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kurochka · 05-20-2009, 09:33 AM

My concern is that once I sell one copy of a public domain book (for which I worked months if not years), there is no legal or moral restriction for somebody else distributing this same copy for a fee or free to millions. I have no problem with that when it's just a hobby for me but now I am considering doing it full time.

I have in mind extremely high quality proof-read multivolume dictionaries or other serious works, not a quick OCR job for an easy-reading novel.

05-20-2009, 09:33 AM	#3
kurochka your neighbor Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2006 Device: PRS-500 lost (if you found it, I hope you enjoy it); DX on preorder	My concern is that once I sell one copy of a public domain book (for which I worked months if not years), there is no legal or moral restriction for somebody else distributing this same copy for a fee or free to millions. I have no problem with that when it's just a hobby for me but now I am considering doing it full time. I have in mind extremely high quality proof-read multivolume dictionaries or other serious works, not a quick OCR job for an easy-reading novel. Last edited by kurochka; 05-20-2009 at 09:38 AM.