Public domain books are not present in our everyday pop culture because nobody is making a profit from them. So the media ecosystem just doesn’t discuss them.
Public domain books are not present in our everyday pop culture because nobody is making a profit from them. So the media ecosystem just doesn’t discuss them.
Anyone can print them so I’m sure someone is trying to make a profit on them. Barnes & Noble has their own store editions of a lot of them and even some non-public domain stuff.