u/AnnaArchivist

Sorry for the delay, we hoped to have it fixed earlier but it's harder than expected. Slow downloads should be back up soon. Fast downloads were only partially affected.

Enjoy!

For those who have done at-home scanning, can you please share what you did?

• What phone or scanning hardware did you use
• What apps did you use
• Any other hardware accessories that you used
• How well did it work
• How fast was it
• Did it require removing the spine of books (or other media), or did the it remain intact
• What issues or downsides did you encounter
• What output file formats did it give you
• Did the app do OCR, and how well did that work, and for which languages
• How much did it cost
• What are your recommendations to others who want to scan books at home

Apologies for the issues. We suspect a coordinated attack. We've mitigated the attack vectors and will offer an extra month of membership for donations (of 3+ months) being made during the rest of this month. Note that all memberships contain 1-2 extra days per month already to account for downtime.

Thanks for all your patience and support. If you encounter further issues, please email us with as much details as possible.

There is a new blog post written by one of our volunteers. Find it on our website. Feel free to discuss it here!

New books are available. Enjoy!

The .org domain apparently has been suspended. Our other domains work fine, and we've added some more. We recommend checking our Wikipedia page for the latest domains.

This unfortunately happens to shadow libraries on a regular basis. We don't believe this has to do with our Spotify backup.

To keep our operations running properly we're always looking for donations. We're doing a fundraiser this month where you get double downloads for the entire duration of your membership.

Thanks for your continued support.