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Sounds great until you look more closely. Here's the plan: 1) Gather up all your treasured books and send them to us 2) We'll make scans of them 3) We'll then
by SiVal 14y ago
Sounds great until you look more closely. Here's the plan:
1) Gather up all your treasured books and send them to us
2) We'll make scans of them
3) We'll then grind your favorite books into compost, so you can Save The Planet! Yay!
$1500 Google design I still have to build myself that only damages 45% of my books? No, thanks.
Scanning service that only charges me 1$/book to destroy my books for me? No, thanks.
I think I'll just look around, thank you.
- stfu 14y agoIt depends on the circumstances. This service is brilliant for people outside of the US who are interested in books published in the US. You can send books directly from Amazon,com or from one of the used sellers. Therefore you only pay regular postage and find most of the time used versions of a book (which not always ship international). When I was in Europe, I would have paid $15 for the only available used version of a book on the local Amazon, with 1dollarscan I payed $1 book + $3 shipping + $2 for the scan.
- goldenchrome 14y agoI think you're being overly critical of the Googler's design. It's only a prototype after all. I think it's more like a proof of concept at this point - that you can have your own book scanner that is much cheaper than professional versions.