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Archive.org links are acceptable here; OUP could block it by changing their robots.txt, so I'm not sure it would last.

Check out the discussion here: https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books/issues/2190 bottom line: use archive.org links

archive.org has a robust DMCA process; I know the folks who run it and I trust them to be responsive to copyright concerns. Mir books may be a good example...

Welcome @aaferrari! The reason we use LC classifications is that when there is question, we can just look up the book or classification in a library database - LOC. So,...

I think "free-science-courses" could work, but might be better to start from scratch.

If you want to use free-science-books as a start, maybe volunteer to be an editor.

maybe first look at what's out there https://www.google.com/search?q=free+science+courses

Personally I like indications when the target of a link is pdf or epub, i.e. not a web page. Also notations when there's no download - as in [online book]....

affiliate links are those that direct revenue to the linker, i.e. https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XJHMDZG/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00XJHMDZG&linkCode=as2&tag=gotohe-20&linkId=XZZAWBX6XW46DOPW