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		inetknght on Jan 5, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Germany vs. Elsevier: universities win temporary f... I use Google Books. I hope it doesn't go away. My biggest gripe, though, is the inability to download books, even books that I've uploaded from a local file.

Dolores12 on Jan 6, 2018 [–]

use external downloader. some pages will be blocked for viewing, but they change time to time, so eventually you get whole book.

inetknght on Jan 9, 2018 | [–]

That sounds rather hackish. Any recommendations for an external downloader though?

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