I recently got an ereader and I've found that

Purchasing DRM-free ebooks just isn't possible anymore, and
Using DRM-locked books just doesn't work on Linux,

so I don't really have any ethical qualms about piracy. There are plenty of places to pirate academic and non-fiction books, but I've not been able to find downloads for recent fictional books.

What changed in the past 10 years? Does anyone have some Hot Tips for Illicit Reading in 2021?

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voxpoplar wrote on March 6, 2021 at 8:42 PM

#11,027

Library Genesis has a fiction section these days.

voxpoplar wrote on March 6, 2021 at 8:43 PM

#11,028

also a lot of full books are just uploaded to archive.org

ellynu wrote on March 7, 2021 at 3:49 AM

#11,029

https://libgen.is/ https://z-lib.org/

hollyhoppet wrote on March 7, 2021 at 4:42 AM

#11,033

i appreciate the suggestions here too

ellynu wrote on March 8, 2021 at 2:48 AM

#11,042

also if anyone needs a specific book you could try messaging me and i can see what i can find on various websites that i am registered for

Emily wrote on March 8, 2021 at 11:20 AM

#11,043

myanonamouse.net has served me pretty well

Moonside wrote on March 9, 2021 at 7:50 PM

#11,062

There are guides to getting books you want on IRC. I haven't used them for fiction but they seem to have the goods. I suspect you can figure out the rest yourself.