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The social network Vkontakte is a huge electronic archive of a wide variety of documents. In the short time the site has existed, users have uploaded an incredible amount of media content to their pages, most of which is available to everyone without restrictions. First of all, people are traditionally interested in music and video. But books on VK are also in demand, and many public pages are dedicated to fiction. We will tell you only about some of the largest and most visited ones.
How to search for books on VKontakte
It is very easy to find any individual book on social networks, as long as it has been uploaded by someone. It's done like this.
Go to your account and log in. In the left menu, click on the “Documents” menu item. You will see a page with a list of files you have downloaded. This could be, for example, some letters, texts or tables that you have ever given to one of your friends.
Now click on the field with the magnifying glass icon, it is located above the list:
Start typing the title of the book you want. As you type, a list of books found that match your requirement will appear.
Moreover, you can enter here not only the title, but also other data: the author’s last name, publisher, catalog number, and so on. Now you just need to select a book from the list that appears and download it to your computer.
Remember that almost all the literature that can be found on VKontakte is, as a rule, uploaded there without taking into account copyrights. And you commit a violation by downloading it from the network without the knowledge of the copyright holder. However, everyone usually turns a blind eye to using something purely for personal purposes; only resale is prohibited.
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No matter how hard the new owners of the social network vk.com try to “whitewash” the pirate glory of Pavel Durov’s brainchild, the fact remains: a lot of things can still be found on its pages. And it’s not just music and videos: you can find and download books, pdf magazines, manuals, files for electronic “readers” and much more. All this has been “uploaded” by millions of social network users for years, and is now available to you, as a member of this large army (this is a kind of file sharing service). And since you are already registered here, you don’t need to bother searching for third-party resources, registering for them and other tedious questions. All that remains is to find out how to find the VKontakte book, or any other file you are interested in. Let's get started.
Let’s start teaching the “basics of piracy”: since we already mentioned books, we’ll look for them (PS: we are, of course, joking about “piracy”. We never had any intention of teaching you anything bad! But since the files are freely available, why don’t we find them?!).
To implement this action, you will need access to the “Documents” section of VKontakte.
If this item is not activated, do so by clicking on the icon to the left of the “My Page” line (appears when you hover over the “house”). Having opened the settings menu, check the box to the right of the “Documents” item:
Now in your VKontakte page menu you definitely have access to the “Documents” section, let’s move on to the most interesting thing: the search itself.
For example, we want to find the book "Shantaram". Let's go to the "Documents" section and enter this name in the search bar.
Don’t be confused by the inscription that “not a single document was found.” It appears because first the search algorithm files you have - in saved files, messages, etc. And below he displays what he was able to find from other users. As you can see, the search was successful: we found the book, and in different formats. All you have to do is click on the desired line, and the document will be downloaded to your PC (smartphone).
Unfortunately, in some cases you will come across this result:
What to do in this case? Don't worry and try clicking on the other links. With a high degree of probability, you will still find a link that the copyright holder did not have time to reach
