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Originally Posted by pilotbob
I'm curious... if they are free of copyright, why would people buy from them... once you buy one you could put it up on mobileread.
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BOb, what I was trying to say is that they were charging $1.99 for copyright-free books you can get from here, Feedbooks, Manybooks, Gutenberg, etc. I can't understand how they expect to sell very many books when the same titles are available for free elsewhere. Unless, of course, they're adding something like commentary, photos, new artwork, or fantastic formatting better than the volunteers here at MobileRead.
And, even though the book itself is no longer under copyright, I would never download a book from one site (paid-for or free) and upload elsewhere. The text/story might not be under copyright, but the version in LRF, PRC, or PDF might be considered to be protected in some locations. I would not want to take any risk.