I have been using Mobilism for some years to download e-books but started posting just recently. The website was highlighted to me by an author writing in the Guardian newspaper who felt his royalties were being filched by the uploaders on this website. Little did he know he was introducing another reader to the joys of online piracy.
The main problem that I find with this site is that the books are hosted on very unreliable file-hosting platforms that are rife with malware/adware and worst of all, delete the file on a whim. This makes a mockery of the uploader who has put in the hard-work of sourcing, de-DRM'ing and uploading the book and the grateful readers who brave the high seas of online adware and malware simply to access new knowledge and experiences.
In fact, I created this new account (I forgot the password to my old one), simply so that I could contact uploaders, make them aware of their expired releases and hopefully cajole them into re-uploading their precious cargo.
While this approach may be successful once or twice, I recently had a case where the uploader completely ignored my message. He is a regular so it's not that he is not aware of my message. It's a hassle to re-upload things and a file, once uploaded, should remain so for posterity so that generations of online pirates may benefit from the hard work of a single uploader and share it widely.
In any case, the point I am trying to make is that Mobilism is simply too high-quality and excellent a resource to have to rely on these puny, unknown and adware-serving file-hosting services in order to deliver the goods.
Thus, my suggestions are as follows:
1) Use Mega.nz. I admit, I am not an experienced user of this platform but I have found it works very well for file-sharing. A user can simply create a throwaway account or even a regular account and upload whatever he likes. I think a free account gets you 50 GB of storage which should be more than enough for our needs as e-books take up no space at all. There are no ads and the service is very privacy-minded.
2) Upload your books to Library Genesis (libgen.io). Library Genesis is of course the mother of online e-books and I get most of my books from there. I have never understood why the users of Mobilism don't mirror their uploads on Library Genesis. Lib Gen doesn't serve malicious ads and the files remain alive. Whatever the magic recipe for avoiding take down notices seems to be, Lib Gen has perfected it. Whenever I find a book on Mobilism that is not available on Lib Gen, I make sure to upload it there. This ensures its survival for a longer period and the fact that it reaches a wider audience which further ensures its life online. Sometimes, the Lib Gen uploader does not work, so I use its mirror, b-ok.org.
Thus, in conclusion, uploading our files to mega.nz and mirroring them on Library Genesis should ensure our files stay alive longer and reach a wider audience thus benefitting all concerned in our global search for knowledge, enrichment and entertainment.
The main problem that I find with this site is that the books are hosted on very unreliable file-hosting platforms that are rife with malware/adware and worst of all, delete the file on a whim. This makes a mockery of the uploader who has put in the hard-work of sourcing, de-DRM'ing and uploading the book and the grateful readers who brave the high seas of online adware and malware simply to access new knowledge and experiences.
In fact, I created this new account (I forgot the password to my old one), simply so that I could contact uploaders, make them aware of their expired releases and hopefully cajole them into re-uploading their precious cargo.
While this approach may be successful once or twice, I recently had a case where the uploader completely ignored my message. He is a regular so it's not that he is not aware of my message. It's a hassle to re-upload things and a file, once uploaded, should remain so for posterity so that generations of online pirates may benefit from the hard work of a single uploader and share it widely.
In any case, the point I am trying to make is that Mobilism is simply too high-quality and excellent a resource to have to rely on these puny, unknown and adware-serving file-hosting services in order to deliver the goods.
Thus, my suggestions are as follows:
1) Use Mega.nz. I admit, I am not an experienced user of this platform but I have found it works very well for file-sharing. A user can simply create a throwaway account or even a regular account and upload whatever he likes. I think a free account gets you 50 GB of storage which should be more than enough for our needs as e-books take up no space at all. There are no ads and the service is very privacy-minded.
2) Upload your books to Library Genesis (libgen.io). Library Genesis is of course the mother of online e-books and I get most of my books from there. I have never understood why the users of Mobilism don't mirror their uploads on Library Genesis. Lib Gen doesn't serve malicious ads and the files remain alive. Whatever the magic recipe for avoiding take down notices seems to be, Lib Gen has perfected it. Whenever I find a book on Mobilism that is not available on Lib Gen, I make sure to upload it there. This ensures its survival for a longer period and the fact that it reaches a wider audience which further ensures its life online. Sometimes, the Lib Gen uploader does not work, so I use its mirror, b-ok.org.
Thus, in conclusion, uploading our files to mega.nz and mirroring them on Library Genesis should ensure our files stay alive longer and reach a wider audience thus benefitting all concerned in our global search for knowledge, enrichment and entertainment.