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Originally Posted by theducks
You took the words right out of my mouth 
Images are many times, 'used by permission'
In some cases the owners do not authorize digital editions of the image.
I also agree with FizzWaters last statements .  Why bother publishing. |
Since it is from Google, it is possible no humans were involved. They probably got a license to a batch of books from Columbia University Press and the entire publication process automated.
The King County Library, Issaquah, WA, USA, has it in epub and pdf. Don't know if that is also Google and don't have an account.
It is really sad if libraries are wasting money on (objectively) useless electronic books.