@ Bondefanger
"Why no need to lecture you about the ethics of copyright? It seems entirely in place here."
For one thing, one does not necessarily relish debate with a pseudonymous online hypocrital self-righteous creep who has nothing to say except to wag his finger in a holier than thou posture. For another thing, most of the books mentioned here that are not for beginners and would interest me - by Reti, Capablanca, and Nimzovitsch - were written a century ago. Either the copyrights expired, or should have. For a third thing, a couple of the other books mentioned, such as that by Lazlo Polgar and the one by a philosopher (I forget the name at the moment) seem to have been made available with the authors' permission. Have you made a donation yet to Lichess, in gratitude for the free service you are using?
"Why no need to lecture you about the ethics of copyright? It seems entirely in place here."
For one thing, one does not necessarily relish debate with a pseudonymous online hypocrital self-righteous creep who has nothing to say except to wag his finger in a holier than thou posture. For another thing, most of the books mentioned here that are not for beginners and would interest me - by Reti, Capablanca, and Nimzovitsch - were written a century ago. Either the copyrights expired, or should have. For a third thing, a couple of the other books mentioned, such as that by Lazlo Polgar and the one by a philosopher (I forget the name at the moment) seem to have been made available with the authors' permission. Have you made a donation yet to Lichess, in gratitude for the free service you are using?