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Re: Z Library

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For those who may not know, this is a front-end to LibGen. I like the search feature more and use it now and then, but for me the 5-downloads-per-24h limitation is usually quite limiting.

Why is that limiting? Can you honestly read more than 5 books in 24h?

Yes, I can both skim and collect more than 5 books in 24 hours.

Re: Z Library

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post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is that limiting? Can you honestly read more than 5 books in 24h?

Yes, I can both skim and collect more than 5 books in 24 hours.

Collect (I presume you mean download?) is an easy part and I agree one can download thousands of books in 24h. Skimming is very different from reading is very different from learning. If you want to skim titles/headlines then yes it's a limitation. I'd just argue it's not what books are for.

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post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I can both skim and collect more than 5 books in 24 hours.

Collect (I presume you mean download?) is an easy part and I agree one can download thousands of books in 24h. Skimming is very different from reading is very different from learning. If you want to skim titles/headlines then yes it's a limitation. I'd just argue it's not what books are for.

Other people deciding what books are for is one of the main reasons libgen exists!

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post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I can both skim and collect more than 5 books in 24 hours.

Collect (I presume you mean download?) is an easy part and I agree one can download thousands of books in 24h. Skimming is very different from reading is very different from learning. If you want to skim titles/headlines then yes it's a limitation. I'd just argue it's not what books are for.

> I'd just argue it's not what books are for.

Who are you to decide what books are for, especially on a pirate site? I use libgen for research. Trying to figure out if a book is good for what I'm looking for is hard! In a traditional physical library, I'd sit in the stacks and scan through sometimes dozens of books before finding what I'm looking for. Then I'd check out those few books and read them more in depth.

Re: Z Library

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post #30
post #17

For those who may not know, this is a front-end to LibGen. I like the search feature more and use it now and then, but for me the 5-downloads-per-24h limitation is usually quite limiting.

Why is that limiting? Can you honestly read more than 5 books in 24h?

I have hundreds of books I want to dump if I substitute the digital version on my disk. When in discard mode, I easily hit the 10/day limit of a free account. But that is what the favorites list is for, to spread things out over days.

Re: Z Library

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I was so excited at the prospect of Z being on the front page, but sadly the wrong one for me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_notation

They have most of the Z books listed in Wikipedia:

https://book4you.org/book/1057065/129aaa

https://book4you.org/book/715472/efd9e3

https://book4you.org/book/1170163/0d5082

Re: Z Library

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post #36
post #6

I was so excited at the prospect of Z being on the front page, but sadly the wrong one for me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_notation

They have most of the Z books listed in Wikipedia: https://book4you.org/book/1057065/129aaa https://book4you.org/book/715472/efd9e3 https://book4you.org/book/1170163/0d5082

That's fun, thank you!

Re: Z Library

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post #17

For those who may not know, this is a front-end to LibGen. I like the search feature more and use it now and then, but for me the 5-downloads-per-24h limitation is usually quite limiting.

Non related with Libgen and much better when searching IT related books.
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