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Google Books was a great resource until the lawyers got involved. I was able to find and download (one screenshot at a time) a rare family history. The author d
by SanjayMehta 2mo ago
Google Books was a great resource until the lawyers got involved. I was able to find and download (one screenshot at a time) a rare family history. The author died 100 years ago. The published disappeared 80 years ago. But now Google has locked it behind a limited preview.
Google probably has the best collection of high quality scans, followed by the Hathi Trust. None of which are useable by anyone outside of those systems.
- userbinator 2mo agoDoes Anna's Archive have it now? They scrape tons of sources, Google Books and HathiTrust included.
- qingcharles 2mo agoA lot of Hathi is locked behind university and library access restrictions. I sometimes have to track down students or someone who has a local library card to get items I need.
- SanjayMehta 2mo agoNot that I know of, I did upload the PDF to the original libgen but that particular domain has disappeared now.
- qingcharles 2mo agoI agree they're the best currently available, but a lot of their scans are straight garbage and need to be redone.
- SanjayMehta 2mo agoA garbage scan is better than no book at all. Fortunately the book I needed was a clean scan.