01-28-2011, 01:25 PM | #16 |
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01-28-2011, 01:42 PM | #17 |
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01-28-2011, 02:04 PM | #18 | |
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01-28-2011, 02:14 PM | #19 |
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I remember that back in the days of Napster, I'd download music (over dialup! *gag*), and there were poor quality, poorly tagged CD rips. Some were as bad as the eBooks you find now. While I'm not familiar with a lot of the sources for good eBooks, the quality of pirated eBooks is so bad that finding a good version isn't usually worth the effort and it's easier and better to simply buy it.
Perhaps if you know the right sources, it might be worth the time and effort for pirating, but my experience in looking for books I already owned in paper form has been pretty bad. (Good versions have since been officially published as eBooks, and they are formatted MUCH better) |
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You get the same sort of thing with old radio shows. Very bad and even incomplete recordings are still circulated even though they were fixed 6 or 7 years ago. Then the people who download those just repost them somewhere else, and they spread further and further. |
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01-28-2011, 02:54 PM | #21 | |
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01-28-2011, 03:00 PM | #22 |
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There are perfect copies of eBooks out there and they are really easy to find...
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01-28-2011, 04:34 PM | #23 |
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01-28-2011, 05:19 PM | #24 |
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01-28-2011, 05:28 PM | #25 |
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Sorry to tell you that, but your experiment was not very scientific. Darknet is a success because it's full of content and it's easy to get through. You don't always get what you are not paying for, but for an experienced leacher it'd take half an hour at most to find out if a certain content is available and at what quality.
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01-28-2011, 05:33 PM | #26 |
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Really ? then you won't have any trouble finding, hmm ... say the complete set of 5 books by Jean M. Auel, retail quality of course, called the Earth Children's series (The clan of the cave bear, The mammoth hunters, The valley of horses etc ...) in epub of course. If 99% of the stuff is out there, then this one should be easy considering it's very popular.
So do you take my challenge ? PM me the results if you wish (or write them here if it's not against the rules ) Last edited by Quexos; 01-28-2011 at 05:36 PM. |
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01-28-2011, 05:40 PM | #29 | |
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There are plenty of sites out there that offer anything from Pynchon, Updike, Gaddis to the usual vampire crap in good quality. No need to install software either, as there are plenty of filehosters that offer their services for that purpose. In Germany you can even find pirate sites that offer more selection and quality than some internet bookstores. They have higher listings on Google as well. I believe that authors should be paid for their books and avoid such sites but there is absolutely no difficulty to find illegal copies for download unless your tastes are very esoteric. |
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