So then what other sites are like STP used to be with the whole sharing thing?...it's not like I wasn't fooling all of there rules

i'm going to miss this site.

Goodluck mod

Hope to see you soon in other site.

Regardless of how substantial or insubstantial the profit loss to the author might be, can anyone here with all honesty say that it would not irk them to know that they spent upwards to a year of their life WORKING on something that hundreds of people felt they should be entitled to for free, because.. Hey! After all, at least ONE person paid for it. Give me break!

You sir or ma'am are a hypocrite. You ask me if it would not irk me if someone felt entitled to my work (since one individual paid for it) and yet you are doing precisely that! Why would you download my work freely when you clearly stated that you would not accept it if the roles were reversed? You would feel irked if I took your work for free and yet you have no problem taking my work for free all the while admitting it's wrong.
The greatest joy for an author is knowing people enjoy reading their work. I can honestly tell you Wenchie that if the roles were reversed and I was an author, I would give my book for free because not everyone is familiar with every author. I would feel so much better if you read my book, liked it and then went out to purchase a copy rather than you going to the store and purchasing my book without knowing anything about my writing style and then end up not liking the book and feeling you got ripped off.

( Yes I downloaded books too)  But to be really fair on the authors, they write these books to ake a living and we take that living away

Cavey dear, you are one of those "hundreds of people" taking someone's work for nothing, taking their livings away.
When you have PAID for EACH and EVERY book that you've downloaded previously for free THEN you can talk to the rest of us about FAIR, but I'm afraid that until then your points are invalid.   
If the library had one copy of a book (paid for once) and a 100 individuals checked it out over the course of the next year, it's not considered piracy, it's legal. But at the same time if one person uploaded one book here and a hunderd people downloaded it, it's piracy. Why is that? Is it because goverment has complete control over one and not the other? 

Some of you say the authors are getting cheated out their profits, but the same can be said about us readers. I mean how many of you have you gone to the book store or online and purchased a book/ebook for $10+ by just looking at the title, cover and reading the summmary at the back and when you got home and skimmed a few chapters, felt you got cheated out of your money?   

To the person who will now rant at me for being greedy and selfish, fine.  But please do not pull the whole "holier-than-thou" attitude.  How many books have you downloaded?  Were you here only for the discussions?

 

Okay I won't pull out the holier-than-thou attitude and say I didn't download any books because I did. I stumbled onto this site by accident couple weeks with no idea that this was a ebook hosting site. While I originally came back for the books, I will now stay for the discussions.

We have a thread specifically designed for user's input on eBook sharing...

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Kindly continue your debate there as this thread is just a notice thread, not a place for arguments or debates about the immorality or justification of eBook sharing

Thank you

While this makes me sad, really, I saw it coming. I think we all did. I'm grateful to those who have shared in the past so I could expand my library.
I've not been on this site too long but I've not really contributed to any discussion or review threads yet. I look forward to these changes as an opportunity to become a part of the community.

Thank you for all those who shared, the mods and the admin. It was a good run.

Hi! I'm a new member and I'd like to say that I completly understand the motives for the discontinuation of eBooks hosting. I just like to sugest that you don't simply erase the posts and boards. Just block the links, if possible, so we don't lose the sugestions and contacts we've made. Thanks!

Bummer
I won't pretend I don't understand it.
I'm old enough that I once had a Napster account. I understand.
When I get ticketed for speeding I understand that too.
I still speed and I still think getting speeding tickets is a bummer.

Very Sad to here this news!

But I can not say I am surprised.
This is one of many sites that I am on that are hitting the dust.

Thank you to the administrators/Mods who built and kept this site going. I've recently joined but have had a blast since becoming a member. My ebooks collection has grown and so has my author knowledge.

So Thank you!

There are several forums that still allow ebook sharing (i.e. dpgroup, viprasys, etc.) However, they will probably have to stop or close down due to US law. If they are based in another country, that's a different situation.