I was thinking about this thread at length because I'm a very big fan of Latin American Literature, specifically what's known as the Boom period of the 60s and 70s.

For example, this would include Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar and Mario Vargas Llosa among others.

Their work of this time is characterized by experimentation with narrative techniques, combined with an exuberance of political historicism and imagination. This was a time when Magical Realism was a catch-all phrase that many Latin American writers were lumped into.

A book I would really like to see is Vargas Llosa's Conversation in the Cathedral. This work looks at power structures in Peru and is a chilling glimpse into that country's politics of the 1950s. Many critics consider this Vargas Llossa's masterpiece. It's not an easily accessible work to read, due in part to the author's way of shifting back and forth in Time as he develops and explores his narrative.

I've written to Sony asking for Vargas Llosa's work to be made available. He's an important writer, one who may win next year's Nobel Prize in Literature. (These writers are also rumored "favorites": Joyce Carol Oates, Haruki Murakami, and Carlos Fuentes.)

Don

I don't know how much say Sony has in what gets ebooked, they just sell it once a publisher does an ebook. You probably want to bug the publisher which is Harper Collins. I've had positive results/responses when I've contacted them before, unlike most publishers who just ignore emails & don't reply at all.

Good idea; I've written Sony as well about authors I'd like to see. I'm also a fan of Gabriel García Márquez.

Ah, well, the one book I really want as an ebook at the moment is Clive James's's's's Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time, fully indexed. It's a fascinating and wonderfully-written book (in a very Clive James style), and, best of all, the cause of much further reading.

I wish, I wish, I wish...

Cheers,
Marc (surprised that multimedia-Clive hasn't pushed off into the ebook-stream)

Ah, well, the one book I really want as an ebook at the moment is Clive James's's's's Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time, fully indexed. It's a fascinating and wonderfully-written book (in a very Clive James style), and, best of all, the cause of much further reading.

I wish, I wish, I wish...

Cheers,
Marc (surprised that multimedia-Clive hasn't pushed off into the ebook-stream)


I don't know about indexed, but it is out as an ebook (& DRM free).
http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/09/cultural-amnesia-drm-free-book-from-pan-macmillan-writer-clive-james/
http://www.panmacmillan.com/titles/displayPage.asp?PageTitle=Individual%20Title&bookID=410307

I don't know about indexed, but it is out as an ebook (& DRM free).
http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/09/cultural-amnesia-drm-free-book-from-pan-macmillan-writer-clive-james/
http://www.panmacmillan.com/titles/displayPage.asp?PageTitle=Individual%20Title&bookID=410307

O Brian! My Brian! Mate, I could kiss you!

When I was looking for it some months ago, even amongst the nether regions and back alleys, I could find naught and gave up, defeated.

It appears I have unfairly maligned the wonderful Clive James (I hope he can forgive me - if not, bugger 'im ;) ). I love you Clive. Come home soon!

Cheers, with enormous shmooshy kisses and bearhugs to Brian,
Marc

Lots of old books I'd like in ebook format but they likely never will be, Frederick Manfred books for one

As an addendum, Brian, I have purchased the ebook from Pan Macmillan. It has a contents section to jump to the appropriate chapter, but also its index in the back is linked to the relevant text/"page". For me, perfection.

Now I am just looking for a local supplier of the CD Audio Book (which I have noted is narrated by Clive - always a plus as he has, in my opinion, a superb voice for narration).

Cheers, mate. Your blood's worth bottling.

Marc

Lots of old books I'd like in ebook format but they likely never will be, Frederick Manfred books for one

You could always scan them in yourself. But that involves a lot of effort!

I'd like 'Prophet of Innovation (http://www.amazon.com/Prophet-Innovation-Schumpeter-Creative-Destruction/dp/0674025237/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209811644&sr=8-1)', 'Discover Your Inner Economist (http://www.amazon.com/Discover-Your-Inner-Economist-Incentives/dp/0452289637/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209811696&sr=1-1)', 'Quantum Mechanics and Experience (http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Mechanics-Experience-David-Albert/dp/0674741137/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209811764&sr=1-1)' and 'The Quantum Quark (http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Quark-Andrew-Watson/dp/0521829070/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209811811&sr=1-1)' in eBook format. I have all of these books as pBooks but I far prefer reading on my Sony Reader.

