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1. creatonez · 1790055537 · focus · HN ↗

   > (Or better yet: upload it directly to Libgen/Sci-Hub and let everyone else redistribute it.)

   Can this actually be done without an ISBN or DOI number?

   1. gwern · 1790056153 · focus · HN ↗

      Yes. Libgen/Sci-Hub have minimal metadata requirements. And they especially do not require ISBNs/DOIs because there are an incredible number of documents out there with neither one. It would be absurd to ban all pre-1970 books, and lots of journals to this day don't bother issuing DOIs.

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