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I think about Google's scanner project a lot. I wonder if they are still scanning? I would love if they found a way to offer those books (authors would have t
by hellbannedguy 5y ago
I think about Google's scanner project a lot. I wonder if they are still scanning?
I would love if they found a way to offer those books (authors would have to agree) to the world.
If they did, I would forgive them for tracking me all these years.
I'd even put up with ads in the books.
- david_allison 5y agoThey do if the books are out of copyright, and they're often copied to archive.org (and then transcribed via Wikisource) when this happens. sample: https://books.google.im/books?id=Me8CAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.im/books?id=Me8CAAAAQAAJ&printsec=front...
- floathub 5y agoAnd you can order a bound paperback book made from the scans of just about any out-of-copyright google book. From the Harvard Bookstore (or anyone else that has an Espresso Book Machine): https://www.ondemandbooks.com/as/?t=Hamlet&c=google https://www.ondemandbooks.com/as/?t=Hamlet&c=google