Z-Library domains are seized and pirate book site is dead
Well, not quite.
https://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/z-library-domains-are-seized-and-pirate-book-site-is-dead
The pirate site is effectively dead right now, since all of their DNS servers have also been seized. It remains to be seen if they will go back online with new domains or if they will fade away into nothingness.
Thing is: .onion domain names don't use DNS. The Tor network, itself, takes care of routing. The browser doesn't learn the site's IP address, and the site doesn't learn the browser's IP address.
With the Tor Browser, you can access Z-Library at this URL.
http://zlibrary24tuxziyiyfr7zd46ytefdqbqd2axkmxm4o5374ptpc52fad.onion/
In related news: The Imperial Library of Trantor is having severe problems. Some weeks ago it went down. Then it returned, but with no books in its catalog (It had hundreds of thousands.) Today, the server is down again. The librarian there has a name that might be Russian, so Putin's government might be the problem. Here's the Imperial Library's URL.
http://kx5thpx2olielkihfyo4jgjqfb7zx7wxr3sd4xzt26ochei4m6f7tayd.onion/
Maybe its down because he's restoring his collection. Or maybe the truth is worse than that.
The Free Book Library on I2P is still up, but it hasn't added any new books since September 19, 2021.
http://ebooks.i2p/
You need to be running I2P to access this site.
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