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Introducing a new open-source shadow library! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 12 hours ago by rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Hey everyone! 📚 I’m excited to introduce Bookracy, an open-source shadow library dedicated to preserving and freely sharing knowledge. With a large and growing collection, Bookracy is (annoying) ad-free, non-profit, and lightning-fast ⚡—plus, it’s fully open-source and powered by a passionate community. Whether you're a reader, researcher, or developer, there’s a place for you here. Check out our Reddit, website, GitHub, and hop into our Discord to join the conversation and help grow this movement for open access! 🤝❤️

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[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 99 points 12 hours ago

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[-] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 12 hours ago

ty i forgot to clarify❤

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Since you're maintaining a subreddit, you might want to create a comm in lemmy as well. Reddit has already taken down other piracy subs like GenP

[-] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 11 hours ago

yeah sure a little help on getting started would be great but ill get to it

[-] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 11 hours ago

Done! https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/bookracy

[-] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 37 points 11 hours ago

!bookracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[-] bastionntb@lemmy.ml 2 points 51 minutes ago

Tried downloading a book and it's just giving an error saying it failed to download. Book name

God i norsk 1 - Tekstbok A1/A2 : norsk for voksne innvandrere

[-] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 7 hours ago

Thanks, this sounds like a great project! Also, glad dbzer0 was your choice of a community :)

Is there an rogue date where you'll release it to be open source?

Also, seeing you mentioned ad-free, i'm curious about this.

[-] Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

This is giving me Fed vibes

[-] dhaonna_aontaithe@midwest.social 1 points 3 hours ago

Fed as in?

I'm new to Lenny and wouldn't mind learning the lingo.

[-] bastionntb@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 hours ago

I think they means it's a federal operation, a honey pot for a government to crack down on piracy.

[-] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 25 points 11 hours ago

Being “private” and having a discord is like an oxymoron.

I only see a front end on GitHub. Is this just a libgen mirror?

[-] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 11 hours ago

No its not a libgen mirror - we have our own collections and are torrenting from libgen + zlib aswell - and backend is going to be open sourced in the future once its finished and ready - right now the code is very janky and im too embarassed to release it lol. Theres still alot of additions to do to the backend and once that is done I will release.

We also have a telegram and signal group - the discord was just for my existing community who are primarily discord users aswell

[-] Brylant@discuss.online 1 points 8 minutes ago

Revolt.chat is a really solid alternative to Discord

[-] drastico@lemminielettrici.it 15 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

btw you say “ad free” but I can see an ad in the home

Regarding the download speeds etc, also Anna’s archive was faster time ago but then the more you grow the more you have to take care

So my question is, are there any plans for scaling?

[-] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 8 hours ago

i said annoying ad-free i should have clarified i meant no popup or redirect ads - and yes there are plans for scaling and we have a few different services like you saw sponsoring the project aswell

[-] dan@upvote.au 28 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

For your sake, I'd strongly recommend not monetizing the site at all. Publishers will come after you if you make any sort of profit from the site especially if you're located in a western country.

That's one of the main reasons Nintendo took action against Yuzu - they were making a lot of money from Patreon.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 35 points 12 hours ago

Bit gross that it's a RU domain though

[-] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 12 hours ago

there is a .org domain and a few other mirrors go check out https://rentry.co/bookracy the .ru domain is just us taking precautions against a takedown request

[-] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 2 points 12 hours ago

Why?

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 hours ago

You really have to ask?

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[-] besselj@lemmy.ca 24 points 12 hours ago

Saw some good engineering textbooks on there too. Great job.

[-] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 12 hours ago

🖖 ty

[-] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 12 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Based. I'll check it out and see if I can be of help on the development front. Been meaning to learn typescript

[-] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 12 hours ago

tysm we've got alot on the roadmap and are in need of devs

[-] albert180@piefed.social 1 points 11 hours ago

Is there any Upside over NexusSTC?
Is it decentralised?

[-] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 hours ago

Is there any Upside over NexusSTC? Is it decentralised? bookracy has faster and unlimited downloads, lack of popup/redirect ads, and a more active community. also from my knowledge NexusSTC is more academic content whereas bookracy has more of a range of content

[-] rdwxth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago

also no Bookracy is not decentralised - it operates on centralized servers much like LibGen ect. This means that while it’s open-source and community-driven, our infrastructure still relies on traditional hosting, which can be vulnerable to takedowns or disruptions. However we've taken precautions for this and have a bulletproof proxy server which also caches inbetween the storage server and client