Is there a Public Domain sell policy?

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Is there a Public Domain sell policy?

Hi, Amazon doesn't allow the selling of a public domain book on there store unless you have the following:

• (Translated) - A unique translation

• (Annotated) - Contains annotations (unique, hand-crafted additional content including study guides, literary critiques, detailed biographies, or detailed historical context)

• (Illustrated) - Includes 10 or more unique illustrations relevant to the book

Their policy is to not publish undifferentiated versions of public domain titles where a free version is available in their store.

(https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help?topicId=A2OHLJURFVK57Q)

Is there any similar policy or any policy at all for selling public domain books in the iBook store?

Thanks

Posted on Apr 30, 2013 10:59 PM

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Tom Gewecke

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May 1, 2013 6:08 AM in response to BeerTheBear

Unfortunately nobody in these forums represents Apple, so you will not be able to get any official answer here, and I have not seen any published Apple policy on this, or any postings by users saying their submission was rejected for such reasons. But perhaps someone else has....

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