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‘Downloading books’ is a popular search term on the web

This site gets some good traffic due to some search terms in Google related to downloading books, downloading ebooks, gigapedia, library . nu, best sites for downloading books, jstor free access etc. . With the SOPA/PIPA threat, megaupload  shutdown, the trend of searching free books or files on the web may only increase. These are [...]

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Gigapedia is now library.nu

The hugely popular book downloading (“indexing”) site Gigapedia is now rechristened as library.nu and is available on the new web address. In fact typing Gigapedia.com will automatically direct you to library dot nu. While the reasons for it are not made public, it may be because Gigapedia may have rubbed the publishers the wrong way [...]

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Gigapedia: The greatest, largest and the best website for downloading eBooks

This is a detailed account of ‘www. gigapedia.com’ –”the knowledge sharing site”- including how to download books from the website with elaborate instructions and snapshots. Gigapedia is the largest repository of ebooks on the internet and better than any torrent site and a boon for students and research scholars not born with a silver spoon [...]

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How to get free access to JSTOR

The need for access to JSTOR in developing nations Access to JSTOR [the US based online 'Journal Storage' that archives academic journals]  is a major issue for research scholars and students particularly from the developing countries like India. The rule is that you need to be a member of a participating institution or library to [...]

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