🚨Anna's Archive had (pirated) 61M+ books and 95M+ research papers...
Mushtaq Bilal, PhD@MushtaqBilalPhD
38 views
Jan 06, 2026
~1 min read
1
🚨Anna's Archive had (pirated) 61M+ books and 95M+ research papers freely available.
So, it's been shut down. We shouldn't use it anyway.
We should help billion-dollar academic publishers get richer.
Anyway, here's how you can still access Anna's Archive:
DON'T DO THIS!
So, it's been shut down. We shouldn't use it anyway.
We should help billion-dollar academic publishers get richer.
Anyway, here's how you can still access Anna's Archive:
DON'T DO THIS!
2
Don't go to open-slum[.]org
Don't look for Anna's Archive in green and don't click on it.
But if you do, don't look up any book/paper in Anna's Archive because then you'll be able to read it.
Look, someone pirated my book. I am livid!
Don't look for Anna's Archive in green and don't click on it.
But if you do, don't look up any book/paper in Anna's Archive because then you'll be able to read it.
Look, someone pirated my book. I am livid!
3
Follow me for more warnings and tips like this.
And check out my upcoming webinars on academic writing and how to make money on social media as an academic:
eventbrite.dk/o/mushtaq-bila…
And check out my upcoming webinars on academic writing and how to make money on social media as an academic:
eventbrite.dk/o/mushtaq-bila…
4
Since you're here, we're doing a FREE webinar on how to use Silvi(.)ai to make your systematic reviews efficient.
22 Jan 2026, 2pm GMT, 3pm CET, 9am EST
Registration details below:
luma.com/q9adal79
22 Jan 2026, 2pm GMT, 3pm CET, 9am EST
Registration details below:
luma.com/q9adal79