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https://archmission.org is doing something like this. It's a super cool project, and they work with the Long Now Foundation, the Internet Archive, etc.

The Author's Guild and the Association of American Publishers made some handy lists for people who need Z-Library alternatives!

https://www.regulations.gov/comment/USTR-2022-0010-0024 https://www.regulations.gov/comment/USTR-2022-0010-0015

Sadly not yet.

I will make no claims about my identity one way or another. If you are worried for me, don't be. If you are worried for yourself, then please take actions in line with your risk tolerance.

The Library Genesis forum is also down, but more likely because of overwhelming interest right now? https://forum.mhut.org/

Note that their TOR domains are still up: http://zlibrary24tuxziyiyfr7zd46ytefdqbqd2axkmxm4o5374ptpc52... and http://loginzlib2vrak5zzpcocc3ouizykn6k5qecgj2tzlnab5wcbqhem...

Holy shit! Did not see this coming, but glad we saved this collection just in time. (I'm Anna, the one who made the backup).

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There's probably a lot of things that Open Library does that we can try to apply to shadow libraries!

$125 is steep, but $10 sounds very doable (for the US).

Good point on the "publisher" linking caveat though. I don't know much that matters in this day and age? Would be useful to learn from some published authors.

This is interesting to learn about. How expensive is it, and do you know if it differs around the world (since there are lots of national ISBN agencies)?

I kid, but it does make me sad. :( (found via "bookwarrior", libgen founder)

Did not know that detail. Will add to the post, thank you.

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