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Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain

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Re: Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain

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Post by breck »

mkosmul wrote: post #35
breck wrote: post #22

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

Unfortunately, paper versions are currently very hard to obtain. The last reprint was in 2007 (Twist Origami 1-3, and Introduction to Creative Playing with Origami), and the volumes were too little to match growing interest. When starting this project a year ago, I already had most of the books, but getting those I didn't own was very difficult. The copy of Solid Origami I grabbed was - I believe - literally the last…

Very cool. Please get in touch if I can be of assistance in getting a new run printed (breck@publicdomaincompany.com)

Re: Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain

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Post by WillAdams »

luxurytent wrote: post #32
resdev wrote: post #31

Love public domain availability news. Bdw You can also listen to public domain LibriVox audiobooks on iOS at https://apps.apple.com/app/id6443647742

This is great! What else in the public domain is available like this? (through a nice & sleek app?)

There should be a matching Project Gutenberg ebook app, "gutebooks" (I have it on my Android phone) which allows you to switch back and forth between audio and text book.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have an option to pay to remove adds/paid books as the audio version does.

Re: Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain

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Post by mkosmul »

pheasantquiff wrote: post #38

This looks really interesting. Can some kind soul please upload (at least one) of these books to archive.org? That seems a much better place for Public Domain works than google drive. I understand that the people releasing the books may not be tech-aware enough to realize that many people will not download them from google drive (this is not for technical reasons).

This looks like an interesting option I did not think of. Can anyone upload there? If so, I'll upload them myself. I was mostly aware of the Internet Archive and did not think of archive.org when it comes to books.

Re: Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain

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Post by yorwba »

mkosmul wrote: post #43
pheasantquiff wrote: post #38

This looks really interesting. Can some kind soul please upload (at least one) of these books to archive.org? That seems a much better place for Public Domain works than google drive. I understand that the people releasing the books may not be tech-aware enough to realize that many people will not download them from google drive (this is not for technical reasons).

This looks like an interesting option I did not think of. Can anyone upload there? If so, I'll upload them myself. I was mostly aware of the Internet Archive and did not think of archive.org when it comes to books.

Yes, anyone with an account can upload https://archive.org/create/

Re: Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain

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Post by mixmastamyk »

mkosmul wrote: post #36
mixmastamyk wrote: post #30

This is the second time I've come across free out-of-print books on HN, that were hosted on google drive, preventing me from downloading them. The previous were computer books by Usborne. Why do people do this? Please use a sharing site or make a torrent if on a budget, find a friend who knows how.

What exactly do you mean by "sharing site" and why is that more accessible to you than GDrive?

A site that allows you to download files, there are many.

Gdrive is the only one I've encountered that has prevented that, twice now.

Re: Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain

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Post by mkosmul »

yorwba wrote: post #44
mkosmul wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This looks like an interesting option I did not think of. Can anyone upload there? If so, I'll upload them myself. I was mostly aware of the Internet Archive and did not think of archive.org when it comes to books.

Yes, anyone with an account can upload https://archive.org/create/

Great, then I'll give it a try

Re: Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain

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Post by mkosmul »

mixmastamyk wrote: post #45
mkosmul wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What exactly do you mean by "sharing site" and why is that more accessible to you than GDrive?

A site that allows you to download files, there are many. Gdrive is the only one I've encountered that has prevented that, twice now.

Following the advice of another commenter, I'll upload the files to archive.org

Re: Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain

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Post by mkosmul »

mkosmul wrote: post #46
yorwba wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, anyone with an account can upload https://archive.org/create/

Great, then I'll give it a try

Apparently a kind soul bet me to it and already uploaded the files to archive.org: https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Shuzo+Fuji...

Re: Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain

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Post by mkosmul »

mkosmul wrote: post #47
mixmastamyk wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A site that allows you to download files, there are many. Gdrive is the only one I've encountered that has prevented that, twice now.

Following the advice of another commenter, I'll upload the files to archive.org

Apparently a kind soul bet me to it and already uploaded the files to archive.org: https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Shuzo+Fuji...

Re: Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain

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Post by mixmastamyk »

mkosmul wrote: post #49
mkosmul wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Following the advice of another commenter, I'll upload the files to archive.org

Apparently a kind soul bet me to it and already uploaded the files to archive.org: https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Shuzo+Fuji...

Nice, thanks for the info.
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