If B&N or any other company wants to sell public domain books more power to them. It is not up to them to educate the public that these books can be gotten free elsewhere. Their job is to make money. Also the public domain books I have looked at on B&N have new introductions and notes. Would I buy these books from B&N, probably not but I am pretty good at using the tools that are out there to make my own books. There are others I am sure that do not have the time or inclination to build their own books. What B&N is doing is opening up these books for more exposure not less.
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