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Originally Posted by JD Gumby
Yeah, given that Dover Press was able to profitably produce proofread (and in many cases fully annotated and illustrated) paperback books of PD classics (some not so classic and very niche, such as a book of US Civil War poetry) for $1, $2, and (more rarely) $3 (with the VERY occasional $5, I think), there is no excuse for such prices. ("The Devil's Dictionary" was a $1 product, BTW, and the Dover edition is indeed sitting on my shelf)
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Dover indeed produced some very fine quality inexpensive paperback editions. Ebook versions of Dover editions have appeared - but all that I have investigated have lacked active TOC.