Z lib is not dead!! The url will change often but you can check that on the subreddit. I’ve downloaded so many epubs for free from z lib when the ebook version of something I want has too many holds at the library. Reading books straight from my iPhone is soooo convenient for the train
Why pay money when libgen is free? The more questionable action I engage in is pirating regular books, I'm sure Nabokov won't mind if his publisher loses out on 20 bucks because I wanna read Pale Fire.