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Originally Posted by HarryT
Sony and Amazon are just "store fronts", selling books from many different publishers. Obviously many different publishers sell versions of the classics, hence the multiple versions.
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A different version means a different editing job and hence a separate copyright on the public domain original. Just a ploy to charge more money for something which can be had for free from Project Gutenberg! (I think -- I haven't actually searched PG to see if they have Moby Dick.)