I downloaded a free Gutenberg version of a Robert Benchley book to my iPhone, but was ill-formatted, particularly around illustrations, and hard to read. So I got the same title from Amazon. The formatting problems were fixed and the book was quite readable. They added some value in that case.
Amazon charges Kindle users for free Project Gutenberg e-books
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Re: Amazon charges Kindle users for free Project Gutenberg e-books
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A general problem of app stores. What is needed is better discovery methods and filters.
Are there any start ups working on this problem? It seems like a ripe niche. Perhaps not so much for iPhone (since you need root), but Android certainly.
There are some for Androids that try to recommend stuff based on the apps your friends have installed. There is also an YC company I think, unfortunately I forgot the name.