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If I had to take a guess this is related to books that have illegal PDF(s) in the wild. Paired with Amazon making little to no effort to verify product authenti
by awat 7y ago
If I had to take a guess this is related to books that have illegal PDF(s) in the wild. Paired with Amazon making little to no effort to verify product authenticity.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/02/amazon-caught-selling-counterfeits-of-publishers-computer-books-again/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/02/amazo...
- TeMPOraL 7y agoOr legal PDFs. No Starch Press books are regularly featured in Humble Bundles in PDF form, including the book from the Tweet.
- jbay808 7y agoI got a control theory book from Amazon once which was just the cover. The inside was a veterinary handbook by a different publisher. I don't think there's a PDF for that controls textbook anywhere, so clearly the counterfeiter just substituted in a different one...