It’s not easy being a student. With rising costs of education, it’s understandable that textbooks can be a real financial burden. If you know where to look however, you can get much of what you need online. With that, here are the best places to download free textbooks.
1. Where to download exclusive free textbooks
BookBoon is a website where PDF textbooks are written exclusively for Bookboon by academics from different European universities. Covering every topic conceivable, from Marketing to Statistics to Biology, everything you see on this site is 100% legal, and they even have a facebook app which allows you to also download these books directly.
2. Where to download free computer science and programming textbooks
FreeTechBooks is a resource which lists out computer science and programming books which are made freely & legally available on the Internet. No pirated links, or books here,just a regularly updated list of downloadable books about topics ranging from operating systems to computing mathematics.
3. Where to download free medical textbooks
With more than 300 medical texts already on hand, Freebooks4Doctors makes available PDF ebooks, journals and links to other free medical books. It’s mission is to promote the free availability of medical books on the Internet.
4. Where to download free university textbooks
University for Free is a student driven setup which encourages sharing of free University texts. Their focus is specifically on mandatory texts required by many courses. They also have a forum which allows students to discuss and share where to get more resources.
5. Where to read free textbooks online
Flat world is an educational initiative that empowers students and let them decide how they want to learn. All books in the program are placed online for free, and print-on-demand softcovers (for a low fee), and audio books are available as well. These books are also open for instructors to modify and make their own. The flexibility offered here is the key selling point, and students are even allowed to purchase single chapters rather than the whole book (or read the whole thing online for free).
6. Where to get editable free textbooks
Wikibooks is a Wikimedia community for creating a free library of educational books that anyone can edit. Rather than be subject to expensive static books, Wikibooks readily encourages copying, modifying, reusing, and free distribution of it’s books.
It also houses WikiJunior, an educational project for non-fiction books aimed at children under 12.
7. Where to download free highschool textbooks
FHSST or Free High School Science Texts is a website which provides free science and mathematics textbooks for Grades 10 to 12 science learners. Primarily meant for students in South Africa, the syllabus and content can really be used internationally as well.
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