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Originally Posted by rkomar
That's probably why I was so convinced they could do it  (well, that and the fact that you can buy the complete works of Shakespeare for a lot less than that brand new on paper). Maybe, like with music and movies, we have to wait a few years for the impatient spenders to finish shopping before the "Value" editions start coming out. |
The big difference between Agatha Christie and Shakespeare (at least from a pricing point of view!) is that Shakespeare is out of copyright, and anyone can publish a book of his work.