Just went to a library ran by a local outdoor organization. Just tons of history books, guidebooks, videos. And you can just borrow them. Do your research. Enjoy them. It's amazing.
Fuck the person who has kept one rare book I wanted to check out for the last 12 years tho.
God bless one of the last few places in Western society not yet plundered by capitalism
It always feels really weird in capitalism to go to a library. Like I can just... Take these books... And use them... There's no like rental fee? Wow. Makes me envision a better future where more things are like that.
Fuck the person who has kept one rare book I wanted to check out for the last 12 years tho.
LMAO thats hilarious
How rare are we talking? I once had an Interlibrary Loan request come through on a book that had only ever had 300 printed copies so it might not be completely beyond your reach.
Hmm doubt it's that rare though not in print anymore. I actually have the 1st edition but wanted to check out the 2nd.
Try worldcat.org if you haven't already, maybe a nearby university has a copy.
"Out of print" is one of my least favorite things about intellectual property law in this country. (Other than, y'know, the entirety of it as a concept.) It's the artistic equivalent of throwing away food and locking the dumpster.
Lucky for me I believe the whole book is available online in high quality scans. Just wanted to like hold it and flip through it because I'm a old-school weirdo haha. Definitely a situation of it being "not economically viable" to print. Like the author allowed the scans happily but not enough people wanna buy it to print it since the 90s.
The library system where I live is amazing, it's one of my favorite places. And the architecture is so good with natural skylights, it's chef's kiss
The government doesn't want you to know this, but the books at the library are free. You can take them home with you. I have 458 books. :alex-aware:
