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		paxys 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gemini 2.5 Flash LibGen already exists, and all the top LLM publishers use it. I don't know if Google's own book index provides a big technical or legal advantage.

disgruntledphd2 9 months ago [–]

I'd be very surprised if the Google books index wasn't much bigger and more diverse than libgen.

famouswaffles 9 months ago | [–]

Anna's Archive is at 43M Books and 98M Papers [1]. The book total is nearly double what Google has.

Google's scanning project basically stalled after the legal battle. It's a very fascinating read [2].

[1] https://annas-archive.org/

[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20170719004247/https://www.theat...

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