Comment by technothrasher
2 days ago
> DRM-free classics that are out of copyright.
I started down this road with a few books about two years ago, and I have so many now on my list to read that I hardly ever get to reading a modern book.
I read a lot from Standard Ebooks. But one thing to keep in mind with them- they do edit the books to make changes for readability. Not necessarily a big deal, but something to know.
Same. Ironic that a quirk of modern technology would put classical literature back in fashion.
This happens more than you might expect.
There are several films which became popular staples on television after copyright expired, wasn't renewed, or was improperly registered in the first place (prior to automatic copyright assignment enacted in 1976). It's a Wonderful Life is the canonical example, though there is a long list of other public domain films in the US: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention#Adoption_and_...>
Curious: edit for readability in what way? Surely just layout stuff, not changing the content of the books?
I believe they’d change the spelling of a word if it’s archaic and obscure in the original text.
https://standardebooks.org/about/what-makes-standard-ebooks-...