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Re:Ask HN: Has anybody built search on top of Anna's Archive? by DaSHacka on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @12:42PM (#44182659)
> When I read the OP, I imagine this would link from the search results directly to Anna's archive and sci-hub

You could just give users ISBNs or link to the book's metadata on openlibrary[0], both of which AA's native search already does.

[0] https://openlibrary.org/

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Re:Ask HN: Has anybody built search on top of Anna's Archive? by carlosjobim on Thursday June 05, 2025 @08:58AM (#44191268)
Exactly.

1. The ISBN in cleartext

2. An isbn://123123123 link

3. A link to the book on a legal library borrowing service

4. A link to buy the book on Amazon

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