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> but you can get every book ever written inexpensively or free from some combination of Archive.org and Amazon. Do people really believe this? I've been chas
by dingaling 11y ago
> but you can get every book ever written inexpensively or free from some combination of Archive.org and Amazon.
Do people really believe this?
I've been chasing a copy of "L'envol des Alouettes" by Charles Marchetti for years. Occasionally, once every few years, a single copy appears on amazon.fr or Abe Books for around 200 Euros and is snapped-up within hours. There is not one single digital copy of it available anywhere.
And that's just one title I've had on my wishlist for over a decade.
- jchewitt 11y agoYou're right to correct me. Most of the works ever written have been lost to history. What I said holds for books that have been popular, historically significant, or valued enough to be widely preserved and archived.