If they do, then they won't be uploading it here because we respect Canadian copyright laws.
You can buy the ebook at Waterstone's
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=6564501
and elsewhere.

Thanks Patricia,

Ebook version is more expensive than Hard-back, stick to Hardback then :)

I got for Christmas a book of Max Ernst, with three "surrealistic visual novels"... Searching for some information I found out he and Paul Éluard published two books (with text by the second and illustrations by the first) in 1922: "Le malheur des immortels", "Répétitions". These books would be PD in the US, and the text in Canada (Paul Éluard died in 1952, Max Ernst in 1976). The text is available in Wikilivres... what about the illustrations?

If Max Ernst died in 1976, then his work is not in the public domain anywhere, except for the usual exception that pre-1923 publications are in the public domain in the US only.

I know, that's why I ask only about these 1922 works.

A 1922 work would be OK, in the US only.

that would be a really brilliant addition to our library, if that's what you have in mind, jellby.

that would be a really brilliant addition to our library, if that's what you have in mind, jellby.

Of course. I just have to find the images ;)

Of course. I just have to find the images ;)

wonderful ! :)

wonderful ! :)

Do you have them around? Because I couldn't find anything. (This is "request and begging", after all.)

hey, you are the one who got the book for christmas ! ;) i don't have them, sadly. can you scan your book ?

hey, you are the one who got the book for christmas ! ;) i don't have them, sadly. can you scan your book ?

Ah... Erm... I think there has been a misunderstanding here...

I got a book with three visual novels, but these are 1929-1934 works (La femme 100 têtes, Rêve d'une petite fille qui voulut entrer au Carmel, Une semaine de bonté (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Une_Semaine_de_Bonté)). But it was reading the notes in the book and searching the net for more information that I found the existence of these other 1922 works with Paul Éluard (Répétitions, Le malheur des immortels). I don't have them and I haven't seen them, I have only found the text in Wikilivres, but not the pictures/collages.

oh, sorry ! yes, i misunderstood. :o well, i will open my eyes and let you know if i find anything.

oh, sorry ! yes, i misunderstood.

I probably failed to make myself clear, as I think HarryT thought the same you did...

no, i knew which texts you wanted to upload, but i thought you received *those* books at christmas.

I probably failed to make myself clear, as I think HarryT thought the same you did...

I did indeed!

Well... I guess I'll have to do a multilingual edition of Dante's "La divina commedia", illustrated by Doré, then... :D

Well... I guess I'll have to do a multilingual edition of Dante's "La divina commedia", illustrated by Doré, then... :D

oooh nice !!!! i'll look forward to that ! :wideeyed:

Yes, Doré's illustrations are wonderful. I did a version of "The Ancient Mariner" with his illustrations a while ago.

Yeah, and I did the Raven illustrated by Doré. And planning to do an epub version that takes advantage of epubs more advanced features.

Begging indeed! It seems, from my research, that the Albert Payson Terhune books about Lad are public domain. :bookworm:

I did not see them on the list of already completed ebook uploads...would anyone be interested in doing those? (pretty please?)

Begging indeed! It seems, from my research, that the Albert Payson Terhune books about Lad are public domain. :bookworm:

I did not see them on the list of already completed ebook uploads...would anyone be interested in doing those? (pretty please?)

Ok. there's a few at PG.
I'm finishing off some Dumas when I get home from work tonight. But I'll do a Terhume tomorrow.

I did not see them on the list of already completed ebook uploads...would anyone be interested in doing those? (pretty please?)

Whence can they be downloaded? We can only convert books which are actually available!

Whence can they be downloaded? We can only convert books which are actually available!

There are some on PG. Harry. And elsewhere.

Thanks!

Ok. there's a few at PG.
I'm finishing off some Dumas when I get home from work tonight. But I'll do a Terhume tomorrow.

Thanks!! No need for rushing, Patricia, do it when you want to, have time, are bored... and thanks a bunch!

Whence can they be downloaded? We can only convert books which are actually available!

Sorry Harry, I should have added that information. I just got excited when I found those! They were some of my favorites.

I can't help but notice that with nearly 9000 ebooks uploaded, the selection in languages besides English seems pretty small. With the French and German forums, I can see the number of titles in those languages growing. But there are, for example, only about ten ebooks in Spanish. Although I don't speak a word of anything but English (no, really! ;)), I was wondering if people thought it would be a good idea to try to make a concerted effort to post some titles that might be of particular interest to read in the language it was written in. Would this be a waste of time or not? In particular, I would not want to make matters worse by posting unreadable garbage. If it's worth trying, does someone have some suggestions for some authors and titles we're missing that would be good to start with?

I can't help but notice that with nearly 9000 ebooks uploaded, the selection in languages besides English seems pretty small. With the French and German forums, I can see the number of titles in those languages growing. But there are, for example, only about ten ebooks in Spanish. Although I don't speak a word of anything but English (no, really! ;)), I was wondering if people thought it would be a good idea to try to make a concerted effort to post some titles that might be of particular interest to read in the language it was written in. Would this be a waste of time or not? In particular, I would not want to make matters worse by posting unreadable garbage. If it's worth trying, does someone have some suggestions for some authors and titles we're missing that would be good to start with?

Here's a checklist, of sorts, which languages to start looking at, namely, Top 30 Languages by Number of Native Speakers (http://www.vistawide.com/languages/top_30_languages.htm).

I would expect, though, that the current ebook creation tools will have issues supporting ALL the international characters that these languages require.

Worth a try, though...

I once tried converting esperanto .IMP ebooks (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=162227#post162227), but they did not display most of the non-english characters/letters. Oh well, at least we know any .IMP ebooks WILL indeed look like gibberish (in fact, will have those annoying '?'s) and not convert well using mobi2IMP. You've been warned... :stare:

Languages that use the Roman alphabet (most Western European languages except Greek) are generally pretty easy to handle.

Non-Roman, left-to-right, alphabetic languages (eg Greek, Russian) are pretty straightforward on devices which allow you to install the appropriate viewing font (eg CyBook Gen3) or embed the font in the document (LRF, PDF).

Non-Roman, "multi-byte character" left-to-right languages (eg Chinese, Korean) generally fall into the same category as the above - you need to be able to either install or embed the font.

Right-to-left languages (primarily the Semitic language group - Arabic, Hebrew, etc) are a problem. The only format I'm aware of which supports them is PDF and again the correct fonts need to be embedded in the document.

I can't help but notice that with nearly 9000 ebooks uploaded, the selection in languages besides English seems pretty small. With the French and German forums, I can see the number of titles in those languages growing. But there are, for example, only about ten ebooks in Spanish. Although I don't speak a word of anything but English (no, really! ;)), I was wondering if people thought it would be a good idea to try to make a concerted effort to post some titles that might be of particular interest to read in the language it was written in. Would this be a waste of time or not? In particular, I would not want to make matters worse by posting unreadable garbage. If it's worth trying, does someone have some suggestions for some authors and titles we're missing that would be good to start with?

