You get a new book every day, although sometimes they offer books that are already offerend months ago. The downside is that you need to do this every day, and you need to bookmark this link.
They don't cover all subjects, but do have a lot of programming. I don't say these are the best books, but in general they are interesting.
Honestly, Packt has the worst signal-to-noise ratio of tech publishers out there. I know it depends on the author and reviewer but I've had plenty of bad reading experiences. Even if they're free they still cost your time.
That said, the book featured today (Node Design Patterns) is worth a quick read.
>>> Even if they're free they still cost your time.
This. Free books are very far from being actually free. Reading a book can take anywhere between 15 to 50 hours or more. So the cost of the book itself often is a small share of the cost of reading a book.
Of course, free books are important because they are more accessible to people who can't pay for some reason (teenagers, students, people from poor countries). It's just that 'free' shouldn't be part of the equation, if you can afford to pay $20 or $50 for a book.
The book that was free yesterday is not free today. If you haven't claimed it yesterday, you have to pay now. So it's a temporary offer.
If I need a book, I'm willing to pay for it. But sometimes these books are nice offers. That's all. It's one option you have, nothing more. If O'Reilly offers a better book, then I'll buy that.
https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning
You get a new book every day, although sometimes they offer books that are already offerend months ago. The downside is that you need to do this every day, and you need to bookmark this link.
They don't cover all subjects, but do have a lot of programming. I don't say these are the best books, but in general they are interesting.