Re: Z-Library

Calibre: Conversions from Ebook (AZW, CHM, MOBI) to Electronic Publication (EPUB): Page Setup Output Profile: "Generic e-ink HD." Maintains original resolutions of images.
https://calibre-ebook.com/
https://pdfsam.org/pdfsam-basic/

"Solid [or TAR] archives are more sensitive to data damage. Unlike usual [non-solid] archives, all files after the damaged one [in the archive] most probably will also be damaged."

XZ/LZMA2 Format Inadequate For Long-Term Archiving. LZMA2 is unsafe and less efficient than the original LZMA. Use: 7Z LZMA Non-Solid, RAR 5 LZSS/PPMd Non-Solid, or ZIP Deflate.
https://lzip.nongnu.org/xz_inadequate.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20220617020831/https://lzip.nongnu.org/xz_inadequate.html

RAR: "The 'Test archived files' option tests your archived files automatically and immediately after the archive is created. It ensures your data has been archived properly to disk."
https://xona.com/2006/07/05b.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20100115031839/http://xona.com/2006/07/05b.html

RAR: "The Recovery Record is particularly useful for long term backups. Optical media such as CD and DVD, flash memory like USB flash drives and magnetic storage like HDD, can develop bad blocks after long term storage. CDs and flash drives are even more prone to data errors than HDDs.
Adding 5-10% recovery record to backups intended for long term storage provides additional protection against such errors. Adding the recovery record does not guarantee successful recovery, but does significantly increase the chances of recovering damaged data."
https://www.win-rar.com/recovery-record-useful.html?&L=0
https://web.archive.org/web/20220912143755/https://www.win-rar.com/recovery-record-useful.html?&L=0

Manage modification of Compressed Files like they're Solid: Decompress, Modify, Recompress.

"The data recovery company Ontrack (1996) did a study of the causes of data loss from among 50,000 of its clients. They found that the main causes were:
Hardware or System Malfunction (44%) (e.g. electrical failure, head/media crash, controller failure);
Human Error (32%);
Software Program Malfunction (14%) (e.g. corruption caused by diagnostic or repair tool, failed backups);
Malware (7%); and,
Natural Disasters (3%)"
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/papers/supporting/pdf/p2.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20000817222013/http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/papers/supporting/pdf/p2.pdf

Where to keep your backups? Let's talk about backup storage media. 2018.08.23
https://www.hyper-v.io/keep-backups-lets-talk-backup-storage-media/
https://web.archive.org/web/20181009030254/https://www.hyper-v.io/keep-backups-lets-talk-backup-storage-media/
https://archive.ph/Z6uBq

ISC White Paper: Lifespan of LTO Tapes
https://iscgroupllc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ISC-White-Paper-Lifespan-of-LTO-Tapes.pdf
https://vshare.is/0fi0r5Jcy1/ISC-White-Paper-Lifespan-of-LTO-Tapes_clMin_pdf

APPS

https://psiphon.ca/en/download.html

https://www.slant.co/topics/1438/~best-file-integrity-checkers

https://www.slant.co/topics/6970/~bulk-rename-tools-for-windows

https://www.slant.co/improve/topics/27608/~file-viewers

https://www.slant.co/improve/topics/29901/~archiving-tools-for-a-data-hoarder

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FOR THE CRAZY PEOPLE THAT WANNA DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE FUCKING THING

https://libgen.is/dbdumps/

Pirate Library Mirror
https://annas-archive.org/datasets
https://annas-archive.gs/datasets
https://web.archive.org/web/20230219205000/http://pilimi.org/

Torrent files are only available through the TOR mirror
http://2urmf2mk2dhmz4km522u4yfy2ynbzkbejf2cvmpcbzhpffvcuksrz6ad.onion/zlib-downloads.html
https://archive.ph/hfkmS

InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)
https://freeread.org/