Any fantasy?

Steven Erikson, Robert Jordan, Kate Elliott, J.R.R. Tolkien ...just to name a few.

I bought Lord of The Rings from PocketGear. They sell games for pocketpcs bu also have an ebook section. Since I thought they were an O.K. firm I bought the books without asking questions. Laine

I don't know how much say Sony has in what gets ebooked, they just sell it once a publisher does an ebook.

Brian, if that were the case, wouldn't Sony have all the same ebooks for sale that Amazon does? If an author and publisher made the decision to sell the book in ebook format at Amazon, wouldn't it make sense to sell it at Sony? I'm just trying to understand why there is such a large difference between these two vendors.

Any fantasy?

Steven Erikson, Robert Jordan, Kate Elliott, J.R.R. Tolkien ...just to name a few.

Terry Goodkind ..... I don't want to have to buy the last in the series as a p-book !!!

I bought Lord of The Rings from PocketGear. They sell games for pocketpcs bu also have an ebook section. Since I thought they were an O.K. firm I bought the books without asking questions. Laine

What format did you buy?

Brian, if that were the case, wouldn't Sony have all the same ebooks for sale that Amazon does? If an author and publisher made the decision to sell the book in ebook format at Amazon, wouldn't it make sense to sell it at Sony? I'm just trying to understand why there is such a large difference between these two vendors.

I think it's all in who's the distributor. Amazon has Mobipocket & it's distro setup to draw on. Many vendors use someplace like LightningSource to get their ebooks from & it appears that they don't have the catalog that Mobi does. Where the breakdown is I'm not sure. I don't know if Sony acts as it's own distro for files or if they go through someone. Sony probably chooses to some extent what to carry from what's available, but what I was saying is if the publisher doesn't offer it as an ebook in any format I don't know how much Sony can do about it. At that point it's in the hands of the publisher/author/agents.

Any fantasy?

Steven Erikson, Robert Jordan, Kate Elliott, J.R.R. Tolkien ...just to name a few.

For fantasy (& sci-fi) it'd be nice if Tor would really get more behind ebooks. Actually it'd be nice if their parent company would get it together as their other labels aren't any better than Tor when it comes to what's available or what it's priced.

Right or wrong they're titles are among the most "shared" & that makes them nothing. I know plenty of folks who'd love to be able to buy reasonably priced ebooks from Tor (& some of the other big Sci-Fi/Fantasy labels out there).

Not one title, per se, but I sure would like to see the entire Leisure Horror line of titles (backlist and frontlist) made available as ebooks.

I would sign up for a year's worth - or more- just like they do as advertised for the paper editions near the back of each book.

Don

Not one title, per se, but I sure would like to see the entire Leisure Horror line of titles (backlist and frontlist) made available as ebooks.

I would sign up for a year's worth - or more- just like they do as advertised for the paper editions near the back of each book.

Don

I'd do something similar for their Hard Case Crime books. Dorchester doesn't seem to be interested in doing ebooks unfortunately, at least not yet.

I agree that I wish Tor would get off the fence and join ebooks. I also wish that all publishers would ebook old titles. Sony has several Piers Anthony, but only Xanth. Where is his other work? Many other authors in the same catagory, both at Sony and at Webscriptions.

I would like to see The Great American Novel by Philip Roth. It is the funniest book I have ever read. Go Ruppert Mundys!

Where the Sidewalk Ends. It would make a beautiful e-book.

I've got a weakness for detective novels by Swedish marxists, so I would like to see all ten of Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall's 'Martin Beck' series.

It would also be good to see some K Arne Blom, though only two were ever translated to English.

a lot of old books which are not yet in pd but can be hard to find in paper, like Léo Malet's Nestor Burma detective series, Dorothy L. Sayers, etc.

