Obviously book authors need to be paid, but those at the bottom of the ladder seeking to climb it through education can't afford the books. Perhaps some kind o

Obviously book authors need to be paid, but those at the bottom of the ladder seeking to climb it through education can't afford the books. Perhaps some kind of program run by the publishers could give free books to these people, to reduce the motivation for piracy of the books? Those that can afford it would still pay, of course. That said, the current system is broken, so while this particular site is gone, z-library and anna's archive live on and won't be getting taken down any time zoon.