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Why is it possible to sell copies of public domain books when we have libraries?

because somebody physically produces the book wdym?

btw just because something is in the public domain, doesn't mean that every variant attached to it is, just the one specifically defined under law, a book that is in the public domain, but also on the shelves of a retailer, might not be a public domain work at all. Because it's a different work entirely.

I'm not even sure you can prevent the production of a work, just because it's public domain, you just can't hold copyright on it, so you could theoretically print and sell a book in the public domain legally, as long as you don't declare that you own copyright.