[andai]

I wonder if this would have a positive or negative effect on profits.

On the one hand, they'd be adding a massive amount of free content to a platform where they make money because people pay to consume content.

On the other hand, it might actually increase sales simply because I'd spend more time using it, which would presumably result in more book purchases too.

(Also Kindle store is already full of $0 public domain stuff, so they already don't seem too bothered by that possibility.)

[joseda-hg]

Huh didn't know that, guess I never assummed they would bother with it, I'd think about a published work in kindle like a product page in amazon therefore doesn't make sense to have 0$ items

Are they an amazon offer or do third parties take the time to set that up?

[andai]

It's on Amazon, tons of public domain stuff republished for $0 on Kindle. 1 click to "purchase" (free download).