The popular e-book download site Z-Library was shut down earlier this month by U.S. federal authorities, as we reported last week, likely for the distribution of pirated materials. This left students ...

There hasn’t been a better time to pick up a book and relax, and research has confirmed that reading books can benefit both your physical and mental health. As we continue to stay at home and battle ...

In early August, Indian users who accessed a website that once let them download books and scholarly journals for free found themselves locked out of the site. The landing page to Z-Library refused to ...

For many students around the world, the illicit book-sharing website Library Genesis has been a lifeline of free primary texts and scientific knowledge. It is such a widely accepted resource for free ...

Yesterday, some of the biggest textbook publishers sued Library Genesis, an illegal shadow library that publishers are accusing of “extensive violations of federal copyright law.” Publishers suing ...