The Top Pirated Books of the Week March 21, 2025

E-book piracy is becoming a significant concern; here are the week’s top books.

Pirated ebooks now have a new type of Malware

Ebook piracy is on the rise, costing US publishers around $300 million…

iPhone users in the EU are now able to easily pirate audiobooks and ebooks

Digital piracy on the iPhone is not very prevalent in the United…
Italian book piracy data

Is Reading Pirated Books Ethical?

If this is solely about ethics, then my answer is NO. Reading…
book piracy amazon

Book Piracy on Amazon [And What Could Be Done]

Amazon, one of the world’s largest book marketplaces, is getting flooded with…

Amazon, authors Lee Child & John Grisham and publisher win $7.8 million in damages against eBook pirates

Amazon along with publisher Penguin Random House and several authors of the…

LinkedIn SlideShare is a Repository for Pirated eBooks

LinkedIn SlideShare has been around for 14 years and their primary goal…

Ebook Piracy is out of Control and the Authors Guild is Mad

The Authors Guild has accused Google of promoting ebook piracy in their…

Italy is experiencing a piracy problem with ebooks

Piracy in Italy is not as bad as some countries in the…

Book Piracy Hackers now use Catfishing to target unsuspecting readers

In looking through the most “persuasive words” lists in the English language,…

eBook Piracy is on the rise in 2019

Ebook piracy is increasing every single year. $300 million was lost in…

Last year the ebook piracy industry cost American publishers $300 million

Ebook piracy is on the rise and last year in the United…

Pirating ebooks is an offence against moral justice

There are millions of people who do not buy ebooks or other…

When Piracy and Fan Fiction Collide in the Best Way Possible

Several years ago, Mortal Instruments author Cassandra Clare came under intense scrutiny…

eBook Piracy is on the rise in 2018

Pirate websites received 300 billion visitors last year and ebooks represent a small, but…

Switzerland Takes Steps Against eBook Piracy

  Internet piracy is big business for criminals and the absolute bane…

Turns Out Piracy ISN’T Good for Authors…Or Readers

In what has to be the winner of the Captain Obvious Award,…

One of the Largest Pirate eBook Sites in Europe has been Shutdown

One of the largest pirate websites in Europe has been shut down…

Ebook Piracy Still Plaguing Authors

It started out not-so-innocently enough with a now-deleted, vapid Facebook post from…

Google to Disclose Personal Information on an eBook Pirate

The entertainment industry is rife with piracy, but e-books have been slightly…

eBook Piracy Virtually Nonexistent in the UK

The vast majority of UK residents have never pirated an e-book. There…

eBook Pirates in the UK to Get 10 Years in Jail

Most of us are likely guilty of pirating the odd e-book or…

Australia Passes New Law to Stem the Tide of e-Book Piracy

Australia has just passed a new law that would require internet service…