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^I'll have to disagree with the selling point. Most classics sold well may have been due to the fact that the competition within the book market was less. The number of writers actually getting a book published in the 1850s was probably about a thousandth the number getting a book published today.
I picked up several pieces of garbage off my street the other day. I didn't get paid.
One of my favourite books I read this year only has 80 ratings on GoodReads. A great book is different to everyone. Trying to argue aesthetics and the cost of something is generally a waste of time. I can appreciate some classics even when I did't enjoy reading them and then there are some classics I loved reading and appreciate as well.
I think this is enough off-topic from the original intent of the thread of why we have to pay for the electronic copy of a book we have in paper form. I'll answer that as, why do I have to pay for an mp3 of a song I have on vinyl? The answer is because money makes companies work. No one is forcing anyone to pay for another version of the book. There were costs in converting to electronic format should I get that conversion for free? I don't think so. Should I get a discount? Maybe. Will I buy a book in e-format that I have in paper format? No.
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