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A new (to me) free and legal ebook download site

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I came across this site recently for free and legal ebook down loads, tons of stuff on there. You can download as a PDF file, epub or the kindle mobi format. If you don't have a kindle download the free kindle app from amazon and read that way.

One on drying food to start you off

https://www.pdfdrive.com/drying-of-food ... 34740.html
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Pdfdrive links out to any books it's spider can find. Does not make pdfdrive illegal but many of the books linked to will have a fair chance of being illegally hosted.
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rik_uk3 wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:50 pm I came across this site recently for free and legal ebook down loads, tons of stuff on there. You can download as a PDF file, epub or the kindle mobi format. If you don't have a kindle download the free kindle app from amazon and read that way.

One on drying food to start you off

https://www.pdfdrive.com/drying-of-food ... 34740.html
Richard watch that page as soon as i hit it my anti virus came up warning blocking intrution attempts , i came out checked and sure enough with in the 30 sec windows it hit me 10 times on a re try so i am sure it might be a backdoor hacking site , if you can scan your comp asap i will try it again and try and grab the name of the trojan

Ok something cloudecreasse but as soon as i go there mny anti virus hits the page up and closes it
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steptoe wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 4:59 pm
rik_uk3 wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:50 pm I came across this site recently for free and legal ebook down loads, tons of stuff on there. You can download as a PDF file, epub or the kindle mobi format. If you don't have a kindle download the free kindle app from amazon and read that way.

One on drying food to start you off

https://www.pdfdrive.com/drying-of-food ... 34740.html
Richard watch that page as soon as i hit it my anti virus came up warning blocking intrution attempts , i came out checked and sure enough with in the 30 sec windows it hit me 10 times on a re try so i am sure it might be a backdoor hacking site , if you can scan your comp asap i will try it again and try and grab the name of the trojan

Ok something cloudecreasse but as soon as i go there mny anti virus hits the page up and closes it
If that site invites you to download PDF format files, then note that PDFs can bear malware.
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jennyjj01 wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 6:54 pm
steptoe wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 4:59 pm
rik_uk3 wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:50 pm I came across this site recently for free and legal ebook down loads, tons of stuff on there. You can download as a PDF file, epub or the kindle mobi format. If you don't have a kindle download the free kindle app from amazon and read that way.

One on drying food to start you off

https://www.pdfdrive.com/drying-of-food ... 34740.html
Richard watch that page as soon as i hit it my anti virus came up warning blocking intrution attempts , i came out checked and sure enough with in the 30 sec windows it hit me 10 times on a re try so i am sure it might be a backdoor hacking site , if you can scan your comp asap i will try it again and try and grab the name of the trojan

Ok something cloudecreasse but as soon as i go there mny anti virus hits the page up and closes it
If that site invites you to download PDF format files, then note that PDFs can bear malware.
hi jen yer i learnt many years ago when they say you just have ot install this lol , yup i lost a computer to porn lol and do not laugh it was terrible i was traumatised for months , lol i give you a giggle on that note i use to love dominoes and well a lady asked me if i wanted to see her on one site so i shouted the wife said hey holy s*** you can see people omg compared to cb this is so cool the wife came sat beside me and on came the ladies camera yup it was not her face i pulled the plug out the wall so fast my wife sat there laughing and said i told you when something is free there is always a catch lol .

As soon as the page loaded on my comp just secs of hitting the page anti virus shoots up and blocks the page and moves me from it lol .

i have some terrible strories of the internet and dominoes lol but i save that or another day
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not flagged by the paid version of malware bytes but I only downloaded the .mobi versions, no problems at all. If your downloading the .pdf version your virus software may be putting up a false flag.

Happy to email mobi versions to members.
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rik_uk3 wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 7:48 pm not flagged by the paid version of malware bytes but I only downloaded the .mobi versions, no problems at all. If your downloading the .pdf version your virus software may be putting up a false flag.

Happy to email mobi versions to members.
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... If the product is free, then YOU are the product.

I'm conflicted on the topic of copyright infringement. Reading books that we didn't buy is a guilty pleasure. We really shouldn't.
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jennyjj01 wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 8:52 pm
rik_uk3 wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 7:48 pm not flagged by the paid version of malware bytes but I only downloaded the .mobi versions, no problems at all. If your downloading the .pdf version your virus software may be putting up a false flag.

Happy to email mobi versions to members.
First rule of the internet...
... If the product is free, then YOU are the product.

I'm conflicted on the topic of copyright infringement. Reading books that we didn't buy is a guilty pleasure. We really shouldn't.
That of course is if the books you download are not copyright free/public domain.

I've been a film collector for decades and If I want a film I can't find up for sale I have no issue personally, downloading a digital version. The last four or five year YouTube has got better and better as a source of CF/PD films, lots of old classics on there just a click away from legally downloading :)
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rik_uk3 wrote: Sat Feb 18, 2023 10:07 pm

That of course is if the books you download are not copyright free/public domain.
Editors Picks...
https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-gifts-of-i ... 65102.html
"No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise—without the express written permission of the publisher. Failure to comply with these terms may expose you to legal action and damages for copyright infringement."

https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-power-of-n ... 65106.html
"Copyright Eckhart Tolle 2004"

https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-5-second-r ... 74999.html
"© 2017 by Mel Robbins
All Rights Reserved
"No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author and publisher."

That's just the first three. Tell me that these are public domain and copyright free.*

Or how about the complete works of JK Rowling... Or Jamie Oliver... Or Gordon Ramsay.
All have been rigorously indexed by PDFDRIVE.

Probably the only reason we can't download Waterstones Complete list of current best sellers is because they have not been bootlegged yet.

*I'm not claiming to be innocent of anything, nor claiming that any member here is guilty of anything.
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rik_uk3 wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:50 pm I came across this site recently for free and legal ebook down loads, tons of stuff on there.

https://www.pdfdrive.com/drying-of-food ... 34740.html
Note also they try to cajole/trick/force us to download some or other (dodgy?) application or browser extension... In my case adblocker, with no obvious route to decine.
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