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yeah I saw that too. They take the books from archive.org, it’s public domains books. It’s essentially legal, and I think it’s not that scammy honestly. People
by shp0ngle 4y ago
yeah I saw that too. They take the books from archive.org, it’s public domains books.
It’s essentially legal, and I think it’s not that scammy honestly. People want these books on paper, nobody prints them anymore or has the texts.
edit: I also saw some people selling the OCR from these books, which is far worse. You need to guess the original, especially if it has some latin/german inside English.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoI honestly think it would be fine if they were a bit more clear about what you're buying. As it is, you're typically getting nearly no information beyond the title and the publisher. Making available rare out of print books is a noble goal.