Umm... French: Jules Verne (Mtravellerh is doing them, I think), Dumas (I did two "musketeers", still have to read the third, and there are a lot more), Balzac, Victor Hugo, Leroux (I did one, have more pending)...

Italian: Emilio Salgari.

Spanish: Don Quixote (I'm getting Doré's illustrations, I might do the book some day), Galdós (I did some, there are many more), Clarín...

I'd be happy to upload some Latin texts, if anyone would be interested.

Umm... French: Jules Verne (Mtravellerh is doing them, I think), Dumas (I did two "musketeers", still have to read the third, and there are a lot more), Balzac, Victor Hugo, Leroux (I did one, have more pending)...

Italian: Emilio Salgari.

Spanish: Don Quixote (I'm getting Doré's illustrations, I might do the book some day), Galdós (I did some, there are many more), Clarín...

Thank you, Jellby. I think I'll start this weekend on the following works by Salgari in Italian. And I'm hoping we can find someone here who could check what I produce to see that I haven't totally botched them.

Tigers of Malaysia series:
The Mystery of The Black Jungle
Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem
Sandokan: The Pirates of Malaysia
Sandokan: The Two Tigers

Black Corsair series:
The Son of the Red Corsair

Thank you, Jellby. I think I'll start this weekend on the following works by Salgari in Italian. And I'm hoping we can find someone here who could check what I produce to see that I haven't totally botched them.

Tigers of Malaysia series:
The Mystery of The Black Jungle
Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem
Sandokan: The Pirates of Malaysia
Sandokan: The Two Tigers

Black Corsair series:
The Son of the Red Corsair

:bigwave:

I'll give it a "look-see"!

:bigwave:

I'll give it a "look-see"!

Same here. Sorry I haven't done any Italian books yet, but there is just not enough time. As far as I know, Jellby has some Italian knowledge as well.

As far as I know, Jellby has some Italian knowledge as well.

Not enough to do any real proofreading and correction, but I can read it with a dictionary ;)

I'd like to ask that Patricia do the next "Little House" book, "Farmer Boy."

pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepl easepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease!

I'd like to ask that Patricia do the next "Little House" book, "Farmer Boy."

pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepl easepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease!

I'd love to; but PG Canada haven't issued it (yet?). Find me a copy and I'll convert it.

I'd love to; but PG Canada haven't issued it (yet?). Find me a copy and I'll convert it.

I'm checking the site daily.

I've given up, but could someone please - pretty please - convert HarryT's The_Origin_of_Species which is in lrf format - to prc....National geographical this month has whetted my appetite for reading Darwin.... pretty thanks and chocolate doughnuts alround....
(this thick twit couldn't do it himself ....... :(:o:(:chinscratch::smack:)

I've given up, but could someone please - pretty please - convert HarryT's The_Origin_of_Species which is in lrf format - to prc....National geographical this month has whetted my appetite for reading Darwin.... pretty thanks and chocolate doughnuts alround....
(this thick twit couldn't do it himself ....... :(:o:(:chinscratch::smack:)

Now that Harry has a Cybook, he may well be interested indoing a PRC version himself. It would be very popular, I'm sure.

Now that Harry has a Cybook, he may well be interested indoing a PRC version himself. It would be very popular, I'm sure.

nudge nudge (gently)

Today I just discovered a new author when listening to a French radio programme (Des Papous dans la tête, what else), his name is Pierre-Henri Cami (http://ullagegroup.com/2008/12/13/pierre-cami/), and his humour (he was a comic writer) looks very interesting... Since he died in 1958, his works should be public domain in Canada now... but where to find them? I'd so like to read him in the original language if possible!

P.S. Wikipedia only links to this site: http://www.pastichesdumas.com/pages/Auteurs/Cami.html

Today I just discovered a new author when listening to a French radio programme (Des Papous dans la tête, what else), his name is Pierre-Henri Cami (http://ullagegroup.com/2008/12/13/pierre-cami/), and his humour (he was a comic writer) looks very interesting... Since he died in 1958, his works should be public domain in Canada now... but where to find them? I'd so like to read him in the original language if possible!

P.S. Wikipedia only links to this site: http://www.pastichesdumas.com/pages/Auteurs/Cami.html


Nothing posted, as yet, in PG...

Can someone make e-books out of L.M. Montgomery's short stories as found on Project Gutenberg? I've been trying to figure out how to do it myself but even with all the great advice on this site I've had to give up after two days. Guess I'm too much of a dunce when it comes to this kind of thing... :smack:

Can someone make e-books out of L.M. Montgomery's short stories as found on Project Gutenberg? I've been trying to figure out how to do it myself but even with all the great advice on this site I've had to give up after two days. Guess I'm too much of a dunce when it comes to this kind of thing... :smack:

Check our book upload section. There's most of L M Montgomery already there.
Which ones were you looking for in particular?

Check our book upload section. There's most of L M Montgomery already there.
Which ones were you looking for in particular?

I've already downloaded all of the ones available on here (thank you!) but I'm looking for these ones:


Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 (English)
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 (English)
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 (English)
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 (English)
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 (English)
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 (English)


For some reason they don't show up at PG Canada but they are on the PG site. Could you please, please, please format these for the Sony Reader? :D

Ok, I'll do them over the next day or two.

Can someone make e-books out of L.M. Montgomery's short stories as found on Project Gutenberg? I've been trying to figure out how to do it myself but even with all the great advice on this site I've had to give up after two days.

What is it that you tried to do? What went wrong?

May I humbly request that the first two books of Sherlock Holmes (Sign of the Four, and I forget the other title off the top of my head) be single downloads in LRF? I know that they are available in the omnibus, but I've read most of what is in that.

Pretty please with sugar on top?

You may certainly request it, but my answer is "download the omnibus". Does it matter that you've already read most of what's in it? Are you short of disk space?

Sorry, but it just strikes me as completely wasted effort to repost what's already in an omnibus as separate books.

If you want to do it yourself, go ahead :).

You may certainly request it, but my answer is "download the omnibus". Does it matter that you've already read most of what's in it? Are you short of disk space?

Sorry, but it just strikes me as completely wasted effort to repost what's already in an omnibus as separate books.

If you want to do it yourself, go ahead :).

I guess I could (just download the omnibus). I did download the Professor Challenger Omnibus even though I read "The Lost World" already, if it makes you feel better :D

Ok, I'll do them over the next day or two.

Thanks! You're the best!!!

Alright, I just downloaded the Sherlock Holmes omnibus :p

Can I put in a request for "Tale of a Tub" by Jonathan Swift?

