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Originally Posted by JeremyR
Maybe. But they still let people take books from PG and sell them (for $9.99 no less).
How hard is it, really, to have something that checks PG, sees if a title is there, and disallows it being uploaded (or being charged for).
Especially as they say on their front page something like "Over 3 Million Free Books". Of course, 2 million out of those 3 Million are being sold, but hey, they should be free.
It's just like Amazon, they say they have all these free books, but in practice, most are being sold.
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Actually, according to
this article 2 of the 3 million are free. Yes, most of them have OCR errors, but I've been reading free Google Books since they launched, and I've paid for books elsewhere that were worse.
Now if the books you paid for are riddled with errors, then you have a right to complain. The free books, IMHO, come under the heading of 'gift horse.'
As for paying for PD books, I think most people learn after awhile.