Z-Library and Other Ebook Upload Sites (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Pearlescence@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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doesn't seem to get uploads frequently enough, so I've really only used it to upload new books myself or download outdated texts.

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[-] applejacks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

it's difficult, books already have a pretty low demand compared to games/videos/software.

perhaps even try searching at your library, checking it out, and scanning it.

i'm about to do that with a book that isn't available digitally.

[-] Pearlescence@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Sadly, these books aren't available at the library. Libraries where I'm from depend on book donations, so many of the books don't go beyond 2010-2015 and anything published after those years are impossible to get unless you order them on Amazon or via the magazine website.

[-] applejacks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Only other thing I could think of would be to go the public universities near you and try to get the help of an archivist there.

They may not have it, but they'd be your best bet for ways to find it.

[-] Pearlescence@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

I checked it out and learned that that service isn't available at my local university. I'd have to leave the country and go to a foreign university for that.

But thank you so much for your help! I didn't even know archivists were a thing.