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You don't know the books are being destroyed. There are automated scanners with page turners.
by kevin_thibedeau 2mo ago
You don't know the books are being destroyed. There are automated scanners with page turners.
- forestrywat 2mo agoMost reporting says they are being destroyed. Page flipping is slow compared to cutting the spine and scanning the pages.
- kevin_thibedeau 2mo agoThey destroy regular books. This was an intentional order from a rare book dealer. There is no reason to believe they use the same destructive process for books they should know to have inherent value and aren't purchasing in significant volume.
- infecto 2mo agoI don’t think we read the same article. None of these books were identified and they said rare can be low print volume or foreign language.
- natebc 2mo ago[dead]