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Read for free. Creators get paid.

FreeBookery is building a legal digital reading home where readers discover books for free and creators are fairly compensated through donations, sponsors, grants, and reader-supported revenue.

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For readers

Search novels, manga, and other digital books without paywalls. Join a community of readers, write your honest opinion of books, and read articles by your favorite authors or bloggers.

For authors

Follow a nonprofit platform designed to broaden access while keeping creator payment part of the model from the beginning. Write articles about your books, and join an exclusive author community.

For publishers

Partner with us so we can deliver your titles for free, while providng compensation directly to you and your team of authors.

About Us

The Free Book Nook is a fiscally sponsored 501(c)(3) nonprofit that will offer free e-books to anyone, anywhere, while compensating authors/publishers and encouraging respectful literary discourse.
We operate without a profit incentive, so as much money as possible will go directly to authors/publishers, with only a small portion used to maintain our services. This makes our system extremely cost-effective.
Additionally, offering free e-books in this way renders e-book piracy redundant. Piracy statistics have spiked in recent years, particularly impacting independent authors. By financially supporting authors in being able to make their content freely available, we aim to make material more accessible to readers globally. Lastly, we will encourage literary discussion through our platform's blogging and review systems, to facilitate meaningful conversations and a community of readers.
As a whole, we aim to make this system sustainable long-term by allowing a specific number of “reads” on the site based on available funds, so donations and sponsorships have a direct impact in making reading available to everyone.

Mission

Our mission is to eliminate monetary and geographical barriers for readers by making free e-books legally available to anyone, compensating creators, and encouraging respectful literary discourse.

Vision

We envision a world where money or location isn’t a barrier to authors or readers, and anyone can engage in respectful dialogue and the expression of ideas.

Values

Creativity: we wish to encourage the sharing of unique human experiences and ideas.
Learning: we believe that reading is core to education and highly beneficial to daily life.

What we are working toward

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Readers request or discover books they want to read online for free.
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If we don't already have the title, we contact authors and publishers to bring it onto the platform legally, and directly support creators.
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Creator compensation is supported by donations, sponsors, grants, and future platform revenue.