RIP TUEBL??

Ricky D'Angelo · 04-01-2013, 08:00 PM

I went to the TUEBL (AKA: The Ultimate Ebook Library) website today and got the following message. .

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In 24 hours TUEBL will be shutting down operations, indefinitely. After talking to different copyright holders we realize that websites which allow community added content are wrong, and will now take up the fight to end these websites. . . Websites should be forced to screen all content that gets uploaded to the site, and then try to find the owner of that content and make sure that it is alright with them (even though we already ask the person uploading to only upload content they have the rights to). . .

Hopefully, if book publishers are able to increase their profits by shutting down sites such as TUEBL this will ultimately drive prices of books/ebooks down. Then again, the timing of the TUEBL message may have something to do with it being April 1st.

fjtorres · 04-01-2013, 09:41 PM

Considering how shamelessly that site exploits pirate content I would buy that as much as Konrath's conversion to trad publishing:
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2013/0...lip-flops.html

caleb72 · 04-01-2013, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by fjtorres

Considering how shamelessly that site exploits pirate content I would buy that as much as Konrath's conversion to trad publishing:
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2013/0...lip-flops.html

On a side note - that was a funny post.

fjtorres · 04-02-2013, 07:53 AM

Konrath has his detractors in the trad-pub world but he dishes it out with gusto.

Definitely stands up for his convictions.

Tuebl is just a weasel site, though the MO of pirating epubs and linking to Kindle sales is amusing.

crich70 · 04-03-2013, 03:22 PM

I believe that was their idea of an April Fool joke.

fjtorres · 04-03-2013, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by crich70

I believe that was their idea of an April Fool joke.

As I said, shameless.
I first found out about them because some publishing types were making a fuss over the site at Teleread. So I used the article as a guide to find it and see how it works.
After picking up my jaw from the floor at the guy's unmitigated gall I moved on. 9 months later and he's still in business so I guess umitigated gall pays.

crich70 · 04-03-2013, 08:49 PM

It's also sometimes hard to know what is and what isn't a legal site just as it's not always easy to know a real email from a site from a pishing site.

fjtorres · 04-03-2013, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by crich70

It's also sometimes hard to know what is and what isn't a legal site just as it's not always easy to know a real email from a site from a pishing site.

Sometimes.
But a site that serves up commercial epubs for free and links to the Amazon ebookstore for the full price Kindle versions?
That's a duck.

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04-01-2013, 09:41 PM	#2
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Considering how shamelessly that site exploits pirate content I would buy that as much as Konrath's conversion to trad publishing: http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2013/0...lip-flops.html

04-02-2013, 07:53 AM	#4
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Konrath has his detractors in the trad-pub world but he dishes it out with gusto. Definitely stands up for his convictions. Tuebl is just a weasel site, though the MO of pirating epubs and linking to Kindle sales is amusing.

04-03-2013, 03:22 PM	#5
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,305 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	I believe that was their idea of an April Fool joke.

04-03-2013, 08:49 PM	#7
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,305 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	It's also sometimes hard to know what is and what isn't a legal site just as it's not always easy to know a real email from a site from a pishing site.

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