&gt; but you can get every book ever written inexpensively or free from some combination of Archive.org and Amazon.<p>Do people really believe this?<p>I&#x27;ve been chasing a copy of &quot;L&#x27;envol des Alouettes&quot; by Charles Marchetti for years.  Occasionally, once every few years, a single copy appears on amazon.fr or Abe Books for around 200 Euros and is snapped-up within hours.  There is not one single digital copy of it available <i>anywhere</i>.<p>And that&#x27;s just one title I&#x27;ve had on my wishlist for over a decade.