# Looking for School's books in PDF format **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 17, 2011, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-schools-books-in-pdf-format/599898 "2011-10-17T08:51:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-schools-books-in-pdf-format/599898/1 "2011-10-17T08:51:35Z")
I’m looking for some Elementary, Secondary and High school books in PDF format to download them for free. The Books such as science, geography, math. I failed to find any website or file sharing sites. I’ll be grateful if anyone could help. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-schools-books-in-pdf-format/599898/2 "2011-10-17T09:38:41Z")
Some of [these](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=open+source+textbooks)search results might help - although I’m not sure how far any of these open source textbook projects have actually got toward creating viable products. If you’re looking for unlicensed/illicit copies of published, copyright works, you can’t do that here ---
**Author:** ![Reza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-schools-books-in-pdf-format/599898/3 "2011-10-17T12:29:54Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Some of [these](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=open+source+textbooks)search results might help - although I’m not sure how far any of these open source textbook projects have actually got toward creating viable products. > > If you’re looking for unlicensed/illicit copies of published, copyright works, you can’t do that here Thanks. Yes, even a part of the book is OK. I just want to explore the writing style, context and complexity of texts in school books. You see, in my place, there’s a website which you can download and read the school books, but they have engineered the pages so that you can’t combine the pages to make a complete book and you can’t print the pages. They are out there just to read. I expect the same thing for what I am looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-schools-books-in-pdf-format/599898/4 "2011-10-17T14:08:27Z")
> [@Reza](#): > > I’m looking for some Elementary, Secondary and High school books in PDF format to download them for free. The Books such as science, geography, math. I failed to find any website or file sharing sites. Actual professional ones are going to be hard to find free. Nearly all textbooks today come with online versions for parents and students, but this obviously comes with a purchase of the curriculum. Any free ones would not be quite the same, I’d think. Depends on what you want them for, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Reza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-schools-books-in-pdf-format/599898/5 "2011-10-17T14:17:42Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Depends on what you want them for, I guess. Just to take a look at writing style, context, sentences, etc. It doesn’t matter if it is an incomplete version of the book. two or three chapters, 20 to 30 pages from different sections, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-schools-books-in-pdf-format/599898/6 "2011-10-17T14:21:13Z")
If you just need to take a look at them, why not look at some dead-tree versions at the library? Sometimes photocopying a limited selection is permissible within the library policy and asserted rights in the publication. ---
**Author:** ![Reza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-schools-books-in-pdf-format/599898/7 "2011-10-18T11:18:15Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > If you just need to take a look at them, why not look at some dead-tree versions at the library? Sometimes photocopying a limited selection is permissible within the library policy and asserted rights in the publication. I think I’m an ocean away from that LIBRARY you have in your mind ! That’s why I asked for any website from which I can download some. If you know any, make my day. 🙂