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I want to get back into reading, so I'm thinking of getting a Paperwhite. But I have no idea if it's possible to transfer files to it from a computer, and I have no experience with pirating books.

Do I go to the same places I torrent movies and games or are there special places dedicated to E-Books?

EDIT: So many awesome answers on here! You guys have been very helpful. Thanks a lot!

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[–] Turbofish@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

IRC is where it's at. In the many years I've been using it to download books there's only been a handful of books I've been unable to find.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/2oftbu/guide_the_idiot_proof_guide_to_downloading_ebooks/

[–] blackbirdbiryani@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just want to add that if you find a rare ebook not on libgen, do you civic duty and take the time to upload it, it only takes a few minutes and it's rewarding being able to save some time for others.

[–] victron@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Awesome advice, this becomes more important by the day

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'll keep that in mind.

[–] people_are_cute@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

But the libgen upload interface is cumbersome, requires way too many details and has regularly denied my uploads whenever I tried.

[–] Chakravanti@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

That do audio books too?