I don't know if im breaking any rules with this but seeing as we're on the brinks another great book burning I wanted to share a method i found to bypass archive.orgs bullshit borrowing function.

posted 2 years ago by BladesLastBottle 2 years ago by BladesLastBottle +39 / -0

Create account with Archive.org

Install Adobe Digital Editions - https://www.adobe.com/ca/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/download.html
install Calibre - https://download.calibre-ebook.com/4.23.0/
download the DeDRM Tools - https://github.com/apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools/releases/tag/v6.8.0 (unzip into a folder)
Open Calibre, go the preferences, then go to the bottom where it says plugins, click the button that allows you to add plugin from file, choose the DeDRM tools. restart the program.
Now Borrow the book you want FIRST. scroll down and find the identifier code. it will be listed on the page or you can take it from the url of the borrowed book page.

heres an example -https://archive.org/details/sunkingsunexpect00clar/page/n9/mode/2up the identifier for this book is "sunkingsunexpect00clar".

once you get the identifier copy it and add it to this link (https://archive.org/services/loans/loan/?action=media_url&identifier=*************&format=pdf&redirect=1) by replacing the ******** with your identifier code.

6.then simply put the new link into a browser and it will automatically download a file.

take that file and drop it in Adobe Digital Editions (which will automatically download it and place it in a folder called My Digital Additions)
Now open that new pdf in Calibre (Calibre will take the DRM protection off it and automatically save it in another folder called Calibre library)

now its yours forever.

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– clemaneuverers 11 points 2 years ago +11 / -0

A few months ago I tried this method with the adobe digital editions thing, but there was some hiccup - I can't remember exactly - maybe it was a linux thing, maybe an archive.org anomaly. Anyway, I couldn't get it to work. What I ended up doing was renting the book for an hour (for free) and downloading the images they had of every page - it was one of those PDFs made up of scanned pages of a hard copy book. Each scan was a double - the book was 350 pages long. It took about 15-20 minutes. You can just download the images freely when you have the book rented! I stashed all images in a folder and used a PDF editor to merge them back into a PDF file. i wouldn't have bothered but I couldn't find a digital copy of book anywhere else - Jack The Ripper: The Final Solution

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– BladesLastBottle [S] 4 points 2 years ago +4 / -0

is the book worth checking out?

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– clemaneuverers 7 points 2 years ago +8 / -1

I didn't read it yet, but it seems so yes. It was very popular when it came out in the 70's. It makes a strong connection between Jack the Ripper and a Freemasonic conspiracy in conjunction with a Royal Family scandal. The equivalent of fact checkers back in the 70's went into overdrive trying to dismiss the book as "poppycock". the manuscript is based on testimony from someone connected with the conspiracy, who came forward late in life to talk to a journalist, who turned it into a book. But they managed to bribe that guy into later saying he made up his elaborate and convincing testimony... for .. unknown reasons. And now the book is quite difficult to find. Funny how that works.