On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 22:45:32 -0500, "Steve W."
wrote:
Larry Jaques wrote:
On Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:25:59 -0600, Ignoramus30509
wrote:
I have a personal collection of PDF manuals, where I only collected
692 PDF files. This is only the stuff that I needed at various points.
Not anything downloaded en masse.
Anyway, it has been open to anyone and to search engines since day
one. I looked at access counts just for one day of yesterday, and found
out that there were 1,038 downloads of those files in one day, and
that was ONLY counting direct downloads referred by google search pages.
So, 692 files == 1,038 downloads per day.
I would think that if I had, say, 10,000 manuals, it would be perhaps
10k downloads per day. Every download, pretty much, is a CDROM seller
who is not getting paid.
I bought a dual DVD collection called Guns & Glory for $15, delivered.
With 1500 PDFs and jpgs on it, it would have take a whole lot longer
for me to have downloded it individually than it was worth. I think I
got a deal (a penny apiece), even though they're all PD files.
It has all the gov't manuals (guns, HE, survival, basic, command
tactics, medical, dental training, etc.) plus 100+ rifle and pistol
use and repair manuals, and a lot more. I would have taken me weeks to
find and download all those, let along burn the DVDs. I think that's a
steal, myself.
I've bought other decent sized collections (engineering, bookbinding,
construction, etc.) for good prices, too.
Yeah, here are some braindead dealers who want ten bucks (+ $5 for
shipping) for a pair of PDFs, and that's a ripoff. But most of them
want a buck for the CDs.
Why the rabid hate for these guys, Ig?
This the one Larry?
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=210054637
That's it, Steve. I think it was only 1,500 manuals and 2 discs when
I bought it. Now it's 5k! I got the smaller version for $15 and
couldn't even compile the listings for that price, let alone track
down the files and burn 'em.
Pretty nice compilation, isn't it?
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