How to Stop Book Piracy in 2025: A Complete Guide for Authors & Publishers Digital publishing has opened extraordinary opportunities for storytellers, but it has also made it frustratingly easy for pirates to copy and share books without permission. In 2023 alone, readers made 229.4 billion visits to piracy websites—up 6.7 percent year‑on‑year. Unauthorised publishing sites are one of the fastest‑growing niches, costing right‑holders real money.
