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

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andrekandre · 1790302304 · focus · HN ↗
once these books have all been scanned and destroyed, doesn't it mean later competitors (and free-as-in-foss alternatives) wont ever be able to catch up?
it seems really sad that these books data isnt open in the first place...

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