Thread: Amazon and B&N get heat for selling Project Gutenberg books.
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Old 12-05-2010, 01:27 PM   #61
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Originally Posted by MV64 View Post
I find the best thing to do is tell everyone about public domain. No one should pay for a book older than the 1920s. Most people know this. They can sell Project Gutenberg books if they want (I can't believe I'm siding with BN and Amazon) but the buyers should realize they can get this stuff for free.
It's quite possible they can. But convenience provides value. I'm browsing Amazon on my Kindle. I see a public domain title I've been meaning to read in a Kindle format. I might very well be able to get it free from elsewhere, but may also find it worth a few bucks to just buy it on the spot, download, and start reading.

The value isn't in the source text - it's in my ease of obtaining it.
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