[tutorial] How to pirate books with ease...
1651 sats \ 12 comments \ @GlobalThreat 27 Dec 2023 BooksAndArticles
  1. Buy a paper-white kindle (its worth it, trust me)
  2. Find a book you want on amazon and copy its isbn
  3. Go to https://libgen.rs and search the isbn
  4. Sort by extension and find the .epub links
  5. Click on the title of the book you want
  6. Find "Libgen & IPFS & Tor" link and click that
  7. Click "GET" at top of page
  8. Find your locally saved .epub file and upload it here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle
All the books you could possibly want on your paper-white kindle.
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562 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 27 Dec 2023
I don't like using "pirate" for sharing non-rival goods.
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293 sats \ 3 replies \ @GlobalThreat OP 27 Dec 2023
non-rival?
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543 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 27 Dec 2023
The economics term that's usually meant by "non-scarce"
A good is "rivalrous" if one person using it prevents others from using it. A physical book is rivalrous. An e-book is non-rivalrous because any number of people can use it at the same time.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @GlobalThreat OP 27 Dec 2023
you wouldn't download a car would you?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 27 Dec 2023
Of course not! I'd never download anything, just to be safe.
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483 sats \ 0 replies \ @PlebeiusG 27 Dec 2023
I am worried about malware on these sites. There are many fake mirrors which redirect to spam / malware sites.
I support this but want to warn everyone to use caution. Also, not all books are available.
I have thousands of “acquired” books that I’m working to parse with an AI workflow I’m developing. Imagine getting an interactive audio summary of any book in your personal DRM-free library. Chatting with the book, basically, on your way to the fiat mines. Ingest information using open source, self hosted intelligence at a faster rate than almost any of our ancestors thought possible.
I am grateful for Darthcoin’s writings, but he’s wrong about AI - we can harness information like no one else before and become a little more self sovereign.
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274 sats \ 2 replies \ @HardRich 27 Dec 2023
I don't think I'd (personally) feel good not paying for a book that I get value out of. If a person spent a lot of time to put together a good story or some cool info I'd want them to be paid for their time - just like I'd want to be paid if I did the work.
That being said, I sometimes worry about my Amazon books in that I don't really "own" them. My guess is that Amazon could yank them from me if they ever wanted. If I ever went offline long term, would the books still work or do I have to check-in with Amazon? Does anyone know? Perhaps Amazon gives me the epub file and it's mine to keep without DRM? I'll have to look into that.
If I don't have a DRM-free epub file from Amazon, I could see the value of getting them using your instructions above AFTER I've already bought the book. I'm not trying to be self-righteous here, I'm just saying my own thoughts about my own actions.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sudonaka 28 Dec 2023
Why don’t you try it and find out. Yar.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Eobard 27 Dec 2023
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Signal312 28 Dec 2023
Or, use Calibre, and transfer books via cable. You never need to have your kindle connected or registered. The Kindle 4th gen, D01100, is great. Old school, available on Ebay.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Eobard 27 Dec 2023
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7 sats \ 0 replies \ @037447d9ca 27 Dec 2023
Yeah Amazon is malware.
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