SpringerFreeTextbooks

To download the free textbooks provided by Springer using a Python script

Background: because of the COVID-19, Springer Nature frees around 500 interdisciplinary textbooks

Step 1: Download the Excel file of the book lists

Click "Free English textbook titles (all disciplines)" on the page and copy the Excel file to the repository folder.

Attention: rename the book title of No. 347 (Systems Programming in Unix/Linux) by replacing the character "/" as space or "_" before running the script, to avoid an error when saving this book.

Step 2: install wget

pip install wget

Step 3: run the script

python download_free_SpringerBooks.py

Attention: All copyrights belong to Springer. This script is not allowed for any illegal usage!