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hehonghui/awesome-english-ebooks
经济学人(含音频)、纽约客、卫报、连线、大西洋月刊等英语杂志免费下载,支持epub、mobi、pdf格式, 每周更新
A Git repository that stores weekly epub/mobi/pdf downloads of The Economist, New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Wired — updated on a fixed schedule by the maintainer. It exists for English learners in China who want offline access to these magazines without paying subscription fees or navigating regional paywalls.
Consistent update cadence maintained for years — The Economist goes back to at least early 2025 with almost no gaps. Three format choices (epub/mobi/pdf) cover Kindle, e-readers, and reading apps without conversion. Audio JSON files included for earlier Economist issues, which is a meaningful addition for language learners. The linked 英阅 reader app is a genuine complement, not just noise — click-to-translate and dictionary integration are real workflow improvements for non-native readers.
This is copyright infringement at scale — The Economist, New Yorker, and Condé Nast titles are paid publications, and distributing their issues freely is legally precarious regardless of where the maintainer is based. The repo could be taken down with no notice. No automation or tooling visible — everything appears to be manually committed, which means a single point of failure if the maintainer goes quiet. The README is entirely in Chinese, so the international audience it implicitly serves can't evaluate what they're getting. Binary blobs (epub/pdf) in Git is a poor fit for the medium — no diffing, slow clones, and the repo will bloat indefinitely.