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Originally Posted by Sparrow
Aren't most pirated ebooks sourced from pbooks?
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I don't have enough experience with the darknet to answer definitively, but my kneejerk answer would be "no". From what I have seen that goes on, mostly it's the new stuff that is available already in ebook format that gets passed around. If it's old stuff that's still in copyright but out of print, and the publisher hasn't released it in ebook format, it's impossible to get hold of, even on the darknet. It's also certain formats that have the biggest problem.
Romance is very popular. So is science fiction. Mysteries, not so much. (Actually, not at all, in my experience).
However, as I said, I'm by no means an expert on the things available through the darknet avenues. People who know more complete ways to search might be able to find more things - but that again brings up the question of how widespread. I'm no dummy, but there are places I won't go for the safety of my computer.