Out-of-Print Books Availability

Commenters discuss challenges in finding and acquiring physical copies of rare or out-of-print books, sharing sources like libraries, used markets, libgen, and potential reprints.

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Santosh83 Jun 15, 2020 View on HN

Finding copies of long out of print books.

breck Oct 24, 2022 View on HN

This is amazing! Anyone know where I can purchase high quality paper versions?

iak8god Apr 27, 2015 View on HN

Wow you're not kidding. Out of print, no PDFs anywhere. I've placed an inter-library loan request, as my soul could use some cleansing.

justinmeiners Aug 9, 2019 View on HN

yeah its out of print. find it online or get it from a library

pureheartlover Apr 13, 2024 View on HN

Wouldn't the authors or publishers have the original copies somewhere?

jope12 Aug 28, 2022 View on HN

It's not in print anymore. Your link is a used book.

pvg Nov 27, 2017 View on HN

Yes, I'm not sure why it's never been reprinted or why used copies appreciate like they're made of pure bitcoin. There is a copy kicking around on libgen.

wiredfool Aug 3, 2023 View on HN

Cool, when I read it it was pdf or $300 used copies.

iNerdier Jul 14, 2019 View on HN

It was recently republished as far as I know but yes, originals are hard to come by.

teecha Aug 16, 2025 View on HN

Any recommended hard copy? Seems like there are more than a few floating around.