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  • Flying Squid
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    121 day 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      1724 hours ago

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

      • Flying Squid
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        1124 hours ago

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

        • @[email protected]
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          1424 hours ago

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

      • @LaunchesKayaks
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        118 hours ago

        Can I get the link too? The book looks interesting

      • Flying Squid
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        41 day ago

        Wow! Thanks! I looked and looked!

          • @[email protected]
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            123 hours ago

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

            • @[email protected]
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              318 hours 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!

              • @[email protected]
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                21 hours ago

                Crap, well there goes that dream.

                Well, I guess until I get back into tape drives…

                My buddy runs a forensic lab and I have such storage envy. ☹️

                • Illecors
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                  119 hours ago

                  I’ve always wanted to archive stuff, but storage costs keep getting in the way. Any idea if there’s some trick people use to get around it? I’d love me a tape robot, but that’s stupid expensive.

          • Flying Squid
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            11 day ago

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