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┌───── [ E B O O K R U L E S 2 0 1 2 ] ───────┐
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│ │
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│ 1. INTRODUCTiON & NOTES │
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│ │
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│ 2. TECHNiCAL DETAiLS │
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│ │
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│ 3. PACKAGiNG │
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│ │
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│ 4. NFO-FiLE │
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│ │
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│ 5. DiRNAMiNG │
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│ │
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│ 6. DUPES/PROPER │
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│ │
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│ 7. MiSCELLANEOUS │
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│ │
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│ 8. SiGN │
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│ │
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ 1. INTRODUCTiON & NOTES │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Behold!
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We have come to a time where we must set the international ebook
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standards. Here is an unified agreement to ensure high quality ebook
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releases. These rules will apply to every and all ebook releasing
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groups.
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Enjoy the new era of ebook releasing!
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ 2. TECHNiCAL DETAiLS │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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2.1 SCANS:
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- Minimum resolution is 96dpi but yet readable
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- Crop pages if necessary
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- No damaged/dirty pages
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- The entire magazine/book has to be scanned (advertisings are optional,
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you can cut them off if you want)
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- Removed commercials must be replaced with white/black page to maintain
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pages order
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- Resize scans to max 1600x*
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- Photographs in proper quality are allowed as scans
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- Must be in .PDF
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2.2 RETAiL:
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- Retail PDFs are not allowed to be modified (must be released as original)
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- Merged PDF pages are allowed as retail
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2.3 HYBRiD:
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- Hybrids must be PDFs from virtual printers, screen captured readers or
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extracted PDFS from DRM-protected third party proprietary formats
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2.4 DRM/Watermark:
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- DRM/Watermark protected documents are not allowed and must be removed
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- No group watermarking allowed
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2.5 NFO & DiZ
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- Width of the nfo-file must be max 80 characters
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- Release names must not be truncated or splitted
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- Number of disks must be mentioned in diz-file
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- Example: DISK: [xx/??]
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- Width of the diz-file must be max 44 characters
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- Height of the diz-file must be max 30 lines
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2.6 OTHER:
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- Allowed file formats: PDF, EPUB, Kindle (.azw, .kf8) and MOBIPOCKET
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(.prc, .mobi)
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- No free from web allowed
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- Conversions is not allowed (e.g. epub converted to pdf is not allowed)
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ 3. PACKAGiNG │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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3.0 GLOBAL PACKAGiNG RULES:
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- Use zip/diz
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- NFO file must be included in all cases
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- The archives must represent an unique filename (e.g. no file dupes)
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- Use max 8.3 characters for ZIP volume filenames
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- 8.3 rule does not apply to NFO
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- RAR archives inside ZIP volumes
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3.1 ZiP ARCHiVES:
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- Archive size: 5.000.000, 10.000.000 and 50.000.000 bytes are allowed
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- Compression of rar-archives is allowed and optional
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- Releases must not exceed 99 files
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- NFO and file_id.diz must be in ZIP archives
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- No SFV in ZIP archive
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ 4. NFO-FiLE │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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4.1 CONTENT
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- Mandatory information that must be mentioned in NFO file:
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Release Date (In ISO format YYYY-MM-DD)
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Publish Date (In ISO format YYYY-MM-DD or at least YYYY)
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Language (German/Swedish/French/...)
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Release Type (RETAiL/SCAN/HYBRiD)
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Author/Publisher(At least one of them)
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Issue/Volume (Issue number of Magazine or month edition)
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Source link (to prove retail availability of a BOOK release in the
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released format)
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If any above mentioned in dirname, it can be skipped from nfo
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- Optional information that can be mentioned in NFO file:
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Disks (Number and size of disks e.g. 20 x 5mb)
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Genre (e.g. Science-Fiction/Music/Sports/Comic/...)
