• morto@piefed.social
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    13 hours ago

    They even hve an economical incentive to destroy the books, because by doing so, they will get the data and prevent the competition from getting it for them

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      3 hours ago

      The incentive is literally that it’s cheaper to scan, that’s all.

      But given they’re only interested in books with ISBN’s, I recon they’re already scanned and available in digital forms. If they’re newer than the 80s, they’re most likely in a document file in a server related to the publisher.

      Honestly surprised they’d rather source physical books, than just request various publishers for a price for their combined works - Only reason I can think of, is the physical scan makes other scans like a mobile photo easier to recognise and respond correctly to