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.
Book Piracy

The Cruxes of AI and Book Piracy: A New Era

The issue of e-book piracy has significant implications for authors and publishers.…

U.S. Copyright Groups Urge Canada to Intensify Anti-Piracy Measures

Canada has often been accused of being lax when it comes to…

Cheaper Prices Can Help Combat Book Piracy

It is common knowledge that you can save money if the prices…
Zeenat Bookstore

Piracy Caused Zeenat Bookstore Closure

Last year, New Market’s Zeenat Book Supply shut down on May 1,…

New research shows pirate site blocking spurs legal content consumption globally

Recent research sheds light on the impact of blocking pirate sites, revealing…

Piracy sites have witnessed 12% rise in traffic in past four years

Visits to illicit online platforms have surged by 12 percent over the…

Indonesian book giant turns to tech to fight piracy

Kompas Gramedia, a major Indonesian conglomerate with a robust book publishing unit,…

Largest manga and Webtoon piracy site – M – likely to close soon

In a significant development, one of the largest manga and Webtoon piracy…
Naver Webtoon France

Naver Webtoon Shuts Down 150 Illegal Overseas Sites

In July, South Korea’s Naver Webtoon applied in the US court subpoenas…

Australian Authors Become the Victim of Book Piracy

Australian authors have become victims of book piracy. Books of well-known Australian…

Increasing cost force students to piracy sites as publishers lose billions

As the academic year commenced in the UK, a surge in illicit…

Publishing is the second largest media segment to be affected by piracy

The publishing industry, encompassing e-books or their print counterparts and such constitutes…

Manga among most pirated in the publishing segment in Europe as digital piracy shows upsurge

Digital piracy witnessed a surprising 3.3 percent surge in 2022, marking a…

Integrating anti-piracy education into school curricula to let students adopt better digital ethics

One of the biggest tragedies of online piracy is that it undermines…
Italian book piracy data

Is Reading Pirated Books Ethical?

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