I can make LRF files, but I feel kind of like a jerk doing so since I can't covert to anything else.

Alright, I just downloaded the Sherlock Holmes omnibus :p

Can I put in a request for "Tale of a Tub" by Jonathan Swift?

I can make LRF files, but I feel kind of like a jerk doing so since I can't covert to anything else.

I'll do that for you, lilac. It'll be up in a few days.

I'll do that for you, lilac. It'll be up in a few days.

Thanks!!!!

Thanks! You're the best!!!

Understatement! (if that's possible using the superlative)

Understatement! (if that's possible using the superlaxative)

..corrected spelling mistake ....

One book I'd really like to have as an eBook is "The Intellectual Life" by Philip Gilbert Hamerton. 1895 I think. It has became a sort of classic and has been reprinted.

One book I'd really like to have as an eBook is "The Intellectual Life" by Philip Gilbert Hamerton. 1895 I think. It has became a sort of classic and has been reprinted.

It is available at The Internet Archive here:
http://www.archive.org/details/intellectuallife00hameuoft
in PDF, djvu, flip book or text formats.

My to-do list is currently rather long but, if no-one else has got there first, I may have a go at converting it in a month or two.

It is available at The Internet Archive here:
http://www.archive.org/details/intellectuallife00hameuoft
in PDF, djvu, flip book or text formats.

My to-do list is currently rather long but, if no-one else has got there first, I may have a go at converting it in a month or two.

Mine's rather long, too and I have been rather busy lately, so sorry for the "Tale of A Tub" not being uploaded yet. I have begun working on it, but it's quite a toughie and I seem to be desperately in need of time, lately. So please be patient for a little while longer, okay?

I'm a new forum member, so I appologise if I have missed the answer to my question in another thread.

I am somewhat overwhelmed by the sheer volume of free e-books available for download and I am looking for some recomendations as to what would be good for me to read.

I will list the authors that I like at the end of this post, but I am interested to know if anyone has read books in the downloads that they would recomend to someone with my tastes. It's probably a big ask, I know.

Also, is there some kind of book club where we pick a book (available from the free downloads), read it and then discuss it? That would be great.

For the following authors, I have read all of their books. This should give a good indication of my likes. It may be that I should forget the free books and keep buying from the authors I like when the e-books are available:

Terry Pratchett
Tom Clancy
Lee Child
Douglas Adams
Philip Pulman
Thomas Harris
Dan Brown
Grant Naylor

I have also read a few books from these authors:

David Baldacci
Stephen Coonts
Michael Crichton
Dale Brown
Robert Harris
Michael Connelly
Robert Ludlum
Stephen Coonts
Ben Elton

Any recomendations greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Dave.

Also, is there some kind of book club where we pick a book (available from the free downloads), read it and then discuss it? That would be great.

Yes, there is. :)
The MobileRead Book Club (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43056&highlight=mrbc)- we've just voted for the next read 'Neptune Crossing' by Jeffrey Carver.

It sounds as though you like thrillers. Have a go at the first volume of my "H. Rider Haggard" anthology; I think you'll find him to be the equal of any modern thriller writer.

I recommend E. Phillips Oppenheim and William LeQueux

It sounds as though you like thrillers. Have a go at the first volume of my "H. Rider Haggard" anthology; I think you'll find him to be the equal of any modern thriller writer.
I'd second that and tell you that Harry's editions are all very clean and well done.

It is available at The Internet Archive here:
http://www.archive.org/details/intellectuallife00hameuoft
in PDF, djvu, flip book or text formats.

Thanks again Patricia. I am really impressed with your knowledge of all these sites. I have downloaded the pdf version and will see what it looks like on the Cybook.

Can anyone find an electronic version of Selma Lagerlöf's "The Story of Gösta Berling" (in English)? There's a couple of PDFs available at the Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%22g%C3%B6sta%20berling%22%20AND% 20mediatype%3Atexts), but I'd prefer a text-only version.

And, by the way, can you find, as well, the year Pauline Bancroft Fach (the translator) died? (The translation is dated 1898, so it should be PD in the US anyway.)

Can anyone find an electronic version of Selma Lagerlöf's "The Story of Gösta Berling" (in English)? There's a couple of PDFs available at the Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%22g%C3%B6sta%20berling%22%20AND% 20mediatype%3Atexts), but I'd prefer a text-only version.

And, by the way, can you find, as well, the year Pauline Bancroft Fach (the translator) died? (The translation is dated 1898, so it should be PD in the US anyway.)

It looks like an easy enough conversion (the text is not nightmarishly tiny nor full of weird tables in small font sizes); I'd be happy to do the OCR & correction. How would you like the text--with all the original page #'s & headers, original line breaks, or reflowed as paragraphs & remove page numbers and so on?

(I work with FineReader 7 Pro, if that helps any.)

It looks like an easy enough conversion (the text is not nightmarishly tiny nor full of weird tables in small font sizes); I'd be happy to do the OCR & correction. How would you like the text--with all the original page #'s & headers, original line breaks, or reflowed as paragraphs & remove page numbers and so on?

If you can do it I'll give you a big :thanks:

I'd prefer just the text, without page numbers, reflowed as paragraphs (either separated by blank lines or in HTML <p></p>. Just the bare minimal formatting needed (italics, if any, marked with underscores or <i></i>).

I think http://www.archive.org/details/storyofgstaber00lageuoft is fine, but tell me if you use a different version (there is a "full text" available, but I fear these automatic OCR conversions...). PM me when you have something :)

I'd be super happy if someone could put up "South" by Ernest Shackleton. It was published in 1919, so I can't see why it's not in Public Domain. I'm suprised it's not up here yet.

Ahh I found it on Gutenberg. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5199.

I'd be super happy if someone could put up "South" by Ernest Shackleton. It was published in 1919, so I can't see why it's not in Public Domain. I'm suprised it's not up here yet.

Ahh I found it on Gutenberg. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5199.

I'll convert it.

I'd be super happy if someone could put up "South" by Ernest Shackleton. It was published in 1919, so I can't see why it's not in Public Domain. I'm suprised it's not up here yet.

Ahh I found it on Gutenberg. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5199.

I'll convert it.

:cool: This is the very reason I created GuteBook (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48138), so that one could do it themselves or have an experienced ebook creator have a head start. ;)

As an exercise, I converted PG Etext-No. 5199 using my GuteBook preprocessor and then tweaked a few things (added all illustrations at the end, added styles for centering headings, etc.) and am able to produce an illustrated version of that HTML ebook in the .epub, .lrf, .mobi, and both .imp formats, at the same time.

The GuteBook original output took only two to three minutes whereas the tweaking to make the ebook look better took about an hour.

As I mainly convert from HTML to ebook formats, I know a lot of work-arounds when things don't look just right. A lot of that knowledge was instilled into GuteBook, but manual intervention is always required when the HTML ebooks are complex.

