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Re:ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Po... by Ruthalas on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:12AM (#33462470)
A chemistry textbook of mine was 600 USD- brand new because the version published that year was required.

That really stung.

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Re:ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Po... by freefaler on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:48AM (#33465685)
Why doesn't students pull their funds for 1 book and then scan it and use that electronic copy? (and may be return/resell the physical book)?
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Re:ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Po... by Ruthalas on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:11AM (#33468040)
That's not a bad plan from a cost perspective, though scanning a 200+ page textbook is reasonably complex, and very time consuming.
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Re:ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Po... by collegeburner on Friday November 04, 2022 @05:24PM (#33473986)
it's doable cuz most unis have nice scanning equipment u can use for free in the library. i have literally made over $1000 in a semester scanning a textbook nobody had PDFed and reselling it electronically. it wasn't even offered in digital format by the publisher.
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