ZWIBook Flash Drive

Description

• 69,020 books. One 128 GB flash drive.
• Offline. Your own copy.  The books and software are preloaded on, and run from, the drive itself. This means they are your own local copies of all those books.
• So many classics. All the public domain Project Gutenberg books, as of June 2024.

  

• High-quality bespoke software.  Full-featured reader; bookmarks; title/author search; personal bookshelf; category search.
• Research tools. Text search; highlighting; note-taking; export highlighted text; export notes; and (if online) select text to look up translation, dictionary, and encyclopedias, and to make AI queries.
• Export tools. Export EPUB (new in version 1.1) without an internet connection; lets you read the books on mobile. Also export PDF and ZIP (ZWI) format, which includes HTML and TXT.
• STYLE UPDATE NOTE: As of January 1, 2025, the black style you see above is out of stock. We are now substituting a solid equivalent drive, in yellow, with hand-made stickers (not worse in quality), which you can see below.
  
• An ideal Christmas present! Perfect for scholars, homeschoolers, book-lovers, and preppers.

“That such a thing is possible — a library worthy of a great university on a stick — is astonishing. That any reader who knows about it would fail to get one is more astonishing. We should be sending a blizzard of these into space and seeding our galaxy with them.” –Walter Kirn, author of Blood Will Out

Read the blog post about ZWIBook

Technical info

• Dual 128GB drive, with both USB-A and USB-C ends.
• Windows, Mac, and Linux (developed on Linux).
• Not a mobile app, but you can easily export in EPUB and PDF formats (no internet connection required).
• Data (bookshelf, highlights, and notes) saved locally in JSON format, on your computer. Never remotely.
• Software extensively tested. Each drive individually tested.
• Book files are in ZWI format, which is a ZIP file of the relevant files used by ZWIBook, including metadata and a digital signature.

The software and content are exactly the same as with the numbered and signed copies; but they will not be numbered or signed.

We will continue to supply these drives as long as there is reasonably significant demand. We do have a reliable local supplier for blank flash drives, so we won’t run out.

Larger orders (10+), as for universities and schools, may be available at a discount but with a longer lead time. Please inquire before ordering.

More info

• Blog post about ZWIBook
• 3 minute video
• 23 minute video (from v1.0–most features and look and feel are the same)

Order and delivery notes:

Shipping time: Please allow up to two weeks for U.S. delivery, longer for international. You might receive yours sooner. Look for the PirateShip shipping label email.

Ohio orders will have to pay sales tax as the KSF is located in Ohio.

Order communication: If you do make an order and receive no acknowledgment, please check your “spam” folder. If you have any difficulties, contact [email protected].

INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: If the postage for your country does not come up when you input your country, please get in touch and we’ll put the price for your country in the system. International postage is not $50; that is only the default.