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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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I was under the impression that Dover would photograph the original books and produce plates from that. No proofreading required. At least that's what they did for their scientific books with lots of equations and figures.