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Considering the author already strips the DRM from the purchased e-books and also apparently knows about Z library, a simple solution seems to be the buy the e-

Considering the author already strips the DRM from the purchased e-books and also apparently knows about Z library, a simple solution seems to be the buy the e-book, ignore it and then download the same e-book from Z library. I also feel the frustration though. I won't buy e-books unless it either has no DRM or if I know I can strip it easily afterwards.

kotutku 6y ago
The author usually gets <5% share from the book price. I guess it's much better (although not legal) to just skip buying the book and send a donation directly to the author.
- kwhitefoot 6y ago
  Not all authors will accept such donations because it puts them in competition with their publisher. See Charles Stross: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2009/03/reminder-why-theres-no-tipjar.html https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2009/03/reminde...
  - panzagl 6y ago
    They also acknowledge that many people work on a book besides the author.
psychometry 6y ago
Most of the "eBooks" from Z-lib and archive.org I've downloaded are nothing more than poor-quality scans of paper books converted to ePub via PDF+OCR. They're not even worth getting. The eBooks I rent via Overdrive or Kindle, though, were actually prepared specifically for that format.