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Originally Posted by mgmueller
Depends on the definition of classics.
I don't read the Iliad anymore (did so 30 years ago).
But I'll read Daniel Defoe, Oscar Wilde, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas... I consider them "classical literature" (project Gutenberg agrees).
But even though they are out of copyright, you still can buy them as special editions. And I do so. I avoid free stuff. In German we have a saying: "What costs nothing is worth nothing" and I find some truth to that.
Some will say, the classics in MR are more caringly prepared than classics you can buy.
Still:
For one, I enjoy buying. There's something satisfying to purchasing.
And last but not least: Like I wrote before: What are those € 10 compared to your mortgage, gas costs for commuting and other costs for living. Many care about the cents and forget about the bills...
Admittedly, I reflected my own purchasing behavior onto the others and simply din't consider free stuff being that important.
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But apparently
you also look for excuses to spend money on stuff; I definitely have heard the idea of not worrying too much about the cost of something you want, but it is a rare person who asks the vendor "can I pay you more money".
By all means, you go and give Amazon tip money.
That is not exactly empirical evidence.
Stop projecting your purchasing habits on others.
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Still: If you download a freebie, be it classics or be it some bonus program form Amazon, that's the same process as buying a book from them. You check it out and all the other process steps.
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I have never been asked to log in and select books to go into a checkout cart and click the buy button and get a receipt, when downloading books from PG and the MobileRead Patricia Clark Memorial Library.
As I have said above, that is what I consider to be the classic case of freebie classics.
Not buying $0.00 books from Amazon.
Either way, you cannot discount the presence of such dealings.