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by ig1 6386 days ago
I imagine it's exactly the youtube way. Bootstrapping from illicit content to legitimate content. scribd is probably the second biggest repository of illegal books online (after irc book bots) and probably the easiest to use.
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The only reason I've ever used scribd is to get illegal computer books. About 1/2 of which I already owned physical copies of.