April 08, 2008 by sharky
If you’ve never poked your cursor inside a private eBook or e-Learning BitTorrent website before, you’d probably be awestruck by the sheer magnitude of content that these trackers contain. Anything and everything that has ever been written, typed, documented, taught, published, drawn, painted, penned, or even photographed can be found. Categories are numerous and plentiful; content is staggeringly vast; media exists in every known digitized format available. A good eBook / e-Learning tracker makes Wikipedia look like a comic book.
There’s little speculation as to why students, professionals, writers, designers, tradespeople (and anyone else) are clambering to get into these private sites. Hey, we all know books aren’t cheap - especially medical / science journals, University textbooks and trades/ technical/ law literature. Courtesy of textbooktorrents, here’s an example of what one can expect to find on the inside of a specialized e-Learning tracker:
eBook/eLearning TORRENT SITES
There’s not more than a handful of private BitTorrent sites that are dedicated to eBooks & learning, and of those only a fraction are even open to new signups. Without further ado, here’s a list of private BitTorrent websites that cater specifically to eBooks & eLearning. Sites listed at the top are presently open to new registrations.
http://textbooktorrents.com
— OPEN? - YES.Members: 50,000.Minimum Ratio: none.# of Torrents: 3,250.Features: Textbooktorrents is a very impressive tracker with every known classification of eLearning torrent available (see category image - above). Textbook isn’t much concerned about ratios; and more about sharing - it’s recommended to upload at least one torrent. Be sure to check out their massive forum!
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http://forums.mvgroup.org
— OPEN? - YES.Members: unknown.Ratio: none?.# of Torrents: 1000’s.Features: Not so much as a "learning" site - they heavily focus on every type of documentary imaginable (BBC, National Geographic, Discovery, Nova, etc.). As you may have guessed by the title, mvgroup is a forum website with both torrents and eD2k links. Browse around thoroughly - there’s stuff everywhere!
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http://bitseduce.com
— OPEN? - YES.Members: 3,000 / 10,000.Ratio: 0.45 / 1.0.# of Torrents: 2,550.Features: BitSeduce is a seduction / spiritual / self-help tracker with all sorts of obscure eLearning stuff in a variety of formats (PDF, video documentaries, eBooks, audiobooks, software and courses). Users can even browse specific authors (Anthony Robbins, Neil Strauss, Lance Mason, Carlos Xuma, and others).
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http://docs.torrents.ro
— OPEN? - YES.Members: 20,000 limit.Ratio: 0.2 / 1.0.# of Torrents: 6,000+.Features: DOCS is an e-Learning tracker with all the general fare - Engineering, Technology, Medicine, Arts, Graphics & Design, and more! Did we forget to mention there’s over 1,000 video tutorials?! NOTE: We couldn’t find the stats on how many members they have, but with a small 20,000 limit, once they fill up it’s going to be hard to get in.
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http://ebookshare.net
— OPEN? - Always.Members: N/A.Ratio: none.# of Torrents: unknown.Features: eBookShare is a public tracker that’s open to everyone. Browse the categories on the left side to get a list of the offered torrents. NOTE: We’re none too keen on the popups with every click - we’ll stick to a private tracker without all the ads.
www.ebookvortex.com
— OPEN? - NO.Members: 8,000?.Ratio: 1.0 / 1.0.# of Torrents: ~2,700.Features: Loads of reference books, mostly related to IT (3D graphics design, networking, programming - with a few extra categories in math, sciences, etc). They’ve been ‘invite-only’ for awhile now - this is no easy site to get into.
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www.bitme.org
— OPEN? - Never.Members: 30K max; presently ~20K.Ratio: 0.65 / 1.0.# of Torrents: ~19,000.Features: BitMe is the granddaddy of eLearning trackers, and probably has the most content of all of them in terms of number of torrents. It’s always been a tough-ticket to get into BitMe, but not impossible. Categories range from 3D design, art, math, medical - with a generous helping of eBooks /PDFs.
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http://bitspyder.net
— OPEN? - NO.Members: 17,000.Ratio: unknown.# of Torrents: ~7,000.Features: Great e-Learning tracker with a wide assortment of torrents including a multitude of video tutorials from a vast selection of categories. With a small user limit, BitSpyder is not an easy account to procure. NOTE: They’ve got a hair-trigger finger poised over the ban button - we recommend you don’t H&R this site.
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http://learnbits.org
— OPEN? - NO.Members: unknown.Ratio: unknown.# of Torrents: unknown.Features: LearnBits has been compared to BitMe.org as the next big e-Learning torrent site. Open registration has been closed since Nov/07 and is strictly by invitation only. We can’t tell you much more about them.
http://elbitz.net
— OPEN? - NO.Members: unknown.Ratio: unknown.# of Torrents: unknown.Features: ElbitZ primary focus is on IT e-Learning (3D design, graphics, programming, art, fonts) but has many other categories of interest. Currently, registrations are closed so the only way you’ll be able to get into this tracker is by invitation.
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http://www.thevault.bz
— OPEN? - NO.Members: ~5,000.Ratio: 1.0 / 1.0.# of Torrents: ~5,000.Features: TheVault is a very unique tracker that specializes in self-help, personal gain and monetary achievement! While never open directly to new signups, if you think you got what they’re looking for and take it seriously, you might have a shot at getting in. Check out their signup page, and join their IRC-invites channel by clicking the appropriate link. Follow the instructions given. Who knows? Maybe you’ll be invited.
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http://www.zinebytes.org
— OPEN? - NO.Members: unknown.Ratio: unknown.# of Torrents: unknown.Features: We know but two things about ZineBytes - First, it’s closed to new signups; and second, it’s a tracker from the Czech Republic.
http://forum.gfxnews.ru
— OPEN? - Sometimes.Members: ~45,000.Ratio: 0.6 / 1.0.# of Torrents: ~7,000.Features: GFXNews caters to all-things graphics! While not specifically an eBook / e-Learning site, if you’re into 3D graphics documentation & tutorials, this is one private site you need to check out! Inactive accounts are pruned regularly, and they’re (usually) open for new signups on the 2nd and 3rd day of each month. GFXNews has some rather unorthodox sharing ratio rules - be sure to check out their FAQ once logged in (see ‘Rules’ below).
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