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Some years ago I lost my copy of Anthony Trollope’s “The Last Chronicle of Barset�� and I went to a bookstore to get a fresh copy. There were none on the shelves, but they eventually found me a copy. It cost about $ 15. A few months later I bought a Kindle and discovered that I could download the eBook version of this book for free.

There are voluntary, non-profit organisations that have uploaded 19th century and some early 20th century books into the internet that can be downloaded free. They are books in the public domain. You can even download free, audio versions of many of these books.

Though many might like to read off physical books, can they afford this luxury when eBooks are available for free? Hence, the demand for physical books that are in the public domain will diminish and it may become economically unfeasible for publishers to print these books.

Hence, the big question: will the classics soon go out of print?

I sure hope they don't. I enjoy both print and reading on my Kindle although I tend to read more books in print. There is just a different feeling that you connect with a book when you are holding it and I think that is very important aspect especially in the day and age of electronics. If I had it my way no bookstore would close, but I am only one person so I know that is not necessarily going to happen. I need to implement more classics in my normal reading hopefully that will be a goal for 2018.