:chinscratch: I'll later compare with Patricia's offerings to see how "automated + tweaked" faired with Patricia's BD methods. :)

In the meantime, if you would like to see the .epub version, I'll post it here, as Patricia normally doesn't do .epub... ;) :snicker:

EDIT: .epub attachment moved to it's own thread here (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55776).

I must take a closer look at GuteBook, Nick.
We were both lucky, in that this was a nice, clean text.
You've added more pictures than I have. However, my version of the Appendix on Whaling has a clearer diagram of the types of whales, and I replaced the ditto marks in the list of whale-oil prices with text. But GuteBook seems to handle the bulk of the text very well.

I must take a closer look at GuteBook, Nick.

That sounds great and I'm glad you may find it useful. If you need any help getting started/oriented, post here, post in the GuteBook thread, or just PM me. :thumbsup:

GuteBook is still evolving as I convert more and more PG ebooks, but the ebooks with Etext-No. greater than 10,000 work better as the HTML produced is more consistent and convertible to ebooks. The Etext-No.'s below 3,000 should not even be attempted... :rolleyes: :smack:

We were both lucky, in that this was a nice, clean text.
You've added more pictures than I have. However, my version of the Appendix on Whaling has a clearer diagram of the types of whales, and I replaced the ditto marks in the list of whale-oil prices with text. But GuteBook seems to handle the bulk of the text very well.

All the illustrations were linked from the List of Illustrations, but were never part of the ebook, in that way. That works for browsers, but not for ebook creation programs. My initial GuteBook ebooks crashed or didn't display them until I explicity included them in the HTML source (at the end). I just copied the HTML code and performed some RegEx's and got all the images with their caption below without re-typing (that's why I included more of them). Then I again used a RegEx to insert the hyperlink names back to the List of Illustrations.

I did notice that those ditto marks ("" "") didn't translate well into the eboks as well as that Whaling chart, but didn't think of your solution. It now looks very nice WITH your corrections, thanks for the advice. :thumbsup: BTW, I did notice that your Whaling chart had some jpeg artifacting so I used a .gif instead for my version. Crisp and clean without artifacting! :2thumbsup

Do you mind if I upload my versions to your ebook posting for comparison purposes; otherwise I can post them ALL in my GuteBook thread?

Also, with GuteBook, I create .lit and .pdb (ereader) versions but have no way of testing them on hardware/software readers and would like to see the members' reactions to same. :)

Do you mind if I upload my versions to your ebook posting for comparison purposes; otherwise I can post them ALL in my GuteBook thread?

Feel free, Nick.
Or post your upload in the EPub section, so that people can find it easily.

Feel free, Nick.
Or post your upload in the EPub section, so that people can find it easily.

Thanks, I'll do just that!

Thanks nrpallo, but I'm going to take Patricia's because I prefer LRF format. That is a cool thing though.

I would dearly love to see a nicely formatted version of 'The Golden Treasury' edited by Francis Turner Plagrave. Manybooks.net has the PG version, but the extra space between the lines looks terrible. I am not sure that illustrations may be available either. This is one that really needs to be fixed by by hand but I lack the software to do this myself.

I would dearly love to see a nicely formatted version of 'The Golden Treasury' edited by Francis Turner Plagrave. Manybooks.net has the PG version, but the extra space between the lines looks terrible. I am not sure that illustrations may be available either. This is one that really needs to be fixed by by hand but I lack the software to do this myself.

You may lack it at present, but you could always download BookDesigner (to name but one possibility) and have a go.

You may lack it at present, but you could always download BookDesigner (to name but one possibility) and have a go.

Well yes, Sigil comes to mind, too!

I'd like to reread Under the Volcano which I originally read back in the mid-808s. Author is Malcolm Lowry who wrote it in 1947. Don't know if that qualifies for public domain or not.

Can't find it in the Sony Store or any others.

I'd like to reread Under the Volcano which I originally read back in the mid-808s. Author is Malcolm Lowry who wrote it in 1947. Don't know if that qualifies for public domain or not.

According to Wikipedia, he died in 1957, that makes his works public domain in Canada since 2008.

I live in Belgium and registered my PRS600 in Dutch. Now it seems I cannot buy books from the American Reader Store only from bol.com which has less books at a much higher price. Anyone can help?

Anne, in order to buy books from the Sony store, I understand you need either a US credit card or a Sony gift certificate. Members here can get gift certificates for you. Just post your request in the Sony forum or the Lounge.

I buy books for my Sony from Kobo which is based in Canada. Don't know if it would work but you might them. The link is http://www.kobobooks.com/

I'd like to reread Under the Volcano which I originally read back in the mid-808s. Author is Malcolm Lowry who wrote it in 1947. Don't know if that qualifies for public domain or not.

Can't find it in the Sony Store or any others.

It's definitely NOT in the public domain in the US.

It's definitely NOT in the public domain in the US.

Thanks Harry. Since it's not in eBook format, I guess I'll just have to wait or, gulp, reread the pBook version.

Thanks Harry. Since it's not in eBook format, I guess I'll just have to wait or, gulp, reread the pBook version.


you do realise you may have to undergo some form of therapy and re-training ?

I have found a free version of Bertrand Russell's 'History of Western Philosophy' but can't seem to work out what version would be best to convert to epub format. There is an epub version there, but it is just too poor to do much with I think (or maybe Sigil would work?).

Anyway, could somebody who is good at this kind of thing please take a look here (http://www.archive.org/details/westernphilosoph035502mbp) and give me some pointers as to the best way to proceed to get a good conversion?

I have a Sony PRS-505 and have a preference for epub, but would be happy with lrf if that is an easier conversion, by the way.

Anyway, could somebody who is good at this kind of thing please take a look here (http://www.archive.org/details/westernphilosoph035502mbp) and give me some pointers as to the best way to proceed to get a good conversion?
How badly do you want this?

The original up on Archive.org is a scan of the pbook. The other formats are all generated from scan and OCR, with all the mistakes OCR makes still there.

Your options appear to be download the PDF, OCR and do extensive editing/proofreading/formatting, then convert to ePub, or download one of the other versions and skip the OCR step.

In any case, you're looking at a fair bit of work to come up with something usable. Are you up for it?
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Dennis

How badly do you want this?

The original up on Archive.org is a scan of the pbook. The other formats are all generated from scan and OCR, with all the mistakes OCR makes still there.

Your options appear to be download the PDF, OCR and do extensive editing/proofreading/formatting, then convert to ePub, or download one of the other versions and skip the OCR step.

In any case, you're looking at a fair bit of work to come up with something usable. Are you up for it?
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Dennis

I think I'm prepared to give it a go - it is my favourite book after all.

Don't really fancy the OCR bit so I guess it'll be the second of your options above. Any (free) tools etc you would recommend?

