The first site I ever used for getting e-books was the-eye.eu's World Tracker Library. When the-eye went down and came back it looked like most of that section was gone, but just recently I discovered that there's still an enormous collection of links at https://the-eye.eu/public/Books/World%20Tracker%20Library/worldtracker.org/media/library/English%20Literature/sitemap.htm. However, actually trying to click on any of the links to download promptly results in me being blocked by one of my adblockers with the following message:
uBlock Origin has prevented the following page from loading:
Because of the following filter:
/jr.php?gz=$document Found in:
uBlock filters – Badware risks
Since it's an adblocker, though, I dunno how much of a risk there really is. I'd really like to be able to use these files as they're a lot more conveniently organized than the other sites I've been forced to use since the-eye originally died, but not at a risk to my computer.
I know the-eye is less than reputable in the eyes (NPI) of many other tracker administrators. Something about trying to replicate other trackers and not willing to play by the rules set down by other trackers for good reasons.
There is honestly a lot to unpack around the whole thing. Do a search for
chat logs leaked the-eye discordThat was a ridiculous drama between them. They painted thearchivist and his team like some kind of terrorists and shit lol
I generally don’t really regard private trackers highly so just off of that I’m skeptical. And I’ve only had good experiences with the eye/archivist/his people