3 ms·
Most reporting says they are being destroyed. Page flipping is slow compared to cutting the spine and scanning the pages.
by forestrywat 2mo ago
Most 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.