I think I'm prepared to give it a go - it is my favourite book after all.
:D

Don't really fancy the OCR bit so I guess it'll be the second of your options above. Any (free) tools etc you would recommend?
Offhand, grab the ePub version and have a go with Sigil, from http://code.google.com/p/sigil/

Once you have something you think you can live with, you might be able to use Calibre from http://calibre-ebook.com/ to convert to other formats as well.

Sigil and Calibre are both free, open source tools, and the authors are MR participants and there are support forums for them on MR.
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Dennis

:thanks:

I will give that a go then - it won't be quick, as I'll have the Sigil learning curve to get up. I'll look on it as a labour of love and a learning opportunity :D

:thanks:

I will give that a go then - it won't be quick, as I'll have the Sigil learning curve to get up. I'll look on it as a labour of love and a learning opportunity :D
:p

It wouldn't be quick in any case, as copy-reeding/proofreading is a line by line affair. I assume you have a paper volume to proof from?

Meanwhile, Sigil here opens the ePub version and displays it, so fixup should be possible

I'll happily grab a copy of your finished product. :D
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Dennis

:p

It wouldn't be quick in any case, as copy-reeding/proofreading is a line by line affair. I assume you have a paper volume to proof from?

Meanwhile, Sigil here opens the ePub version and displays it, so fixup should be possible

I'll happily grab a copy of your finished product. :D
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Dennis

Yes, I have a paper copy so that'll help.

Happy to provide a copy when complete - as I said though, don't hold your breath for it!

Yes, I have a paper copy so that'll help.
I thought you might, given your love for it.

Happy to provide a copy when complete - as I said though, don't hold your breath for it!
Urk! Turning blue! Need air!

<gasp> Oh, wait. He said not to hold my breath. Never mind... :p
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Dennis

I'd like to reread Under the Volcano which I originally read back in the mid-808s. Author is Malcolm Lowry who wrote it in 1947. Don't know if that qualifies for public domain or not.

Can't find it in the Sony Store or any others.

It was renewed in 1974 (http://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/detail?fileID=2016811200), so it's not in the public domain.

Had copyright been limited to the length of time it was copyrighted (and renewed) under, it would now be in the public domain. Feel free to offer curses in the direction of Sonny Bono's grave when you think about it.

Thank you very much for the suggestion but kokobooks gives exactly the same problem. They do not sell to Belgium.



Anne, in order to buy books from the Sony store, I understand you need either a US credit card or a Sony gift certificate. Members here can get gift certificates for you. Just post your request in the Sony forum or the Lounge.

I buy books for my Sony from Kobo which is based in Canada. Don't know if it would work but you might them. The link is http://www.kobobooks.com/

This forum isn't the place to discuss buying eBooks; could you take the conversation to the "Freebies, Deals, and Resources" forum, please? We need to keep this "sticky" thread on topic.

Thanks.

Dante's "Inferno" aka "Divine Comedy Hell" was posted in LRF format here (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22142) and here (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22143). (it's a big book, I guess.) I've switched machines since installing LRFtools and my conversion to MOBI isn't currently working. Can anybody easily convert these to MOBI for my Kindle? Purty please?!?

I've already posted the complete "Divine Comedy", in several languages and illustrated...

I've already posted the complete "Divine Comedy", in several languages and illustrated...

Ah -- thanks. I looked in the index under "Dante" and didn't see it. Then I search for "Inferno" and didn't see it. A new search under "Divine Comedy" found it. Thanks for telling me! Now to see if I can stomach it ..... (I feel like I really ought to try it ... a little!)

Ah -- thanks. I looked in the index under "Dante" and didn't see it. Then I search for "Inferno" and didn't see it. A new search under "Divine Comedy" found it. Thanks for telling me! Now to see if I can stomach it ..... (I feel like I really ought to try it ... a little!)


i wish you luck !

i might have to try it again sometime - my first was not too successful, i'm afraid.

still the pictures are good !

Ah -- thanks. I looked in the index under "Dante" and didn't see it. Then I search for "Inferno" and didn't see it. A new search under "Divine Comedy" found it. Thanks for telling me! Now to see if I can stomach it ..... (I feel like I really ought to try it ... a little!)

Note that "Inferno" is only the first part of the Divine Comedy (though probably the most tasty one), there's Purgatory and Heaven too. And you could have searched for "Alighieri", Dante's surname ;)

Note that "Inferno" is only the first part of the Divine Comedy (though probably the most tasty one), there's Purgatory and Heaven too. And you could have searched for "Alighieri", Dante's surname ;)

Yeah, right ..... like I knew THAT! :)

Actually, I went to "D" in the book index. A search might have gotten the result I wanted. The "D" index didn't, obviously.

Looking for books by Jose Saramago..
i have Blindness

Looking for books by Jose Saramago..
i have Blindness

Mr. Saramago is still alive. His books are, therefore, very much still protected by copyright, and you won't find them legally "for free".

Could some nice, kind, wonderful..:D...formatter, please upload "The Life and Opinions of Tomcat Murr" by E.T.A Hoffman?

Loads of karma in return :iloveyou:

:thanks:

Do you mean that you'd like the German original? The only English translation appears to be the one by Anthea Bell in 1999 for Penguin Classics, which obviously is still in copyright.

Damnation! I assumed that, having been written so long ago, it would be out of copyright. I hadn't taken into account the copyright on the translation. Never mind.

That's right - a translation has its own copyright, entirely independent of that of the original, so Anthea Bell's translation will be in copyright until 70 years after her death.

That's right - a translation has its own copyright, entirely independent of that of the original, so Anthea Bell's translation will be in copyright until 70 years after her death.

If you're reading german, we could upload the german version without a problem.

Unfortunately, I don't read german. Will have to buy the pback - more litter. Grrhh..... I really don't like pbacks any more.

Unfortunately, I don't read german. Will have to buy the pback - more litter. Grrhh..... I really don't like pbacks any more.

It is available as an ebook, Bookcat, e.g. here:
http://www.booksonboard.com/index.php?BODY=viewbook&BOOK=631905

Thanks Patricia, but I think that's overpriced for an ebook. I might try to buy a cheaper copy from Amazon.

Me again! If "A Writer's Diary" by Virginia Woolf is PD, I would be very grateful if someone would upload this. I've been looking for it everywhere, but can't find it on any free sites. Does this mean that the editing or something is in copyright?:thanks:

Me again! If "A Writer's Diary" by Virginia Woolf is PD, I would be very grateful if someone would upload this. I've been looking for it everywhere, but can't find it on any free sites. Does this mean that the editing or something is in copyright?:thanks:

The diaries were edited after Woolf's death and published between 1977 and 1984 in twelve volumes. These now have their own copyright. So I'm afraid that we can't upload them.

