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My question isn't really related to TCS itself, it's more about technical and informational equipment of a computer scientist.

There is a website SafariBooksOnline by O'Reilly Media where anyone can read lots of books about IT online for a per-month payment. That's why you don't need to buy expensive books if you want just to run through a chapter and look through the content briefly. And you still can read it all if you feel yourself comfortable reading large book from a screen being constantly connected to the Internet.

Are there such websites with TCS books or science books in general?

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    I'm not aware of a single repository, but the closest is in fact the set of answers to this question: http://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/3540/what-are-the-recent-tcs-books-whose-drafts-are-available-online – Suresh Venkat Jan 07 '11 at 22:08
  • No there isn't. And that makes it very cool startup idea! ;-) – Pratik Deoghare Jan 07 '11 at 22:23
  • Thank you, Suresh, I've seen this question before, but that list has just a small number of books, mostly drafts actually. – Mkaz Jan 07 '11 at 22:28
  • TheMachineCharmer, yes, it surely does. But, as I believe, wide science publishing relations are crucial for a startup like this. And that's what stops me from evolving this idea, actually. – Mkaz Jan 07 '11 at 22:33
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    Google Books allows reading (a limited number of pages) from lots of books, which is very useful. An if you are interested in a specific topic, then there are usually some online references listed on the Wikipedia page for the topic. – Kaveh Jan 07 '11 at 22:36
  • Digital Library+ (DL+) is a service that enables browsing and searching Databases, E-Journals, E-Books & References in their digital library (www.digitallibraryplus.com). – Mohammad Al-Turkistany Jan 07 '11 at 22:52

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Try http://gen.lib.rus.ec/

It has a relatively big selection of CS books, including lots of TCS books.

A few random examples:

Knuth (TAOCP and many other books): gen.lib.rus.ec/search?req=knuth&nametype=orig

Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, Stein, Introduction to algorithms: gen.lib.rus.ec/search?req=cormen+leiserson+rivest+stein+introduction&nametype=orig

Sipser, Introduction to the theory of computation: gen.lib.rus.ec/search?req=sipser&nametype=orig

Hennessy, Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach: gen.lib.rus.ec/search?req=hennessy+patterson&nametype=orig

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