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mag7269today at 3:54 PM1 replyview on HN

“Very rare, out of print books…” Horsepoop. 99% of the books they are doing this to are the like of “The Guide to Memphis 1971,” or “How to Use Lotus Organizer for IBM OS/2: For Beginners (1999).”

Don’t be a Luddite for the sake of being “edgy.”


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dghlsakjgtoday at 4:10 PM

It doesn’t matter what percentage of the books aren’t rare, it matters what percentage of rare books are getting shredded.

As an aside, a lot of old things like “Memphis guide” are useful to a variety of researchers.

Hopefully someone will leak these archives so at least the knowledge isn’t lost.