Thanks for the info Patricia. Will probably purchase the pback. I read this from the library. It's composed of extracts from her diaries; the extracts relate to her life as a writer.:thanks:

I'm looking for an English translation of Chernyshevsky's Что делать (What is to be Done?). I've found PDF scans through Internet Archive and Google Books, but I'm hoping to find a clean text before I attempt OCR.

This is quite an important book. Dostoevsky's Notes from (the) Underground is perhaps the most famous response. I'm surprised that I could not find it in Project Gutenberg...

Thanks in advance!

I'm looking for an English translation of Chernyshevsky's Что делать (What is to be Done?). I've found PDF scans through Internet Archive and Google Books, but I'm hoping to find a clean text before I attempt OCR.

This is quite an important book. Dostoevsky's Notes from (the) Underground is perhaps the most famous response. I'm surprised that I could not find it in Project Gutenberg...

Thanks in advance!

According to the wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_to_Be_Done%3F_(novel) it was not translated into English until 1973 which means it is still under copyright. Translations get a new copyright by the translator.

You might look at http://www.archive.org/details/whatstobedonerom00cher which claims an earlier translation. Perhaps you can use it.


Dale

If it's PD (he died in 1939), I would be very grateful if someone could upload "It was the nightingale" by Ford Madox Ford. Thanks.

If it's PD (he died in 1939), I would be very grateful if someone could upload "It was the nightingale" by Ford Madox Ford. Thanks.

Yes, everything by Ford Madox Ford is in PD. I am, however, not aware of a scan of this particular work.

According to the wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_to_Be_Done%3F_(novel) it was not translated into English until 1973 which means it is still under copyright. Translations get a new copyright by the translator.


The Wikipedia date is wrong.

The Dole and Skidelsky translation was published in 1886 by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. and is most definitely in the public domain.

There is a PDF scan on Google Books, but the quality is not so good, making OCR a challenge...



Tom

Hey guys, I'm looking for a copy of the Asetian Bible by Luis Marques in ebook form. Does anyone have one or know where I can get one?

For anyone unfamiliar with it:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asetian-Bible-Luis-Marques/dp/9899569402

This book is not in the public domain, given that it was published in 2007. Please do not use this forum to request copyrighted works.

Thanks.

This book is not in the public domain, given that it was published in 2007. Please do not use this forum to request copyrighted works.

Thanks.

I guess Kena was asking if there is an ebook version. To find that out, use inkmesh.com and do a search there. It seems not to be available in digital form yet.

I'm looking for the "Dave Dawson" books by Robert Sidney Bowen. Three of them are on PG (the first and two near the end of the series) but there are about 20, total. I'm unsure of their copyright status, but given that the first and nearly-last are available, I have high hopes for the others. (of course, physically finding them may be another matter)

Chales and Mary Lamb's "Lambs Tales From Shakespeare" is on PG. Would some nice uploader please make an illustrated copy for MobileRead?

Thanks.

Chales and Mary Lamb's "Lambs Tales From Shakespeare" is on PG. Would some nice uploader please make an illustrated copy for MobileRead?

Thanks.


There are illustrated versions in the Library, uploaded by Patricia ..http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13514

also in lrf and imp formats. ..

Thank you for pointing that out. I did look for it, but I think the placement of la Motte Fuque confused me and lead me to believe that Lambs wasn't there.

Are any of Georges Simenon's Maigret books available as ebooks? Are they copyright free yet? I have read several of them but it would be nice to have them as ebooks!
Thanks!

Are any of Georges Simenon's Maigret books available as ebooks? Are they copyright free yet? I have read several of them but it would be nice to have them as ebooks!
Thanks!

Amazon has 8 listed for the Kindle:

http://www.amazon.com/Georges-Simenon/e/B001HCX6KQ/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

As for the copyrights on his book, the more serious issue is the translation. The earliest of these works is Lock 14, and you can bet the lawyers at Penguin have renewed the copyright religiously, since the day that English-language version was released. This book was translated by Robert Baldick.

Precisely. A translation has its own copyright, independent from that of the original book. This extends (in most countries) to 70 years after the translator's death.

Amazon has 8 listed for the Kindle:

http://www.amazon.com/Georges-Simenon/e/B001HCX6KQ/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

As for the copyrights on his book, the more serious issue is the translation. The earliest of these works is Lock 14, and you can bet the lawyers at Penguin have renewed the copyright religiously, since the day that English-language version was released. This book was translated by Robert Baldick.

I thought that might be the case! And as I don't have a Kindle, I'm stuck!:(

Thanks anyway!

I thought that might be the case! And as I don't have a Kindle, I'm stuck!:(

Thanks anyway!

I believe Penguin has other (non-Kindle) formats of 8 of Simenon's books. You can browse their site:

http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Search/QuickSearchProc/1,,simenon,00.html?id=simenon

Look for ereader format, which seems to be a code-name for Adobe pdf (?).

Another source is www.booksonboard.com. They offer epub versions (which are preferable to pdf).

Look for ereader format, which seems to be a code-name for Adobe pdf (?).
It isn't. eReader format is a format originally designed by Peanut Press, an early ebook publisher targeting Palm OS PDAs. It uses a markup language called Palm Markup Language, which supports color, embedded images, hyperlinks, text attributes, and (depending upon the platform) custom fonts.

Palm bought them and made them the Palm Digital Media Division, and distributed a freeware version of the reader called Palm Reader with Palm OS PDAs. They later sold the division to Motricity, an ouffit vending B2B mobile content solutions, who renamed it eReader. Motricty allowed it to languish, and eventually sold it to Fictionwise, who were in turn acquired by Barnes and Noble. eReader has freeware viewers for an assortment of platforms, and the Barnes and Noble nook dedicated reader supports PML formatted books as a legacy format, in addition to the primary ePub format.

You can get available clients for eReader documents here:
http://www.ereader.com/ereader/software/browse.htm

A freeware Windows application for creating eReader documents from handwritten PML source is here:
http://www.ereader.com/ereader/help/dropbook/

A payware WYSIWYG GUI program for creating eReader documents is here:
http://www.ereader.com/ereader/software/ebookstudio.htm

Information about PML is here:
http://www.ereader.com/ereader/help/dropbook/pml.htm

And you can still buy commercial eReader titles:
http://www.ereader.com/ereader/home.htm
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Dennis

After reading the wonderful Edgar Rice Burroughs MOBI and then ePUB omnibuses compiled by HarryT, I wonder if it is at all possible to have a similar omnibus of his standalone novels of like genre, such as Beyond the Furtherest Star, Lost Continent etc.

I am aware these are available individually, but an omnibus would be nice as well.

Just a thought!

Cheers and thanks

Mike

We will also probably gain contributers if/when we can provide a tutorial in the wiki with some guidelines and at least one simple way to prepare e-books in an "acceptible" manner.

