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E-Books, best places to get them? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Tattorack@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I want to get back into reading, so I'm thinking of getting a Paperwhite. But I have no idea if it's possible to transfer files to it from a computer, and I have no experience with pirating books.

Do I go to the same places I torrent movies and games or are there special places dedicated to E-Books?

EDIT: So many awesome answers on here! You guys have been very helpful. Thanks a lot!

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[-] AnyProgressIsGood@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Libby? Library but digital

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

You know that this is a piracy community, right?

[-] Patches@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago

I'm just here for the free stuff.

Libby, Hoopla, Overdrive are all free and helps support the authors to make more books. Win win.

If you don't like the borrowing format then just clone the epub after borrowing it. It isn't difficult to do, and author still makes money.

[-] Lipriv30@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

How do you clone an EPUB? Especially on MacBooks?

[-] janguv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

You would just find the directory location of the DRM locked ebook, put it in Calibre with the DeDRM addon installed and enabled, and hey presto, you have an unlocked clone. (This works on MacOS)