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Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton

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  1. rjh29 · · focus · HN ↗
    Good memories of visiting used bookshops near Kyoto University with stacks upon stacks of obscure literary works and research material. Lots of interesting books about the Japanese language that were never digitized and I always left with 2-3 new books. So I'm not super happy about AI companies hoovering this all up and not making the scans available.
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