Thread: Kobo selling classic books such as Mark Twain?
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Old 09-18-2013, 01:44 AM   #1
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Kobo selling classic books such as Mark Twain?
So I just downloaded the Kobo app onto my Android smartphone and I see under the recommended reads are many books that have long been out of copyright. Such as Jane Austin, Mark Twain and many others. So who gets the money?

For example The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32325 http://store.kobobooks.com/en-CA/ebo...leberry-finn-3 Although that one is only $1.03 on the website and $6.02 on my Android device.

Are Kobo reselling books that have been scanned, cleaned up by volunteers and placed on the Project Gutenberg website?

So who gets the money? Kobo? The authors heirs? Hmm, might be an outfit called Petra Books which is mentioned on the Kobo page?
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