The DRM removal tool to remove DRM from ebooks was taken down from github and will most likely be taken down from gitlab soon as well. The more archives we have the better so im sharing the gitlab in hopes some Datahoarder types will archive it and keep it shared via torrents etc https://gitlab.com/bipinkrish/DeGourou
Heres an article about why it was taken down https://torrentfreak.com/internet-archive-targets-book-drm-removal-tool-with-dmca-takedown-230714/
Edit: does anyone here use https://radicle.xyz/ ? Its a p2p network built on top of git and could be a good way to host it while still being able to contribute to it besides making a .torrent for archiving
Go on then, tell us how compensation works. Authors don’t get paid when they sell books, is that it?
What’s preventing authors from selling directly?
@HughJanus
sure. so in commercial publishing, most authors are paid with an advance against future royalties. so they are paid upfront, and only start receiving additional royalties once the advance has been paid up by sales. this makes it so the publisher has some incentive to market your book - recouping the advance. royalty payments are usually extremely small, except for the most well-established authors. so as with music, your purchase usually nets the author nothing or a very small amount
@HughJanus
the reason why authors don’t sell directly is because the publishers control the distribution outlets, either directly or with agreements with the vendors. People go to buy books from marketplaces, not from your website, and there are relatively few ways for authors to directly advertise their work.
hence piracy - encouraging people to not give any money to the publisher, but instead find some means of paying the author directly. breaking the monopoly over the marketplace.
@HughJanus @jonny
Authors are paid by the publishers upon completion of the book.
When you buy a book the publisher gets the money directly.
In some cases there is some revenue split, but that is uncommon for less well known authors. Either way, it usually isn’t very big.
There is the option to self-publish, but that is very expensive to do.
@zbecker
@HughJanus
I think hugh Janus logged off this thread after so confidently insinuating that it was the pirates that don’t understand intellectual property monopolies