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.
Notice this in audiobooks. Librivox does a great job, but they’re volunteers and the quality is sub par. I enjoy old books, public domain … but they are not pushed. Because, as you say… There is no money in it.
Wanna find the bad guy? #FollowTheMoney