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Old 04-06-2010, 11:42 PM   #264
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I think you're both being entirely too generous. The correct word is "stupid".

(Venting after searching reveals the availability of ebooks remains pathetic. So now I'm off to investigate this darknet thing.)
Surprise, surprise, 15 minutes searching showed up more than 80% of the titles I was looking for. This may not sound impressive, but there's quite a few out of print titles on the list.

However, most are only available as part of a download of many
*thousands* of books. I haven't downloaded yet because frankly I'm not sure I trust myself not to abuse this by reading books I might otherwise have bought instead of (as is the intent) just using it to obtain electronic copies of books I already own.

It seems these large collections are fairly commonplace. A damn good reason, I'd have thought, for publishers to get their act together to satisfy their customers as soon as possible.
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