Post #4409545
2026-07-29 12:34 UTC
Fucking 90% of the books I read are “rare”
That’s sort of the joke. These aren’t treasured first editions. They’re not shredding the Guttenburg Bible. These are single prints sitting in warehouses and abandoned libraries or dumps that nobody has read or carried about in decades. They’re rare because they never got a second edition.
And the process of digitizing the book means disassembling it. So the copy (that nobody wanted) is destroyed as a result.
The article is pure clickbait. These books aren’t valuable, save that they were produced pre-AI. That’s why you can get them in bulk on the cheap.
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@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2026-07-29 17:17
idk dude. i have a rare first edition that i absolutely treasure. single run, too. it’s a local therapist’s little comic book he drew. he gave a copy to my mother when her parents were divorcing. really effective at explaining masking, just uses different words. if someone took my copy and pulped it, i’d [disproportionate response. very disproportionate response]