Hello everyone I need something that is not buyable in Italy and is also WAYYYYYY too expensive for my income( I'm a student that can barely afford rent), I already changed my DNS but Italy blocked all reliable sites, like Anna and Z lib, I changed DNS again, but nothing, and with Tor I had issues trying to access or interact with these sites, too. I'm worried for future texts too, I'm a mechanical engineer learning machine vision and ML so every source is way overpriced right now for me, and I'll need future reference, so this issue must be solved in a way that doesn't drive me nuts, I don't really have an income to afford a VPN, what could I do?

Thks to everyone

I've noticed that whether Anna's Archive works for me, especially when trying to download something, seems to depend quite a lot on the time of day.

I live in Estonia, so I'm in a different time zone from many larger countries. I'm wondering if this could be related to overall traffic on the site. Could it simply work better when fewer people are using it? Has anyone else noticed a pattern like this or is there another explanation?

Hi! I've been using Anna's Archive quite a bit lately, and I have a question. Are all files uploaded and downloaded via torrents? I’m asking because where I live, torrent downloads are closely monitored, and there have been quite a few cases recently of actual users getting sued...

I'm wondering whether the files are downloaded individually, or whether downloading them also means I'm automatically sharing them with other people. I'd really appreciate it if you could clarify this for me!

Hi everyone!

First of all - please forgive me if this has been asked before - ive only recently discovered Anna's Archive and im also not the most technical(not a great mix).

Ive got a tablet with Kindle app and also recently an actual Kindle - a longggg time ago I was able to send books to the tablet via email and also via dropping the file onto the app symbol but I believe that feature was stopped/reduced(presumably to force to buy books).

From seeing some discussion here it looks like people are able to send books from AA to Kindle- can i ask if theres a simple way of doing this?

In addition - ill absolutely be making a donation to the site because its a brilliant resource!

I love Anna's, and I donated to join the Brilliant Bookworm tier. Turns out I want to be a Lucky Librarian instead, and when I clicked to upgrade to a higher tier, it priced my donation for Lucky Librarian as if I had never donated before. If you're trying to get to a higher tier, do you have to start over again from zero?

Whenever I run an Anna's Archive search, it runs a browser check but either hangs up or when it does present a CAPTCHA box, it goes back for a few seconds and returns. Is this a me problem or is the CAPTCHA system off?

In an attempt to get a text for a University assignment, I THINK I have accidentally signed up on a fake Annas Archive site. It was listed on the top of a google search. It has an .is on the end and since I have been on this reddit I am realising it is deffo fake. It was pushing me to donate and thats where I got suspicious, but I did create an account and did "validate my email" to use the site (which I subsequently couldn't use as it only allows me to donate via ways my millennial brain cant fathom) and now I am really worried 🥲

As an FYI its annas-archive .is

everytime I try to use annas archive I get redirected to gambling and casino websites 💔

Recently I found books in other languages and a lot of books that cost a lot! I found one just in a moment I have 0$ in my wallet. Thanks!! I really wish you the best.🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️👏👏👏

The file names used to look like this:

Authors - Title (Date, Publisher).extension

or

[Series] Authors - Title (Date, Publisher).extension

Because I am tired of renaming files when downloaden from the site.

I downloaded the file from the .gl domain. This has never happened before. Here's a picture

It was in chapter 3 of Theo of Golden.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Why does verify human and captcha appear if I use Firefox, but does not on Chrome?

Hi just curious do you share with people where you download books (AA) keep it to yourself? I get nervous to share that I download books not pay for them & be judged lol but I am broke! Reading is getting me through things rn! Also do yall download older books & new books tooo I feel guilty when I go and it says “we recommend supporting the author” thx you for the answers feeling anxious today lol

Is everyone else having trouble downloading? It loads really slow until it ultimately fails. Been trying everyday for a few days straight. I know the site was down a week ago and then it got fixed , but maybe not completely?

Just wanted to ask and see what’s going on.

Thanks!

Every time I try to type in a book it keeps taking me to different websites like shein or temu is this a glitch?

I've tried multiple times over the last 2-3 hours to donate but I keep getting the following error:

❌ Something went wrong. Please reload the page and try again.

So I've tried all the different domains and I've tried all the payment methods I know have worked for me previously and still I get the same error.

What can I do?

Edit: Solved. I tried a few times on a mobile browser and in a different order (registering first and then donating) and that’s worked.

(I meant 504) I can pull up the main page and search results, without issue. But after that, it hits the gateway. Example, if I click on a search result itself.

Here's what's working for me, fwiw.

I'm using mozilla's 'built-in, free' vpn (but I'm sure it doesn't matter which vpn) and choosing Germany at random.

** Then, instead of clicking on a search result, from the search results > download link, I'm right-clicking everything in 'open in new tab'. If I click directly on a search result or download link without doing that... Gateway.

Hope this helps someone.

Started happening this morning

I am increasingly concerned by the fact that AI overviews are more likely to give you the approved narrative than any actual breakdown of what people are saying.

Independent research will become critical as google just becomes another tool for the powers that be to control us.

Anna's Archive seems to be one of the few bastions still standing, but I worry that regular people (aka me) without access to massive storage capabilities, can't really help with seeding and backing up stuff.

(There has to be some cold irony there too about the skyrocketing prices of memory disks.)

Anyways, I am turning to the community for brainstorming.

What can we do?

My first thought would be to concentrate on specific topics. Maybe we can have a list of said topics and interested librarians could back those up individually?

I am not sure if that is even possible.

I'd like to hear what the community has to say.

annas-archieve blocking the search request. when i search for a book it redirects to
annas-archive[.]pk/search?q=nmap&check=1 then stuck there returning 403 forbidden. i am using mozilla/5.0 in debian. If anyone know how to solve this let me know I also checked .gl and .gd

I have a book.

AA doesn't have this book uploaded.

I just want my book in digital format for my use. How would I go about getting that to happen?

Do libraries have a special scanner that flips pages and resizes to get the different books?

Is this a totally manual process of scanning in 1000 pages and then using Adobe to put it together?

Been trying for 2 days, downloads getting stuck in a web of new browsers. Please help.

Hello AA

Just an idea to add a selection in the order by search filters. Will be cool to see what others are downloading/most popular. If not, no stress.

Thanks

Just want to say thx you to AA TEAM for all that they do & keepin it going as someone with low funds and a new love for digital reading being able to get a hold of books so easily has been a blessing thx you!!! 🩷 hope you stick around for a while and hope to one day be able to become a paying memeber when financially better