I'm guessing some people who might want to contribute are probably a bit intimidated at the learning curve, and the information is still pretty scattered at the moment, so it takes a bit of research and persistence.
I am quite capable of preparing text. So far I have only created HTML files to put through Calibre for my Kobo. But I do them very fast. I realize that settings for Kobo will probably not produce an epub correctly for other eReaders.

I am quite capable of preparing text. So far I have only created HTML files to put through Calibre for my Kobo. But I do them very fast. I realize that settings for Kobo will probably not produce an epub correctly for other eReaders.

If there should be small changes, they can be made really easily and automatically.

I'm looking for the "Dave Dawson" books by Robert Sidney Bowen. Three of them are on PG (the first and two near the end of the series) but there are about 20, total. I'm unsure of their copyright status, but given that the first and nearly-last are available, I have high hopes for the others. (of course, physically finding them may be another matter)
There are some short stories at Munsey's

http://www.munseys.com/detail/mode/author/Robert_Sidney_Bowen

I'd like C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces. It doesn't seem to be available in ebook at all.

I'd like C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces. It doesn't seem to be available in ebook at all.
And I don't believe it's in the public domain, so there is no legal way to provide an ebook version here.

You can get "Reason and Imagination in C. S. Lewis: A Study of Till We Have Faces." by Professor Peter J. Schakel of Hope College. Professor Schakel was kind enough to provide permission to convert it and another study of Lewis, "Reading with the Heart: The Way into Narnia", into various ebook formats and provide them for download on MobileRead.

A Mobipocket version of Reason is here: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37767&highlight=Peter+Schakel

and a Mobipocket version of Reading with the Heart is here: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37595&highlight=Peter+Schakel
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Dennis

I'd like C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces. It doesn't seem to be available in ebook at all.

And you won't find it here for a few years. C.S. Lewis died in 1963, which means his works are under copyright in pretty much every country. In 2014, if the laws have not changed, they'll be public domain in Canada, and then it would be legal for MobileRead to host them.

I'd love to see more noir thrillers in the MR library. Specifically...

CLIFTON ADAMS (d. 1971):
* The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
* A Partnership with Death


Horace McCoy (d.1955)
* Kiss Tomorrow Good-Bye

Doreen,

If you want to see more of something, the best way to achieve that is to add it yourself. It would be really nice if more people were to contribute books to our library.

As far as your requests go, you know as well as I do that books by an author who died in 1971 are unlikely to be in the public domain :).

Actually there are a few Clifton Adams in the library already.

I do know the best way is to contribute them myself, but unfortunately I have a family crisis that's taking up much of my time. I did think this was the thread for requests and begging -- something about the title would indicate that -- but maybe I missed something there.

I did think this was the thread for requests and begging

You did correctly, doreenjoy. There are many reasons to ask for further books, not all of them can be traced down to laziness :)

Doreen,

If you want to see more of something, the best way to achieve that is to add it yourself. It would be really nice if more people were to contribute books to our library.

As far as your requests go, you know as well as I do that books by an author who died in 1971 are unlikely to be in the public domain :).

Mister Adams was most active in the 20s and 30s, thus making his texts available under these strange copyright laws of the US.

And you won't find it here for a few years. C.S. Lewis died in 1963, which means his works are under copyright in pretty much every country. In 2014, if the laws have not changed, they'll be public domain in Canada, and then it would be legal for MobileRead to host them.

And for US residents it won't hit public domain until 2052.

Doreen,

If you want to see more of something, the best way to achieve that is to add it yourself. It would be really nice if more people were to contribute books to our library.



I am grateful for all the hard work the contributors put into the library.

Unfortunately, for US residents current copyright laws prevent us from adding anything published after 1922.

I am grateful for all the hard work the contributors put into the library.

Unfortunately, for US residents current copyright laws prevent us from adding anything published after 1922.

Not entirely true--anything through 1963 that wasn't renewed is eligible, and some things published later than that didn't have the right kind of copyright notice & therefore are in the public domain. (Almost nothing that's actually books is in this category; it includes things like newsletters, fanzines, and various amateur publications.)

Pre-1922 is *definitely* in the public domain in the US; between 1923 and 1963 is maybe (but if it's well-known today, that's probably because it was renewed); post-1963 is PD only by bureaucratic glitch or author's intentional release.

And there are Creative Commons/open source texts that could be reformatted for MR readers; a lot of those are released by the author/publisher in PDF format and need reworking to be easily readable on most devices.

Not entirely true--anything through 1963 that wasn't renewed is eligible, and some things published later than that didn't have the right kind of copyright notice & therefore are in the public domain. (Almost nothing that's actually books is in this category; it includes things like newsletters, fanzines, and various amateur publications.)

Pre-1922 is *definitely* in the public domain in the US; between 1923 and 1963 is maybe (but if it's well-known today, that's probably because it was renewed); post-1963 is PD only by bureaucratic glitch or author's intentional release.

And there are Creative Commons/open source texts that could be reformatted for MR readers; a lot of those are released by the author/publisher in PDF format and need reworking to be easily readable on most devices.

You're correct, of course. However, it is difficult to ascertain whether copyright was renewed. Although for MR purposes it is not important as it needs to be public domain in Canada only.
I was commenting that it is harder for US residents to add to the list when we are mostly restricted to pre-1923. And much is already available on MR.

Starting Jan 1st published works of pre-1961 deceased authors enter Canada's public domain. They have much more available to them and can legally upload to MR.

You're correct, of course. However, it is difficult to ascertain whether copyright was renewed. Although for MR purposes it is not important as it needs to be public domain in Canada only.
I was commenting that it is harder for US residents to add to the list when we are mostly restricted to pre-1923. And much is already available on MR.

Starting Jan 1st published works of pre-1961 deceased authors enter Canada's public domain. They have much more available to them and can legally upload to MR.

It is important for MR because MR has a server in the US for just this purpose of having US public domain books that are not public domain in Canada. If you upload one of them please request a moderator to move it to the US server.

Dale

If you upload one of them please request a moderator to move it to the US server.

Or make sure you choose "US" in the "Manage Attachments" dialog.

It is important for MR because MR has a server in the US for just this purpose of having US public domain books that are not public domain in Canada. If you upload one of them please request a moderator to move it to the US server.

Dale

Or make sure you choose "US" in the "Manage Attachments" dialog.

Thank you for correcting my error. I was unaware MR had a server in the US. I must not have run across a US only PD material.

Although, there is so much more available for Canadians than US residents. Starting 2012 all Hemingway's writings will be PD in Canada.

I was commenting that it is harder for US residents to add to the list when we are mostly restricted to pre-1923. And much is already available on MR.

