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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The crash of the Aussie dollar means buying books from the US is now very expensive . And no, most of what I want ( non fiction technical books ) are not available here in dead tree nor available on audible

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's russian and there is no way in hell I would go there or install the app . There appears to be some safe mirrors of the site, I'll have a look at those.

But now you mention it I should have a look at internet archive to see what they have.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've not had any issues with Anna's Archive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I haven't used zlibrary at all, but I hear it's not too bad. There is a "download limit" though, apparently...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks, I'll check that out. 😊

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It is russian but it's a huge resource.