Extremely tempted to give Anna’s Archive memberships as Christmas presents this year. (Before everyone jumps down my throat, I pay for books. Then I download the better DRM-free format. Also, fuck Elsevier.) - ThreadSky

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filippo.abyssdomain.expert • 91 days ago

Extremely tempted to give Anna’s Archive memberships as Christmas presents this year.

(Before everyone jumps down my throat, I pay for books. Then I download the better DRM-free format. Also, fuck Elsevier.)

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aleph1.underground.org•91 days ago

I’d love for every physical book to come with the digital version.

knittedcritter.bsky.social•91 days ago

There's also a ton of out of print antique texts if you're into that, I love old victorian and edwardian sewing manuals, and they have those too!

mark-707.bsky.social•91 days ago

Totally agree re Elsevier. Also avoid DRM like the plague.

nuclearlasagna.bsky.social•91 days ago

Good man. Support this especially for scihub and academics, as journals charge obscene fees and lock science and research behind paywalls while the authors don't even make anything off it.

finalgetsuga.bsky.social•91 days ago

I want one!!

hichaechoc.bsky.social•91 days ago

I’m happy to see I’m not the only one who does that! Years ago I used to keep up with the myriad of plugins and tools needed to remove DRM myself but I honestly can’t bother anymore (and I don’t have the time!) so now I just download them and move them to whatever device I feel like using.

feynmanrocks.franta.com•91 days ago

Had never heard of Anna's archive, thanks for heads-up. There's gotta be a business opportunity opening up raw data for books you've bought bc so great to llm chat with pdf books.

goreckis.co•91 days ago

farmbrough.bsky.social•91 days ago

You started off nice, then got cross about a publisher!

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