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Re:Fake Books by shp0ngle on Monday October 24, 2022 @06:26AM (#33314850)
yeah I saw that too. They take the books from archive.org, it’s public domains books.

It’s essentially legal, and I think it’s not that scammy honestly. People want these books on paper, nobody prints them anymore or has the texts.

edit: I also saw some people selling the OCR from these books, which is far worse. You need to guess the original, especially if it has some latin/german inside English.

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Re:Fake Books by marginalia_nu on Monday October 24, 2022 @07:05AM (#33315130)
I honestly think it would be fine if they were a bit more clear about what you're buying. As it is, you're typically getting nearly no information beyond the title and the publisher.

Making available rare out of print books is a noble goal.

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