Show me a commercial service that is even 1/10 as useful in academia as the illegal shadow library.
Pearson, McGraw-Hill etc. have stupid restrictions on how, where and when you can read their books. On their online platforms they have vastly more control than a print version of a text. And they along with other publishers like Springer, use their control of the market to charge learners and educational institutions out the nose to line their own pockets.
Personally I’d prefer the illegal shadow library over the legal textbook extortionists.
Show me a commercial service that is even 1/10 as useful in academia as the illegal shadow library.
Pearson, McGraw-Hill etc. have stupid restrictions on how, where and when you can read their books. On their online platforms they have vastly more control than a print version of a text. And they along with other publishers like Springer, use their control of the market to charge learners and educational institutions out the nose to line their own pockets.
Personally I’d prefer the illegal shadow library over the legal textbook extortionists.