Working link for Z-Lib: https://zlibrary-asia.se/

There’re books I’m searching for that haven’t been uploaded to the mainstream ebook sites (libgen, z-lib, AA, etc.) mainly lifestyle magazines and non-fiction books. I checked the links in the megathread and those sites don’t have them either. So where do you all go when all else fails?

I’d love to learn how to pirate books on my own, since my only exposure is ripping books from The Internet Archive with Calibre. I’ve made book requests to Z-Library, but who knows when an uploader may get to it. VK used to be one of my go-to sources for magazines and novels, but it’s harder to find legitimate links and many of the older uploaders seemed to have disappeared. Twirpx doesn’t seem to get uploads frequently enough, so I’ve really only used it to upload new books myself or download outdated texts.

  • Hot Saucerman@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    There are tools for stripping DRM from ebooks, including Amazon Kindle ebooks, but the version I have is pretty old. I got the tools from an invite-only torrent booksite. I was promptly banned because it’s basically impossible to keep a good ratio on a torrent site that only serves ebooks. Only torrent site I’ve ever been removed from for low ratio.

    The issue that do strip the DRM yourself means you first have to purchase a copy to strip of DRM, which many people who are trying to find obscure books aren’t ready to do… because if they were, they would have already bought a copy.

    I know the feeling, one of my favorite film analysts, Rob Ager, locked up his analysis behind paywalls a long time ago. I eventually paid for access to the things I wanted from him, because no one else has them.