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You'd be surprised. The pirating scene on IRC has a far greater selection than Amazon.
by thras 17y ago
You'd be surprised. The pirating scene on IRC has a far greater selection than Amazon.
- Gibbon 17y agoYeah, it's easy enough to find pretty much any book if you know what to search for. It's been that way for years.
- nopassrecover 17y agoReally? Heh traditional torrent/p2p sources (say everything but usenet) tend to have a lot of trouble finding particular books.
- cracki 17y agotry ed2k/kad. torrents are not for old or rare stuff.
- nopassrecover 17y agoCool. What I'd really love is to be able to go to Amazon (or something) and pay to have a PDF download. I'd even pay retail if it meant I get the PDF now and the physical in the mail (though living in AU I don't think Amazon sell us books physically but you get the idea).
- munctional 17y agoThis system is exactly how pragprog.com works. You can even purchase a PDF/book combo before the book is completed and have access to a (constantly updated) beta version of the PDF. When the book is completed, the PDF is finalised and the book itself is mailed to you.
- nopassrecover 17y agoAwesome. Can't wait to see this model expand.
- chaosprophet 17y agoPerhaps you're looking in the wrong place. A lot of illegal file-sharing seems to be done through file-hostin services such as rapidshare these days. A few choice keywords on google should net you just about any book you want.