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Re:3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror by chairmanwow1 on Sunday September 25, 2022 @03:31PM (#32975091)
Writing a book is more than writing down information, it’s collecting, organizing, and refining presentation to be maximally understandable.

That will just not happen outside of the rare scholarly altruist.

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Re:3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror by einpoklum on Sunday September 25, 2022 @05:51PM (#32976712)
"That will just not happen outside of how it has happened with most books ever written and happens with most books being written today."

There, fixed that for you.

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Re:3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror by ekianjo on Sunday September 25, 2022 @10:47PM (#32978770)
> That will just not happen outside of the rare scholarly altruist

if we listened to you it sounds like only academics would have the time to write books. thats just silly.

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