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volemotoday at 11:55 AM3 repliesview on HN

But a book is neither searchable, nor easily copyable. :/


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t-3today at 12:46 PM

OCR exists, and the vast majority of new books are developed on computers and are available in a searchable and copyable format. Ebook software for research and collaboration is not as developed as software purely for linear reading, but there's no huge blockers.

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mold_aidtoday at 12:10 PM

I guess the latter depends on your standards for "ease" and the former your ability to find an "index"

squigztoday at 12:13 PM

Ebooks are