Loading up on Penguin Classics
Amazon.com has rounded up more than 1,000 titles of classic literature and is offering them as a single purchase for just under $8,000. The Penguin Classics Collection -- which includes "The Odyssey," "Pride and Prejudice" and "Candide" -- weighs 700 pounds -- but delivery is free. Melissa Block talks to Kathryn Court, president and publisher of Penguin Books, and Tim McCall, associate director of online sales and marketing for Penguin.
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