What is it then that they love doing? Is there a long-term thrill in being a piracy site? I don't think so. No truth in the angel story but they do say "it aims to "catalog all the books in existence" and "track humanity's progress toward making all these books easily available in digital form".

> What is it then that they love doing?

They're earning a fuck ton of money, that's what they're doing.

Just like megaupload back in the days, they sell premium accounts for fast download speeds and no queue.