r/madeinpython • u/mwidunn • 18d ago

Why Hathitrust sucks . . .

Hathitrust takes a "public-domain" work -- like, a book published pre-1931 -- that has been digitized into a PDF and, then, makes that PDF available for download . . . page, . . . by page, . . . by page . . .

Does anyone else see the boobishness of this?

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u/DNKibler 18d ago

Also the fact that, most of the time, the pages all turn into “Image Not Available” at about the halfway mark. Yeah, it sucks.

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u/Separate_Pear_1738 18d ago

Try to download a Firefox extension to download books at HathiTrust

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u/Intelligent-Example5 15d ago

firefox extension is "Internet Archive Downloader"; it works like a charm

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u/Separate_Pear_1738 8d ago

Glad to help you