All eBook releases are available in this section. New releases have to be posted here.
Aug 2nd, 2011, 3:38 pm
These are the rules specific to the eBook section (in addition to the Site Rules)

Download Links/Mirrors
  • All new releases must provide at least one mirror link (from a different filehost) to help users who cannot access a specific site due to regional limitations.
  • All new releases must provide at least one link from a filehost supported by the Premium downloader. (See the list here).
  • All new releases must offer at least one link from a host with no long waiting time between downloads for free users (Click here). In posts where all the links are from file hosts with long waiting periods (Nitroflare*, Rapidgator, Uploaded, Novafile, Filefox, etc.), free mirrors will be allowed if requested.
  • File hosts that require registration to download are not allowed (e.g. 4shared). Only free links from free hosts are accepted.
  • URL shortening services are not allowed.

*27 Nov 2015: as of today, Nitroflare is no longer allowed in the eBooks section.
*29 Oct 2021: as of today, File-upload is no longer allowed in the eBooks section.

Allowed file formats
  • To keep up the quality in the ebook section, ONLY 3 of the following formats are allowed in the main download link:
    • ePUB
    • MOBI
    • AZW OR PDF*
  • *PDF files have to be uploaded separately if the size of the file exceeds 10 MB. Provide the PDF file in an additional link.
  • AZW is a proprietary format readable only on Kindle devices and therefore not allowed by itself, not everybody owns a Kindle.
  • Downloads must not be pillowed out with unnecessary items: extra images (aside from the cover), file-padding, wallpapers, etc.
  • All files can be compressed with Zip or RAR.

  • Magazines: All magazines & newspapers must be posted in PDF format. Any other retail format can be added as secondary in the same release by the same poster.
    • If a magazine is posted in non-retail quality (scanned), a new release with retail (True PDF) is allowed.
  • Audiobooks: 64kbps is the recommended bitrate. Higher and lower bitrates are allowed as long as they don't exceed 128kbps. A higher level is unnecessary for spoken word and only results in an excessively large file size, unaffordable for users with lower bandwidths.
    • Exception: 256 kbps is allowed for Graphic Audio
    • Allowed formats: MP3, MP4, M4A, WMA, M4B.

Mirroring (of existing releases)
  • Mirrors are not allowed as long as the poster is active and can replace dead links.
      Exception (when moderators will request mirrors:)
    • Somebody asked the OP (Original Poster) for a link from a more user-friendly/supported file host and the OP could not provide it.
  • Posting unrequested mirrors in other OP's releases is NOT allowed. No exceptions.
  • Mirrors can only be requested by moderators. Mirrors posted in response to a moderator's request must quote said request along with the download links.
  • Mirrors can ONLY offer the titles in the original post - no more, no less. (More could contain duplicates, less is not a mirror.)

Reposting releases (bad quality files, absent posters)
  • Bad quality files/Obsolete formats (excluding v5.0 ePUB and retail PDF): Contact a moderator if you can offer a file of better quality than the one posted. Posters of bad quality files will have the right to replace with better/retail versions within 24 hours from notice before the new release is allowed.
  • Absent/Inactive posters: Releases by absent/inactive posters can be reposted without previous notice. Simply post a new release and a reply in the old thread with a note: "Links dead, OP inactive. Reposted here (link)"
    (max. 20 per day-poster / max. 5 at a time / min. 3 hours between batches).
  • ARC files ARE NOT ALLOWED (*March 2020). Old ARC releases that may still exist in the eBooks section can and should be reported so they can be removed.

      Important:
    • Make sure the OP is no longer active before reposting a release. If there is no signature indicating that the poster is not replacing links, check the 'last visited' info in the user's profile: posters are considered absent after 4 weeks since the last login. If in doubt, contact a moderator.
    • Make sure all the links are dead before reposting. We want to repost dead links, not working links.

New links requests
  • Please use the Reupload button to request new links.
  • If you don't get new links after 3 days, report the OP/release to a moderator.

    • Note to OPs: ignoring re-up requests is equal to ignoring the rules. (If you lost the file, please request it in the Requests section. Your post, your responsibility.)
    • Note to Users: The Reupload button will only allow one request per day from the same poster by the same user. Please note that even though one request per day by the same user from the same poster is acceptable, it is not compulsory!

  • If the Original Poster is no longer active (see profile: absent for 4 weeks or more), or banned, or not replacing links as per the signature, post a reply (e.g. "Links dead, OP inactive") in the topic you want reuploaded so it can be moved to Expired and reposted by somebody else. DO NOT use the report button.

    • ONLY BUMP TOPICS WITH DEAD LINKS BY INACTIVE POSTERS. The maximum number of bumped topics allowed per user is 5.

  • OPs are only required to replace one (1) link in posts older than 6 months. If a reupload is requested, the one (1) link must be from a supported filehost.
  • Replacing links in Magazine releases older than 6 months is not mandatory. Therefore, posting magazines older than 6 months is not allowed unless in yearly collections.
  • Yearly collections are not allowed if the issues already posted still have working links.

Expired releases
  • If you want to repost an expired release you must create a new release and post a reply in the old one: "reposted here [link to new release]". Please read: Rules for expired releases

Lists of Bestsellers
  • Lists of Bestsellers (e.g. New York Times Best Sellers; TOP 20 USA Today; Awards winners) are not allowed, no exceptions.
  • Personal lists of favourites (e.g. Oprah's Book Club; My Calibre Archives) are not allowed, no exceptions.
    • The files on these lists are just duplicates. (If links in the releases are dead, read above)

Fooling us...
  • ... will result in a temporary ban



Changelog:
07 Mar 2015 bestsellers bundles
27 Nov 2015 Nitroflare banned
10 Mar 2016 audiobook formats
01 Aug 2018 magazine formats
05 Apr 2019 supported link mandatory
03 Jan 2020 bitrate exception for graphic audio
28 Mar 2020 ARC files banned
29 Oct 2021 File-upload banned
11 Oct 2023 Reupload feature added
Aug 2nd, 2011, 3:38 pm