you can download free epubs of public domain classics from a site called Standard Ebooks? on Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:14:51 GMT]]>@mqsalmon big fan

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sigmoid.social/users/stefpac/statuses/117180156595292539https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sigmoid.social/users/stefpac/statuses/117180156595292539Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:14:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know you can download free epubs of public domain classics from a site called Standard Ebooks? on Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:58:31 GMT]]>@mqsalmon Joseph Conrad. Ford Madox Ford. Trollope and more Trollope

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/117119238285073361/statuses/117179856450474765https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/117119238285073361/statuses/117179856450474765Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:58:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know you can download free epubs of public domain classics from a site called Standard Ebooks? on Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:41:43 GMT]]>@mqsalmon and if standard ebooks doesn't have it there's gutenberg.org. This is where they source much of the collection. Standard eBooks beautifies from that starting point.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/ap/users/116139182290602397/statuses/117179790354360458https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/ap/users/116139182290602397/statuses/117179790354360458Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:41:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know you can download free epubs of public domain classics from a site called Standard Ebooks? on Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:31:16 GMT]]>This brought to you by a man who really wants to reread Dracula, but has a newborn and so can never hold a physical book.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/mqsalmon/statuses/117176210308400994https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/mqsalmon/statuses/117176210308400994Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:31:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know you can download free epubs of public domain classics from a site called Standard Ebooks? on Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:30:40 GMT]]>There's also a site called LibriVox where volunteers create audiobooks of public domain works and put them out in the public domain for free. The internet is still a good place sometimes. https://librivox.org/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/mqsalmon/statuses/117176207952786304https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/mqsalmon/statuses/117176207952786304Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:30:40 GMT