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ISBN/ISSN (If available isbn/issn for books/magazines)
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Protection/DRM (Information regarding protection/DRM and/or removal)
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Store date (is available date of release in ISO format YYYY-MM-DD)
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Size (Overall size of the release in megabytes)
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Supplier (Insert supplier)
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URL/Shop link (Url to website where information is available)
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ 5. DiRNAMiNG │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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5.0 GLOBAL DiRNAMiNG RULES:
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- Always add your grouptag
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- If the title of the book/magazine is longer than 256 chars, shorten it
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the best you can and state the full title in the NFO
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- Year-tag is mandatory, use the publish year by ISBN/ISSN
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- Language tag is needed for non-english releases only
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- Always tag with source (e.g SCAN/HYBRiD/RETAiL)
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- It's recommended to tag issue numbers in the following way:
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No2/No.2/N02/N.02/NR02/NR.02
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- Additional tags like READNFO, NFOFiX, DiRFiX, iNTERNAL, PROPER must be
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between source and format
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- Tag the release with the author and year depending on edition
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- NOTE: Scans is always tagged with original publish year and publisher
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- NOTE: Digital editions must always be tagged with the ebook publish
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year and publisher of the ebook. As these editions differ from
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each other
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- Example: J.R.R.Tolkien.The.Lord.of.The.Rings.1955.SCAN.eBOOK-GRP
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J.R.R.Tolkien.The.Lord.of.The.Rings.2010.RETAiL.eBOOK-GRP
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- If file is not PDF, add the correct tag (ePUB, KF8, AZW, MOBI, PRC)
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- Example: Himmel.Over.London.2010.SWEDiSH.RETAiL.ePUB.eBOOK-COOLGROUPTAG
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Format -+
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5.1 MAGAZiNES:
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- Name of the Magazine
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- Issue and Year (e.g. Cool.Magazine.No.1.2012.Ebook-CoolGRP)
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- Source and Language (e.g. RETAiL/SCAN and SWEDiSH/FRENCH/etc)
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- Magazine tag must be in dirname
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- NOTE: If "Magazine" is part of title then Magazine-tag is not required
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- If issue number not available, use month or timestamp
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- Example: PC.Magazine.NR03.2008.FRENCH.RETAiL.MAGAZiNE.eBOOk-GRP
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Name -+ | | | | |
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Grouptag -+
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5.2 COMiCS:
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- Name of the comic
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- Volume and Issue
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- Source and Language (e.g. RETAiL/SCAN and SWEDiSH/FRENCH/etc)
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- Comic tag must be in dirname
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- NOTE: If "Comic" is part of title then COMiC-tag is not required
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- Example: Batman.Vol.23.No.22.Dec.2007.SWEDiSH.SCAN.COMiC.eBOOk-COOLGRP
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Grouptag -+
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5.3 BOOKS (E.G. FiCTiONAL LiTERATURE):
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- Mention the author or the publisher
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- Name of the book
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- If issue number exists (e.g. "3rd.Edition")
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- Year of book release
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- Source and Language (e.g. RETAiL/SCAN and SWEDiSH/FRENCH/etc)
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- Example: Ken.Follet.Pillars.6th.Edition.2007.FRENCH.RETAiL.eBOOk-GRP
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Grouptag -+
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5.4 BOOKS (E.G. TECHNiCAL LiTERATURE):
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- Mention the publisher or the author
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- Name of the book title
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- Issue/version/edition and publish year if available
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- Year of the bookrelease
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- Source and Language (e.g. RETAiL/SCAN and GERMAN/FRENCH/etc)
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- Example: Wileys.Books.Tools.and.Computing.2008.GERMAN.RETAiL.eBOOk-GRP
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Publisher -+ | | | | |
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Grouptag -+
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5.5 NEWSPAPERS
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- Name of the newspaper
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- Date of the paper (e.g. 23.December, 23.Dec. 23.12 etc)
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- Language and Source (e.g. SWEDiSH/FRENCH/etc and SCAN/HYBRiD/RETAiL)
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- Example: Your.Daily.News.23.December.2012.iTALiAN.RETAiL.eBOOK-GRP
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5.6 XXX BOOKS:
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- Only applies to hardcore XXX books/magazines, no softcore like for
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example the Playboy Magazine
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- Global dirnaming rules are applied
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- Just add a XXX tag to the dirname
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- Example: Nikky.Cuffed.Fuck.Me.2011.RETAiL.XXX.eBOOK-GRP
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XXX tag -+
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│ 6. DUPES/PROPER │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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6.1 DUPES:
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- Dupe order that is valid: SCAN > HYBRiD > RETAiL
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- NOTE: When retail is out, no other source is allowed to be released
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for the same file format
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6.2 PROPER:
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- A proper is valid if the original release did not meet the requirements
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of the above rules
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- Packing related propers are not allowed from other groups within the
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first week after pre
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- Always supply a proper reason in nfo, and a proof for technical flaws
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│ 7. MiSCELLANEOUS │
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7.1 HOMEMADE:
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│ 8. SiGN │
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8.1 ORGANiZATiONAL STUFF
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- These rules were created on Thursday 2012-04-19 and will take effect by
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2012-05-10
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- By signing them, you agree with all mentioned points above and ensure
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that your group will follow these rules!
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8.2 SiGNED BY
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- These rules were signed by the following groups:
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AEROHOLICS BitBook COURRIER CUSTODES DAGSTiDNiNGEN DeB DiSTRiBUTiON
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DiVER eMAG FMR iBooKs iNTENSiTY NEWSPAPER OurSky Press PressBooKs
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rebOOk sUppLeX V5
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│ International Ebook Council - Remember reading makes you smarter │
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