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What I noticed about this company, after checking their website: 1) They list an "Accept direct shipment from Amazon" option (coming soon). Think about it: thi
by Bud 15y ago
What I noticed about this company, after checking their website:
1) They list an "Accept direct shipment from Amazon" option (coming soon). Think about it: this means a book could be printed, sold, shipped to this company, scanned and destroyed without ever being read. Something is very odd here.
2) The business is located four blocks from my apartment. Maybe I'll try them out...
- sigil 15y agoRe 1), what's odd is that current ebook pricing makes this an attractive option.
- xp84 15y agoHow ridiculous is that?
- sebastianavina 15y agoI can imagine a group of 20 students, buying a book, shipping directly from amazon to that company, and getting a copy for a very small fraction of the cost
- esrauch 15y agoWhile that's true, the post you are replying to was basically saying "I can imagine a single person buying a book, shipping directly from amazon to that company, and getting a copy for less than the ebook cost" which I think is a more extreme version of your scenario.
- kwamenum86 15y agoprinted, sold, shipped to this company, scanned, and then resold
- Bud 15y agoNot resold as physical books, no...since they cut the spine off the book so that they can scan it. Resold as PDF files? Not by this company, anyway...I don't think that business model will work out legally. Resold by shady third parties? Maybe. Copied and bittorrented? Definitely.
- gwern 15y ago> Resold as PDF files? Not by this company, anyway...I don't think that business model will work out legally. I wonder. If the company holds onto the PDF and just sends out that PDF whenever someone mails in a book already scanned, isn't this the equivalent of those music services which simply make you prove through uploading music that you already have a copy and then give you access to their one stored version of that song? I think this has also been done with DVDs as well. So why not books?
- algorias 15y agoWould be interesting to try sending in a book with notes on the margins, see if they get preserved.
- eru 15y agoIf only this service would have been around in Fermat's time.
- roryokane 15y agoI hope not, because books, unlike DVDs and music, can be modified by the readers. What if I want my handwritten notes in the margins also scanned?
- wmf 15y agoWeren't all those music lockers sued into oblivion? If they're smart, this company will take the hint.
- orijing 15y ago
- jason_slack 15y agome too, I live very close, so I e-mailed them and asked if I could drop off and then pick up when they are complete. I have a lot of programming books that I could love scanned.
- xp84 15y ago> and then pick up Would you be okay with them no longer being bound? They saw off the binding so they can use them in a sheetfed scanner.
- jason_slack 15y agoYeah I was thinking about it and I am happy to part with most of the books as they are programming books.
- sadlyNess 15y agoHow about sending those unwanted programming books here to kenya, as a donation or at a throwaway price? We could do with them.
- bschlinker 15y agoWe live near each other -- according to their website, their business is right next to where I live. Yet, the address is of a parking lot... (10 E 3rd Street in San Jose). Strange.
- psyconn 15y agore 1) it's very convenient for me as often shipping costs more than the book if you don't live in US or UK, not to mention the time factor.