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@@ -20,7 +20,3 @@ write some little tests
add function to download html text to getabook (just a html request to get kindle version)
add scribd functionality - example is http://www.scribd.com/doc/20448287/Etidorhpa-John-Uri-Lloyd producing urls like http://htmlimg3.scribdassets.com/1qva8jpekgdk0wl/images/1-bfa8361a96.jpg
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-add to README or getgbook.1 a note recommending checking archive.org as many public domain books scanned by google will be archived there.
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-mention that google book images aren't watermarked - check others and report on that too.
diff --git a/getgbook.1 b/getgbook.1
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@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ However Google Books also limits the number of pages based on
IP address, for 24 hours. Therefore if not all pages are
downloaded it may be worth rerunning getgbook in 24 hours, or
from a different IP.
+.PP
+Google makes the scans for many books it believes to be in the
+public domain available to download directly from
+.IR http://www.archive.org/details/googlebooks
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
.B download all of a book