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13332567 No.13332567 [Reply] [Original]

I don't see threads talking about archive.org
What are some of the best books you have found in here that it would have been impossible to find in paper form?

>> No.13332576

>>13332567
>LENDING digital documents
is there a dumber concept? Why? People are still reading it for free. What's the fucking point?

>> No.13332582

>>13332567
Oh, sorry. I downloaded some old books on pyrates. when they still wrote it like that.

>> No.13332592

>>13332576
T. Brainlet
Archive.org isn't for lending

>> No.13332593

>>13332576
this is why one would use libgen

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>>13332567
Cambridge History of English Literature.
Printed and bound the whole series.

Best purchase ever.

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>>13332592

>> No.13332648

>>13332593
I can't find the book I want on there, either.

>> No.13332652

>>13332576
Not all books have the "borrow" option if that's what you are referring to.
You can download the majority of books and in different formats.
Also, if you like reading books from the XVI/XVII century or you need some illuminated manuscripts for reference you can find a lot of stuff.
It is all organized with tags so it's very easy to find interesting stuff that you were not even looking for.
I highly recommend it, anon.

>> No.13332655

>>13332567
Catalogs and compilations from the MoMA.

>> No.13332675

>>13332652
I know, anon. Most of the time it's not a problem, I'm just frustrated that I can't get my hands on the book I've been wanting to read for about two years now.

>> No.13333956

Seven Arrows

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>>13332567
Yes, plenty of obscure pre-20th century stuff obviously.

"Digital Library of India" has uploaded a massive amount of obscure mid-20th century works all of which must be copyrighted under American law, don't know how they're getting away with it
https://archive.org/details/digitallibraryindia

>> No.13334063

>>13332567
I can find obscure 19th century economic treatises and philosophical works. Archive.org is a blessing.

>> No.13334953

https://archive.org/details/negroesinnegrola00helpiala/page/n6

Hilarious. For historical purposes only, of course. But books like this will be impossible to find some day soon.

>> No.13335637

>>13332576
>he doesn't have the DRM removal tool

>> No.13335725

>>13332631
Borrowing ≠ lending

>> No.13335885

>>13334014
all i see is fin-de-siècle poo in loo shit

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>>13335725

>> No.13336348

Is it possible to somehow download an entire book even though archive.org only allows me to see a short preview?