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Originally Posted by HarryT
Certainly a valid viewpoint, although I have to confess that I would like to think that at least some of the many FREE books I've uploaded to the MR library have some merit, and are worth reading.
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I don't count public domain as freebies, even though they're, well, free.
When I download a pd book, it's because I actively choose to read it, not because I've been seduced by the price. For "freebie" I tend to read "self-pubbed junk."
I love the classics, finished one pd book on Thursday and immediately started another and I'm concurrently reading the copyright version of a pd classic for the book club this month. I'd pay for public domain if it weren't free, and that's the acid test. Seriously, if you wouldn't pay a few bucks for a freebie, then you shouldn't acquire it for nothing.