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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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[-] Patches@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

How do you clone an EPUB? Especially on MacBooks?

[-] janguv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year 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)