# free-books-dime-novels

> free-books-dime-novels is a paid API for AI agents from intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Browse and download free public-domain dime novel books from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive, ranked by relevance and popularity, with epub/txt/html links.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://intel.rallylive.ca/library/subject/dime-novels
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/free-books-dime-novels-b4d9d9c4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_-rAsqE6C1qvii012Hi7p-

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability free-books-dime-novels-b4d9d9c4
```

Example prompt: Can you show me a list of free public-domain dime novels I can download? I'm looking for western or adventure stories — show me the most popular ones and include epub download links.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-filtered list of public-domain dime novel books with ready-to-use download links, avoiding the need to scrape Project Gutenberg or Internet Archive directly. Ideal for agents building reading lists, digital libraries, or content discovery tools focused on classic pulp fiction literature.

## Known failure modes

- No results returned if keyword filter is too restrictive or misspelled
- Empty catalogue page if page number exceeds total available results
- Stale download links for books that have moved on source platforms (re-verified daily but not instant)
- HTTP 402 payment required if x402 payment header is missing or insufficient
- Rate limiting or access errors if called excessively without valid payment

## How this service works

Free public-domain books on "Dime novels": browse the catalogue's works tagged with that Library of Congress subject (390 in Project Gutenberg alone, plus Internet Archive scans), ranked by relevance and popularity, with direct epub/txt/html download links. Add words to narrow by title or author. Re-verified daily. $0.01 per page of 20.

## Output

A paginated list (20 items per page) of public-domain dime novel books, each with title, author, relevance/popularity ranking, and direct download links in epub, txt, and/or html formats, sourced from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive, re-verified daily.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/free-books-dime-novels-b4d9d9c4/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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