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"Internet Archive copy - print so poor can't read. Can I point out - if you want to read Simenon in French - ALL his books are available on Internet Archive - ALL English copies have been removed. The one I read was by STUART GILBERT - translator. What does that tell you about the PUBLISHING industry? Law suit against Internet Archive - AMERICAN lending library - Only Americans have law suits against libraries??" — Mar 11, 2024 02:34AM
"Internet Archive copy - print so poor can't read. Can I point out - if you want to read Simenon in French - ALL his books are available on Internet Archive - ALL English copies have been removed. The one I read was by STUART GILBERT - translator. What does that tell you about the PUBLISHING industry? Law suit against Internet Archive - AMERICAN lending library - Only Americans have law suits against libraries??" — Mar 11, 2024 02:34AM
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