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doubleshuffle · 02-10-2015, 01:07 PM

Quite a while back I threw a public tantrum here about a nasty rip-off publisher who takes books from the MR library and sells them elsewhere. I've learned that it is no use getting worked up about that; it's just the way it is with public domain stuff.

And yet there is a new kid on the block who takes it a step further by not only taking the text from the MR editions, but also the cover images, in short, the complete books just as they are. And he has uploaded a massive amount of books to the Kobo store in a very short time.

So if you or your friends and relations have money to burn on stuff you can get for free here on MR, point them here.

02-10-2015, 01:07 PM	#1
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	Kbook: My new favourite rip-off "publisher" Quite a while back I threw a public tantrum here about a nasty rip-off publisher who takes books from the MR library and sells them elsewhere. I've learned that it is no use getting worked up about that; it's just the way it is with public domain stuff. And yet there is a new kid on the block who takes it a step further by not only taking the text from the MR editions, but also the cover images, in short, the complete books just as they are. And he has uploaded a massive amount of books to the Kobo store in a very short time. So if you or your friends and relations have money to burn on stuff you can get for free here on MR, point them here.