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In response to "SCOTUS declines to hear appeal. Google Books scanning lives! -- (link)" by Mop

based on my experience, there aren't a ton of books that are freely available in full on there -- (edited)

Posted by dj fingerblast (aka chris) Apr 18 '16, 17:22

probably 9 out of 10 books i search for have limited or no page previews at all.

magazines (the ones they do have) are much better about having the complete issues

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that was their argument - bits of books aren't the whole things. (sometimes, seeing the bits can actually encourage people to buy.) -- (edited) - b. Apr 18, 17:27 2
- i guess. i've only bought one thing from them, which i needed for research and wasn't available in hard copy anywhere else - dj fingerblast Apr 18, 17:30 1
  - I don't think it's even as potentially bad as libraries can be. - b. Apr 18, 17:35

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based on my experience, there aren't a ton of books that are freely available in full on there -- (edited)

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