50 Years of Art Books from the Met, for Free Download

Re:50 Years of Art Books from the Met, for Free Download by Spooky23 on Monday February 05, 2018 @05:45PM (#16312937)

I’m surprised that they don’t charge, especially given the high quality.

When you visit, they give you a real hard sell and guilt trip for their “recommended donation”. They should make access to this a perk of membership.

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Re:50 Years of Art Books from the Met, for Free Download by Gargoyle on Monday February 05, 2018 @10:08PM (#16314150)

Maybe there's some accounting thing where each download helps them meet a charitable requirement or something.

Or maybe they take their educational mission seriously and this is a really low marginal cost way to do it.

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Re:50 Years of Art Books from the Met, for Free Download by dataslap on Monday February 05, 2018 @10:01PM (#16314135)

I'm really happy their share it though. The collection is just amazing - it's a good idea for "what books to buy for a personal library when you start making decent money". Definitely would spend money on things like this at their store if they sell them.

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