Again, no one has ever objected to Google's scanning of public-domain
works, or their plans to sell those works as e-books or print books, or their plans to sell ads within them.
On the other hand I can understand Google selling them as many of the Public domain works that are free in their entirety on Google books are already being sold on ABEbooks by others as I found to my dismay after buying one. I did get a refund in the end.
I do agree authors should be contacted & due royalties paid, but I do feel some works that are unlikely to ever be reprinted are better scanned and made available, if sold though royalties should be paid.
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