# free-books-tales

> free-books-tales 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 books tagged with the 'Tales' Library of Congress subject from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive, ranked by relevance and popularity.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://intel.rallylive.ca/library/subject/tales
- 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-tales-3d6c3aef
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ba2pReW9ONzGDtIlIlN2y

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-tales-3d6c3aef
```

Example prompt: Can you find me a list of free public-domain tale books I can download — maybe filter by 'Grimm' to find Brothers Grimm collections — and give me their epub download links?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to discover or download free public-domain books specifically categorised under the 'Tales' Library of Congress subject — ideal for fairy tales, folk tales, fables, and classic story collections. Prefer this over general web search when you want curated, verified, directly downloadable ebook links from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive rather than scraped or paywalled sources.

## Known failure modes

- No results returned if keywords are too narrow or misspelled
- Pagination beyond available results returns empty or fewer items
- Occasionally a specific download link may be temporarily unavailable if source archive is down
- Rate or payment errors if USDC payment of $0.01 per call is not fulfilled

## How this service works

Free public-domain books on "Tales": browse the catalogue's works tagged with that Library of Congress subject (319 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 results per page) of public-domain books tagged with the 'Tales' Library of Congress subject, each including title, author, relevance/popularity ranking, and direct download links in epub, txt, and/or html formats. Results are sourced from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive and re-verified daily.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
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 "type": "object",
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 "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

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