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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
If your version is *better* than the Gutenberg version, then you have to convince the customers of that. There's nothing illegal about selling a cheaper version that's lower quality, and there's nothing illegal about buying it. If your book is better than the Gutenberg version because it has better fonts, some pictures, an introduction with the history of the book, and annotations explaining the details--you can probably sell it for more. But some people don't care about all that, and they will buy the $1 version for their Kindles, or go to Gutenberg and download it for free (gratis).
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But what protection, if any, would your better version have? Couldn't I just sell that, without having to do any of the work?
Is there some kind of trade protection in the arrangement of the work?
Could I buy that $1 version and start selling it for $0.50 without changing a single thing?