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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago

I really hope the rest of the archive comes back soon. I was in the middle of a book and it was a book I hadn't read since I was a kid.

Yeah, I could pay for it or wait for it to come via interlibrary loan (it's not exactly a well-known book), but I really didn't need a physical copy. And it isn't even all that long.

Sigh.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Damn it'd be a shame if someone DM'ed me the name of the book and I had to go looking to see if there's an epub/pdf version available for download in certain places. A real shame indeed.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I don't care saying what book it is right here, because I've looked for both and came up wanting. It's not available normally as an ebook for purchase, so I have my doubts.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/997118.Doktor_Bey_s_handbooks_of_strange_sex

Basically, the IA had it because they scan in masses of texts without even caring what they are. As long as they get a copy and it isn't in the archive yet, they'll scan it in.

FWIW, it's pretty amusing.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 year ago

Oh thats a super off the wall book. It barely exists anywhere let alone an ebook. I stand corrected and humbled.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

It was found for me by someone else! I am amazed.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago

Damn! And I thought I knew all the weird nooks to find books online.... I have much to learn

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

I got you fam, dm you a link in 1 sec.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Wow! Thanks! I looked and looked!

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 13 points 1 year ago

Anna's Archive, just author's name search. :)

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

What a dope site!

[-] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

You rock! Thanks for the link. This is the sort of thing that'd be cool to mirror... Wonder how big it is?

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Anna's Archive has some torrents they ask people to seed. I'm seeding a smaller one right now. You can look into that if you want to help out—nobody's expected to mirror the entire archive!

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

It is an aggregator, pedabytes.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh nice! I've never heard of that before. Bookmarked. Thanks again!

[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Can I get the link too? The book looks interesting

[-] small44@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

That's why I download everything

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Downloading books you have to borrow from the IA is not easy these days.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago
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