Amazon says it will not offer undifferentiated editions of books in the public domain which they already offer for free.
Ah well, a reprobate took some stuff I personally had written for public consumption and I had put it up free (as in without cost) on the internet on my own website, and then the reprobate republished that material on Amazon with my title and contents -- but with his name as the author. This in turn was instructions on how to get ebooks for free off internet. I had to go to Amazon legal with a "take down" request -- because I didn't want this guy to imply that which I offer for free is actually "for sale" on Amazon. Eventually Amazon honored my "take down" request -- and the reprobate went on to other bottom feeder activities on Amazon. I even offered Amazon that he could leave my stuff on their store with his name on it -- if at least he would change the title to make it clear that what he was offering was "different" from what I was offering! Must remember to take a deep breath: Breath in, Breath out, Breath in, Breath out...