(np) funny

[Becky Lindroos]

It’s been happening since Kindle tried reproducing some classics because the basic material was available without copyright restrictions.  Amazon used the Gutenberg versions which made some volunteer typists for Gutenberg really angry because Amazon was charging $1.99 for these digital copies (more or less). 

Also - if the new publisher adds anything, like an Introduction by some college professor,  they can copyright this new edition and sell it for whatever they can get for it. 

(Pardon if this is old news.) 

Becky  

> On Mar 23, 2021, at 11:05 PM, Raphael Saltwood <PlainMrBotanyB at outlook.com> wrote:
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> 
> Mark, your remark made me think a bit - I didn’t realize that a lot of new books are being published digitally without the benefit of an art department.
> They are trying to make some money from public domain material, aren’t they? Not the worst idea.
> 
> Still gave me a chuckle.
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 5:55 AM
> To: Jochen Stremmel
> Cc: Raphael Saltwood; pynchon-l
> Subject: Re: (np) funny
> 
> Yes, mostly hilarious as the doctor says....but....and....I would even try to defend a couple of them??!!....
> 
> Yeah, I know, i"m just an aged book huckster BUT always remember that the purpose of a cover is to get one who doesn't
> know the book to "pick it up" and look at it....read the stuff on it and want to buy it and read it....those who want to read these classics because they are
> classics don't need these copies to do that....this is for those who don't like "classics".....
> 
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 5:49 AM Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com<mailto:jstremmel at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Very funny.
> (And in some cases hard to digest on an empty stomach.)
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