>Because if that's the case, book piracy seems like the clear winner.
You can read lots of books for free legally in the Internet Archive, specially books that are out of print.
> Curation costs money (indirectly).
This is mostly done by (big) publishers who want to push their shallow literature series and a couple of good books here and there.
Which, again, makes places like the IA so much better for readers like me.
You can read lots of books for free legally in the Internet Archive, specially books that are out of print.
> Curation costs money (indirectly). This is mostly done by (big) publishers who want to push their shallow literature series and a couple of good books here and there. Which, again, makes places like the IA so much better for readers like me.