Tell HN: It's easier and faster to pirate and e-book, than it is to buy it

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  • breckyunits.com

    Breck Yunits' Blog

  • > instead of getting hits for your site.

    Here you go, get the full site without hitting my web server: `git clone https://github.com/breck7/breckyunits.com`

    > just answer the question

    >> So if you write a book, and sell it for $20, and I make a copy of your book and sell it for $10, you are ok with this?

    If I make a hammer, and sell it for $20, and the person I sell it to uses it to make more hammers that he sells for $10, are you okay with this?

    Your question shows a shallowness of thinking. What is a book? Did you come up with 100% of the words in the book? If not, are you tracking down and compensating all the people who invented the words you used (or their ancestors?). What about the letters? Let's talk about the machinery you used to print the book. Are you providing a "royalty" to the printing press manufacturer?

    The problem with me wasting my time is that your question is so basic and shows such lack of thought that I can't distinguish whether you are being genuine or are a paid shill by the (c)opywrong regime out there muddying the waters. And yes, there are a tremendous amount of paid shills out there spreading false and dishonest information about (c)opywrongs.

  • Calibre Web

    :books: Web app for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks stored in a Calibre database

  • this is new (as of may 2022) and doesn't always assume the correct epub encoding, which can insert artifacts (eg see https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/issues/2508).

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  • koreader

    An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices

  • I also own a Kobo reader, and I'm especially delighted with the unofficial KOReader software. I've installed it aside the official Kobo software which I don't use anymore. http://koreader.rocks

    I believe it is suitable for power users that want more control on their reader (gestures, shortcuts, navigation, override text presentation...). I prefer to organize the ebooks in a hierarchy of directories while ignoring completely the categories, and this is the way KOReader works.

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