But we are still waiting for most of Poe's work, for instance (particularly in ePUB format) ;)

Thank you for correcting my error. I was unaware MR had a server in the US. I must not have run across a US only PD material.


Pretty much all the short SF stories on PG fall into that category. They're stories which were printed in magazines, mostly in the 1950s, and didn't have their copyright renewed.

What is the status of the bulk of Georgette Heyer's Regency romances? I see a single work by her in the library, but there are an awful lot that aren't. I went through a phase in my youth when I read dozens of these, but I'm not sure what the copyright status is now, and if any more might be available?

Thanks,
Charlie.

What is the status of the bulk of Georgette Heyer's Regency romances? I see a single work by her in the library, but there are an awful lot that aren't. I went through a phase in my youth when I read dozens of these, but I'm not sure what the copyright status is now, and if any more might be available?

Thanks,
Charlie.

She died in 1974, so her work is still under copyright, I assume.

What is the status of the bulk of Georgette Heyer's Regency romances? I see a single work by her in the library, but there are an awful lot that aren't. I went through a phase in my youth when I read dozens of these, but I'm not sure what the copyright status is now, and if any more might be available?

Thanks,
Charlie.

The Black Moth is available here because it is in the US public domain having been published in 1921.

But unfortunately Charlie is in Canada, not the US, and even that one book is still protected by Canadian copyright, so it would not be legal to download it in Canada.

Correct, Harry. Though since I regularly travel to the US for work, I could certainly download it and read it while there. It's an interesting grey area for me, since I have both US and Canadian Amazon (and Audible) accounts, maintain a US credit card, and regularly travel to the Seattle area.

Charlie.

Correct, Harry. Though since I regularly travel to the US for work, I could certainly download it and read it while there.

You can read it anywhere , once you download it in the US. Otherwise, you'd have to leave all your public-domain-in-Canada-but-not-in-the-US books home when you travel (and I mean both ebooks and paper books). It's only the act of copying (including copying from the net to your computer) and distributing works that's affected by copyright, carrying your legally acquired copies to and fro is not a problem.

* Except maybe in some oppresive countries.

You can read it anywhere , once you download it in the US. Otherwise, you'd have to leave all your public-domain-in-Canada-but-not-in-the-US books home when you travel (and I mean both ebooks and paper books). It's only the act of copying (including copying from the net to your computer) and distributing works that's affected by copyright, carrying your legally acquired copies to and fro is not a problem.


It's an interesting point. As you very rightly say, it would be absolutely fine to download it in the US and take it back to Canada. But, technically speaking, you'd then be breaking Canadian copyright law if you were to, say, copy it from your PC to an eBook reader while in Canada ;).

But, technically speaking, you'd then be breaking Canadian copyright law if you were to, say, copy it from your PC to an eBook reader while in Canada ;).

Isn't there fair/personal use under Canadian law? In Spain, at least, it's not a copyright infringement if you make copies for personal use (or even if you distribute it not for profit, but that's a different matter).

I'm absolutely certain that something like that would be considered "fair use" anywhere. I was only kidding about it :).

Is Nevil Shute out of copyright in Canada now since he died in 1960?

If he died in 1960, his books (as of 1st Jan 2011) are now in the Canadian public domain.

It doesn't appear anyone's posted a request since late last year, so permit me to make one for the New Year:)

Ford Madox Ford's masterpiece tetralogy "Parade's End".

I've read and adored it in hard copy, and would be thrilled to read it on ebook. I *think* the books are now public domain, but for some reason haven't been able to find them. A perfect project for HarryT, now that he's polished off his superb Trollope omnibuses.

Here's hoping/begging...

It doesn't appear anyone's posted a request since late last year, so permit me to make one for the New Year:)

Ford Madox Ford's masterpiece tetralogy "Parade's End".

I've read and adored it in hard copy, and would be thrilled to read it on ebook. I *think* the books are now public domain, but for some reason haven't been able to find them. A perfect project for HarryT, now that he's polished off his superb Trollope omnibuses.

Here's hoping/begging...

tha can always have a go at it yourself .... :book2:

That is public domain in Canada and in Europe (Ford died in 1939), but not in the US (they were published shortly after 1923). So, we can host it at MobileRead, and even HarryT could upload it from the UK... But we'd have to find at least some scans first (or someone should scan the books) and do the OCR, etc. Sites like Project Gutenberg or The Internet Archive are mostly US-based, so they can't have this text, and therefore we can't get it from them.

Probably not an author I'd be willing to spend time on myself. I find his work terribly hard going, and I have a long list of authors for whom I'd rather create eBooks. Sorry!

Probably not an author I'd be willing to spend time on myself. I find his work terribly hard going, and I have a long list of authors for whom I'd rather create eBooks. Sorry!

Sorry FMF is hard going for you; highbrow 20th Century lit may be a bit much for some, but this is definitely worth the effort.

Fortunately, I just discovered some .txt versions of this wonderful novel (at least the first 3 of the 4 books). I'll have a go at it and share when they're in very good & readable shape.

But thanks anyway...:D

Thanks. Good luck with your project!

I am trying desperately find the etext of a English translation of Monkey, or Journey to the West. (The Chinese version would be nice for the general readership of MobileRead too.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West
I want to follow the adventures of Monkey, Tripitaka, Pigsy, Sandy and Horse!
There was a really campy version of Monkey on television I remember very well:
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I am trying desperately find the etext of a English translation of Monkey, or Journey to the West. (The Chinese version would be nice for the general readership of MobileRead too.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West

PDF version (http://www.chine-informations.com/fichiers/jourwest.pdf) ... filched from that wiki link you posted....

PDF version (http://www.chine-informations.com/fichiers/jourwest.pdf) ... filched from that wiki link you posted....
Missed it :)
Thankyou!
Now to convert to EPUB..

Missed it :)
Thankyou!
Now to convert to EPUB..

No need to convert it, as it's already available on http://www.munseys.com (successor to www.blackmask.com where that .pdf version was posted to originally).

You can find it in several ebook formats including .epub here (http://www.munseys.com/mobi/index.php?op=bk&arg=18284&pop=auth&parg=Wu%20Cheng-en&si=0&sort=title)!

Would it be possible to have an illustrated version of Gulliver's Travels in lrf please?

:thanks:

Would it be possible to have an illustrated version of Gulliver's Travels in lrf please?

:thanks:

If there is (I've not looked) an ePub edition on MR, give it a convert with Calibre and see how it comes out.

Thanks for the heads-up JS!

Me again! Would it be possible for some nice dedicated uploader (she does lots of buttering-up :bow2: ) to create an lrf version of Henry Fielding's "Joseph Andrews" please?

They have it at ManyBooks, but their formatting isn't as nice as the formatting here. :thanks:

I'll give it a go. Strangely, this site doesn't seem to have the novel in any version. Later in the week, at a guess.

Jim