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I don't quite agree. I mean, they provide useful service, and it costs money to run it. It's ok that they earn (even if it's actually making a profit, not just

by krick 4y ago

I don't quite agree. I mean, they provide useful service, and it costs money to run it. It's ok that they earn (even if it's actually making a profit, not just covering the costs). That being said, 10 downloads/day feels a bit restrictive to me. I'd get if it was 100, or 50, heck, maybe even 20. I mean, I don't appreciate that it's not mirrorable in the first place, but maybe they cannot afford it, I don't know... But 10 feels less than somebody researching a new topic might need to access in a day, even if he won't read them all immediately. …That being said as well, it has some really nice UI. I wish somebody did it for Libgen.

lupire 4y ago
You read more than 10 books per day?
- krick 4y ago
  Read — no, I don't. Download to skim and see the contents — yes (even though I don't do it everyday, obviously). In fact, I rarely download less than 4 books at once, except for occasions when it's a new book of my favorite writer (in which case I can as well just buy it). Instead, there is some topic, some reason why I need these books, and I somehow can gather a dozen of recommendations, maybe more, then I need to actually get a look inside of them, to see what I'll be reading (if anything). It also happens that I kinda know the book, but not precisely enough, because some authors really like to milk the topic by publishing 5 books kinda the same as the first successful one, and if they are technical they can have 5 revisions each. I may not read them at all, or I may be reading them during the whole next year, but I'll need to get them all at once at first. And if we also count papers, which this site provides too — easily.
Aachen 4y ago
It's a good thing their hosting provider is okay with providing bandwidth per individual user account on the site of up to—how many books did you say again, 50? Without sarcasm, I don't think the bandwidth bill cares that you find it restrictive. That even more than a handful are free every day for every account is honestly a lot, since that means virtually nobody will need to contribute to the costs they're collectively incurring. And if you're unable to pay, you can still skim a few dozen books (making two or three accounts isn't that hard to do by hand) every day, and go back to any you've already downloaded previously too. And offer them to friends to offload the server.
rg111 4y ago
Whenever you reach the limit, you can always copy the ISBN and search it on Libgen. 8 times outta 10, the book would be there.

by krick 4y ago

lupire 4y ago

You read more than 10 books per day?

krick 4y ago
Read — no, I don't. Download to skim and see the contents — yes (even though I don't do it everyday, obviously). In fact, I rarely download less than 4 books at once, except for occasions when it's a new book of my favorite writer (in which case I can as well just buy it). Instead, there is some topic, some reason why I need these books, and I somehow can gather a dozen of recommendations, maybe more, then I need to actually get a look inside of them, to see what I'll be reading (if anything). It also happens that I kinda know the book, but not precisely enough, because some authors really like to milk the topic by publishing 5 books kinda the same as the first successful one, and if they are technical they can have 5 revisions each. I may not read them at all, or I may be reading them during the whole next year, but I'll need to get them all at once at first. And if we also count papers, which this site provides too — easily.

Aachen 4y ago

It's a good thing their hosting provider is okay with providing bandwidth per individual user account on the site of up to—how many books did you say again, 50? Without sarcasm, I don't think the bandwidth bill cares that you find it restrictive. That even more than a handful are free every day for every account is honestly a lot, since that means virtually nobody will need to contribute to the costs they're collectively incurring. And if you're unable to pay, you can still skim a few dozen books (making two or three accounts isn't that hard to do by hand) every day, and go back to any you've already downloaded previously too. And offer them to friends to offload the server.

rg111 4y ago

Whenever you reach the limit, you can always copy the ISBN and search it on Libgen. 8 times outta 10, the book would be there.