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0 pointsdavid_allison4y ago0 comments

They do if the books are out of copyright, and they're often copied to archive.org (and then transcribed via Wikisource) when this happens.

sample: https://books.google.im/books?id=Me8CAAAAQAAJ&printsec=front...

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floathub4y ago

And you can order a bound paperback book made from the scans of just about any out-of-copyright google book. From the Harvard Bookstore (or anyone else that has an Espresso Book Machine):

https://www.ondemandbooks.com/as/?t=Hamlet&c=google

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0 pointsdavid_allison4y ago0 comments

They do if the books are out of copyright, and they're often copied to archive.org (and then transcribed via Wikisource) when this happens.

sample: https://books.google.im/books?id=Me8CAAAAQAAJ&printsec=front...

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floathub4y ago

And you can order a bound paperback book made from the scans of just about any out-of-copyright google book. From the Harvard Bookstore (or anyone else that has an Espresso Book Machine):

https://www.ondemandbooks.com/as/?t=Hamlet&c=google

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