: Sites offering "free" downloads often use aggressive pop-up advertising or may package files with unwanted software. It is safer to use well-known digital libraries.
Searching for "free" downloads carries inherent risks that users should be aware of:
: FB2 is preferred because it preserves metadata (author, title, cover art) and handles Cyrillic characters better than older formats like TXT.
: Sites like Lib.ru (Maksim Moshkow's Library) or Flibusta (often accessed via mirrors or Telegram bots) are the most common destinations for free FB2 downloads.