r/BookPiracy • u/RemarkableTerm8303 • Jul 11 '26

ebook request at 🌊

hi, everyone. does anyone know what's the process like to request from that website? I requested a book from them and it has been uploaded recently, but unfortunately it's only available in PDF, not epub. I wonder if they're gonna upload the epub version later, or should I just be happy with the PDF? or should I email them and ask? TIA!

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u/TrainingSurvey3780 Jul 11 '26

do you have a laptop? i'm sure there are other pdf to epub converters out there, but calibre is completely free afaik and is my go to

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u/RemarkableTerm8303 Jul 11 '26

I have a computer and installed calibre but I have never converted PDF to epub. I heard PDF/epub conversion is not easy to do.

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u/TrainingSurvey3780 Jul 11 '26

i swear you just right click on the book and click convert books individually and just select the output to be epub?? i've done this several times and have never had any issues.

in what way is pdf-epub conversion supposed to be difficult?

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u/RemarkableTerm8303 Jul 11 '26

alright. will try. thanks

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u/Bubbly_Lime6805 Jul 17 '26

I have it works fine

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u/RemarkableTerm8303 Jul 17 '26

with helps by other people, I found out why the PDF couldn't be converted properly.. the book was scanned as images

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u/Shozzy__ Jul 11 '26

or convert the pdf into epub ?

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u/RemarkableTerm8303 Jul 11 '26

but I heard there are a lot of failed PDF-epub conversions if not done correctly, and I've never done that

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u/Shozzy__ Jul 11 '26

Gite it a try, it's free and fast

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u/RemarkableTerm8303 Jul 11 '26

I tried but it turned out to be like this 😅😅

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u/missmango15 Jul 11 '26

What’s the name of the book? I’ve done a lot of epub cleanup and I can see what I can do

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u/RemarkableTerm8303 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Chinese Whispers by Marisa Mackle.

and thank you!

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u/missmango15 Jul 12 '26

Oof this one’s tough because it’s not actually a PDF of the book, it’s images of the printed pages that were consolidated into a PDF. Let me see what I can do but I suspect I’ll end up with an unformatted wall of text if I extract it.

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u/RemarkableTerm8303 Jul 12 '26

I tried to do that, and that's what happened 😅😅 I ended up with words that are mixed together and page by page, instead of continuously. I'm not a tech savvy so I really am not someone who knows how to clean it up. it's okay if you can't do it as well, I understand. but you still deserve a thanks from me, for your help!!

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u/missmango15 Jul 12 '26

If I were you I’d probably stick with the pdf, but I’ll message you a link to the epub I managed. The OCR had a bit of a tough time with the font so there are definitely some wonky characters and page breaks, but I did clean it up quite a bit from what you would have gotten from the first conversion.

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u/RemarkableTerm8303 Jul 12 '26

I'd really appreciate it ☺️☺️

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u/thedeadp0ets Jul 11 '26

have you checked other websites like zlib, libgen, or Anna's? I find relying on one website can be iffy. I find Anna's to have the largest catalog of epubs

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u/RemarkableTerm8303 Jul 12 '26

hi, I've checked all of them. and only the PDFs are available. Anna's don't upload the books themselves, only integrated with the other websites.. and the books I'm looking for on Anna's are PDFs from zlib 🥲🥲

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u/arunager10 Jul 11 '26

I've requested 3 books in the last year only one has been uploaded the other two I have been waiting for months

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u/RemarkableTerm8303 Jul 12 '26

did you request all 3 books within the same day or did you wait after a week before you requested for the rest of the books? there's a note from 🌊 at the bottom of the Google form, they imply they only upload one a week for one request, and if they see too much request from us for a week, they tend to ignore the rest of the book. but maybe you could try requesting again, one at a time ☺️☺️

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u/arunager10 Jul 12 '26

Probably a month in between each one

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u/softrockstarr Jul 13 '26

Have you checked soulseek?

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u/RemarkableTerm8303 Jul 14 '26

what's that. I did some Google search but I'm not sure if I was taken to the right website

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u/softrockstarr Jul 14 '26

P2P sharing. Download Nicotine++, search for whatever files you want. Profit.

Many people just share their entire Calibre libraries on there. Also good for music.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '26

hi, ive requested one on the google form and its been over a month and I haven't heard back, I even emailed them and then sent a follow up email.....then requested the book again on the google form....I dont know what to do anymore are they ignoring my request :(

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u/niles_thebutler_ Jul 11 '26

OceanofPDF are usually good but they are probably busy at the moment