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For me, it's an everyday little miracle that publishers have not yet managed to convince lawmakers public libraries should be made illegal... because a lot of those publishers only want us to buy their books, much more than they want us to read them.
Public libraries are one of the most undervalued resource in many countries. One day, they will be gone, and a majority of us will not even care. Sad.
edit: typos.
standardebooks.org is a great site for reading classics.
They make very nicely formated ebooks for our enjoyment. Defiantly better than the wall of text you'll get from the .txt version or a lazily converted ebub.
+1 they're doing a good job, as well as for @fraksken@infosec.pub suggestion (even though Gutenberg don't focus as much on ebook layout ;)
If anyone is interested reading in French:
En français pour quiconque serait intéressé:
If all of those links (also the two French ones I just mentioned) are 100% legit, unlike brick and mortar public libraries they offer little in guise of advice. If you have never tried talking with a librarian to get tailored reading suggestions, give it a shot. You may be surprised how useful they are. Also, they very rarely bite... only after they have been transformed into a vampire, or a werewolf.
(nope, I am no librarian but, yep, I may bite... in certain situations I won't publicly disclose :p)
edit: removed a quote from another post.
The Gutenberg Project aims to archive the public domain books
Whenever I get into discussion about piracy libraries gets brought up. Libraries are just pirates. One person buys a book and shares it with others for free. Same shit as piracy. With the books is the same as with digital content. You are not buying the paper, you are buying the content. Except if you buy a book online you are for some reason not allowed to share it. And yes I support piracy.