Re:Saving 4M Books from Landfill – Internet Archive Blogs
by piceas on Saturday March 11, 2023 @07:25AM
(#35107726)
Love it.
We're making good use of their picture books collection.
It's great to come across older books that are new to us and we would wouldn't likely come across elsewhere. Also handy to have a huge supply of books in a non-local language. Our library is good but necessary limited in that regard.
A couple big downsides are that the websites are a pain to use and the quality of the scans are occasionally very poor.
Scanned books with ripped pages or lift-the-flap books are annoying. Scans of tactile books are amusing but ultimately also a waste of time.
We're making good use of their picture books collection.
It's great to come across older books that are new to us and we would wouldn't likely come across elsewhere. Also handy to have a huge supply of books in a non-local language. Our library is good but necessary limited in that regard.
A couple big downsides are that the websites are a pain to use and the quality of the scans are occasionally very poor.
Scanned books with ripped pages or lift-the-flap books are annoying. Scans of tactile books are amusing but ultimately also a waste of time.