Nice find! I've also been disappointed in their PDF's. Here's a neat video 
about the Internet Archive that shows them scanning books (among other stuff):
http://www.deepspeedmedia.com/internet-archive/

Regards,
Loran

On May 24, 2013, at 6:10 PM, "DanKj" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I just found that if you click either the "HTTPS" or the "Torrent" links on 
> the pages for these files,  you can download really LARGE folders of much 
> better jp2 images.  The original "scans" appear to be snaps taken with a 
> digital camera while the bound volumes lay on a table, with no effort made to 
> hold the pages flat. The compression process from jpeg to PDF is not kind to 
> poor focus!
> 

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