We received an email today about this book pirating website. Several authors told us they were able to remove their books successfully without anything affecting their computers. Others, who tried to download free books to test the site told us that this is a phishing website. Therefore we have removed the link. We want everyone to be aware that there are many sites like these on the internet and to be extremely careful when you find one.
Our original post is below.
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Authors beware! Unfortunately, with the huge success of indie-publishing comes websites like this that spring up and pirate authors’ books. Books Online is one of them:
But don’t fret! It is easy to have your book removed. Just do a search for your book’s title and click it when it appears. In the top right, there is a black flag that you can click to remove your book. When finished, it will be removed instantly.
Thank you, Anon, for the tip on this site. If any of our readers find sites similar to this one, please contact us and let us know.
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I checked to make sure my wattpad books weren’t there. Yes I know, why pirate free books. But I’ve had permanently free books I wrote pirated before. As strange as that sounds.
Beware clicking on any links in these sites, especially download links. They are often phishing sites in disguise and will install malware on your computer.
Thank you, Author, for the heads up!
I removed my books from this site after clicking the link to my title and had no problems with malware on my computer. I have heard of sites like the ones you mention though.
Thanks for this article. Much appreciated. I forwarded the article to my publisher as a number of my books were on the site. I appreciate all you do on behalf of authors, reviewers, and all those who read and enjoy books. Yours is a great watchdog site.
They got them from Goodreads cause they had one of mine that isn’t available any more. It still had the no longer available notice I posted on GRs.
Apparently, you can delete your books without a problem from this site, but if you try to download a book for free, something else happens. We are currently researching this to verify the information we’ve received.
What saddens me is how some people get suckered into taking pirated books, that sometimes end up like being more expensive than the original book.