Re:Z Library
by kiryin on Sunday November 28, 2021 @05:42AM
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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.
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Re:Z Library
by dredmorbius on Sunday November 28, 2021 @06:30AM
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The recommendations are also generally good.
Z-Library for discovery, LibGen for fulfillment!
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
by solarkraft on Sunday November 28, 2021 @09:45AM
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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.
Re:Z Library
by humanistbot on Sunday November 28, 2021 @11:24AM
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> 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
by CGamesPlay on Sunday November 28, 2021 @11:18AM
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Other people deciding what books are for is one of the main reasons libgen exists!
Re:Z Library
by miki123211 on Sunday November 28, 2021 @07:41AM
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Friends have been telling me it's generally easier to find stuff on z-lib than it is on libgen.
Does it have a better search engine? Does it have more books than libgen? Are they just wrong?
From my experiences with it, in LibGen you have to search exactly what you want. A simple typo ruins it. Z-library is a better in that regards, so typos don't really ruin the search, allowing you to find stuff more easily.
I don't know whether they have a different dataset of books, but the search engine is definitely vastly superior. Not only in looks, but most importantly in terms of results.
I think Z-lib indexes libgen's recent uploads much faster, so it makes a difference for newer books.
Non related with Libgen and much better when searching IT related books.