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.
If someone can update our Wikipedia page (in all languages) with the new domains, that would be nice.
We'll run another fundraiser because of the continued attacks. We didn't expect to run one this soon again, and don't expect another one soon after this.
We've temporarily embargoed our Spotify file release, after accidentally releasing some file torrents. It's not worth the additional trouble the music industry's lawyers are bringing, until we shore up our resilience.
"Open Books in Zlib Or Anna's Archive with a button on Goodreads in one click."
Hello i have been working on this Open Source extension (Source code ,available on Github)
I built a free, open source browser extension that adds buttons directly onto Goodreads book pages. Instead of copying titles and searching manually, you just click the badge for whichever source you want.
You can also toggle sources on/off so say if you only want Z-Lib and Anna's Archive badges and not Gutenberg, you can do exactly that.
I upload academic books, ones that cost 70 USD for an ebook copy. Colour my surprise when people complain about a readable pdf copy that was merely converted from epub, i downloaded this book and kts perfectlt readable. Losers like this really dont deserve any good things, and this in and of itself discourages me to put my academic account at risk and the effort to dedrm all the books i have access to.
Honestly I don't know what to say except thank you for keeping this wonderful resource alive inspite of all the difficulties. Please dont give up hope guys.
For those who cannot access from the southern region:
Anna's Archive still works. If yo can´t access the web with regular methods, you must try Tor browser or Brave's incognito mode (with the Tor hidden VPN). From there, go to the Anna's Archive Wikipedia page and use the pinned mirror links: .li .se .pm .in
I just accessed the site perfectly using this method.
Thanks to the team that keeps Anna's still operational. It's the best website in history.
I am a neurodivergent teenager who has very academic interests (in the humanities and mathematics, to be more specific), and Anna’s Archive has single-handedly carried my special interest(s) with regards to researching and obtaining materials for them. The books that I use to study mine are either too expensive or just extremely rare, so I almost always resort to this site. Had this site (as well as other book piracy sites) never existed, I probably would not be interested in what I am studying right now.
My goodness - do the users of AA do anything other than catastrophize and complain? It’s a free website hosting what some jurisdictions consider pirated material, but I swear this sub turns into a sea of Karens demanding to see the manager and get concierge-level service any time it goes down for more than a microsecond or if they have to type “.se” one night instead of “.org” (or whatever else).
Ffs people, be thankful that there’s a handful of folks maintaining this project on voluntary crypto donations. A little shakiness, intermittent downtime, some different domains, etc. comes with the territory.
It’s almost like some of you guys never downloaded an album from limewire that opened 10000 popups and crashed your family’s windows XP, and it really shows.
Every day it’s like:
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What is happening??? Did they kill it once and for all?! I tried to download this one thing and it’s not downloading, PLEASE HELP
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it’s over, it’s all over. I’m literally going to fail my class and my dad’s going to yell at me and it’s ALL their fault
literally shaking and pissing and shitting my pants and crying rn, how could they do this to us??? 😭 (edit: whew, false alarm, I was using the wrong address)
they’ve finally done it. They ruined it.
what is going on???? Is this normal?? Guys I can’t download <insert mundane book title> how do I make it download??
Note: I’m not associated with the project or the maintainers in any way. Just sharing my .02 after scrolling this sub a few times.
We should be back up. Not all functionality will work yet (some donation options don't work). This might take several days to fix. Thanks for your patience!
We got some reports that scam sites are linked on non-English Wikipedia pages. Only gl, pk, gd are our valid domains right now. It would be nice if someone can go through all our Wikipedia languages and remove invalid links. Thank you!
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.
If you’ve noticed Anna’s Archive being down or glitchy this past week, here’s what’s probably going on behind the scenes.
Big academic publishers like Elsevier and Springer Nature have been stepping up legal actions against shadow libraries, including Anna’s Archive, Z-Library, Libgen, and even SLUM (the uptime monitor).
They got a DMCA subpoena from a U.S. federal court that forces Cloudflare—who a lot of these sites use for CDN and protection—to hand over info on who runs these sites.
This is part of their plan to find and go after the people behind these libraries. Cloudflare doesn’t actually host any content, but since they help keep these sites online, targeting them is a way to put pressure on the whole operation.
So if Anna’s Archive has been unstable or offline, this legal pressure is probably why. It’s also a sign the fight over these sites is heating up, and whether the sites stay up depends on how well the people behind them can adapt—like switching domains or infrastructure.
Before the subpoena, publishers also asked Cloudflare to just block the sites, but since that didn’t happen right away, they went for this subpoena to dig deeper.
What does this mean for Anna’s Archive users?
The downtime might be Cloudflare reacting to legal threats or the site operators trying to stay one step ahead.
The people running these projects usually do their best to keep things running, but legal risks cause interruptions.
Honestly, no one knows how long Anna’s Archive will keep going or what shape it’ll take.
But there’s a decent chance it’ll come back in some form—maybe on new domains or setups—to keep offering access while dealing with these legal challenges.
Just wanted to share the scoop so you know it’s not random, but part of a bigger, complicated picture.
I am forever grateful for what you and your assistants do. I also want to extend compliments for this subreddit. Why? Because behind the existence of this service, I am able to expand my mind and keep busy in this economy.
I’m a recent retiree who is auditing a few college courses…taking classes in subjects that I’ve been interested in for awhile but haven’t had time to do them until now. Am now on a fixed income but I’m able to obtain the books for these classes because they are available here. I’ve also been able to participate in book clubs as well. There is no reason that I can’t be engaged in activities that keep my mind busy because of this website, and I’m literally thankful for you on a daily basis! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Anna's Archive makes torrents publicly available that serve as a complete backup of all the site's contents. You can find more info about this by clicking the "Torrents" link in the sidebar of the site or by adding "/torrents" to the site's URL.
There were two recent posts on r/DataHoarder about seeding Anna's Archive torrents. One here (posted by me) on August 15 and another here (posted by u/Spirited-Pause) posted on August 17. Actually, there were three posts if you count this meme post (by u/Modevs) on August 15.
I was surprised and impressed by the number of people commenting on these posts that they planned to commit some storage to seeding these torrents. And it turns out they followed through! So far, we're looking at about 200 TB of torrents being pushed up over the 4+ seeders threshold. (Edit: The graph tells a different story than the numbers listed, which is strange. According to the numbers, it's a little under 150 TB.) There's also a noticeable amount of data that has been pushed to the 10+ seeders threshold (the little green section at the bottom of the graph).
This number may continue to grow. It's hard to tell for sure. But the change is not instant because a lot of these torrents only have one slow seeder and can take multiple days to download. So, there's a lag. Also, some people may have not gotten around to it yet. I would be thrilled to see the yellow chunk climb even higher.