The first Dorothy L Sayers is available at Project Gutenberg and in our upload section.

yes, i have that one (Sayers was one of the first authors i looked for when i got my eb1150). i mean the others. actually they entered the pd this year in canada i beleive (forgot about that) so with some luck maybe the texts will turn up soon. i have several of them in paper already but the editions are not really nice enough to make me hesitate in replacing them with digital versions (i need the space).

I bought Lord of The Rings from PocketGear. They sell games for pocketpcs bu also have an ebook section. Since I thought they were an O.K. firm I bought the books without asking questions. Laine

That was absolutely not a legal version. I'd suggest that you contact the seller and complain about being sold an illegal item.

They're still offering them for sale in MS Reader format. I always though PocketGear was a legit seller, but if these books were legit then everyone would be selling them.

That was absolutely not a legal version. I'd suggest that you contact the seller and complain about being sold an illegal item. Why do you think it's illegal? Because they're so cheap?

PocketGear, as has been mentioned, does sell a lot of games and tools for PDAs and mobile phones.

Any fantasy?

Steven Erikson, Robert Jordan, Kate Elliott, J.R.R. Tolkien ...just to name a few.

And R.A. Salvatore

And R.A. Salvatore

I have some R.A. Salvatore I purchased from the Sony site.

Don

I have some R.A. Salvatore I purchased from the Sony site.

Don

I had only searched for the Dark Elf Trilogy and Icewind Dale. I see his Demonwars series, but I've never read it. I've read nothing but reference books for the past five years, and want to revisit some old friends like Drizzt and Rand al'Thor.

Why do you think it's illegal? Because they're so cheap?

PocketGear, as has been mentioned, does sell a lot of games and tools for PDAs and mobile phones.

What PocketGear is selling is an illegal copy and I'd be happy to see them shut down for it. Assuming or wanting it to be legal will not make it so. If you would like to find out if it is legal, look for a copyright in the ebook. You'll see it's missing (yes, I checked it out and then deleted the thing). The other way is to check with the publisher of the book, which I won't bother to do. If someone thinks they can buy a legal copy of such a popular series as LOTR at a place like PocketGear for a couple of bucks but not at place that has to uphold a reputation and avoid deep-pocket lawsuits like Amazon or Sony, then someone's not thinking.

You may be right. But you're still guessing, even if they are educated guesses. There is no "official no-ebook-policy" that you can quote.
What bothers me is the absolute conviction you declare something being unlawful without being able to show facts.
The missing copyright does sound fishy, but still it's not enough, in my book, to accuse someone of warezing.

For what it's worth, I have no interest in any of the books by PocketGear.

Back To Topic: I want to see all books by F. Paul Wilson in ebook format. So far there's only (legal) versions of 2 or 3 of his Repairman Jack Series books available.

You may be right. But you're still guessing, even if they are educated guesses. There is no "official no-ebook-policy" that you can quote.
What bothers me is the absolute conviction you declare something being unlawful without being able to show facts.
The missing copyright does sound fishy, but still it's not enough, in my book, to accuse someone of warezing.

Well, the US publisher doesn't offer any of their titles as ebooks (except for a handful of PDF non-fiction titles they put out in early '05). The UK publisher doesn't do them either.

None of the regular ebook retailers (Amazon, Sony, Fictionwise, Books On Board, ebooks.com, eReader, Mobipocket) sell any Tolkien books and you can rest assured if there were legal versions out they'd be selling them.

Silverlock - John Myers Myers.

I would like to see Winter's Tale, by Mark Helprin.

This is one of those magical books that comes along very infrequently.

I bought it in hardcover when it was released 25 years ago, in 1983.

If you're not familiar with this book and you enjoy magical realism, then you might want to give this book [NOT yet an ebook, unfortunately] a try.

Don


Don

I would like to see Winter's Tale, by Mark Helprin.

This is one of those magical books that comes along very infrequently...

Gleefully seconded.

Cheers,
Marc

Oooh I'd absolutely love some of Guy Gavriel Kay's older books--the only ones you can get in ebook format (that I can find) are his two most recent. But I'd love to get an ebook of The Lions of Al-Rassan or the Sarantine Mosaic.

I sort of feel like I could get going all day, but hey--one step at a time :)

I saw an edition of Edgar Allen Poe poems and stories published in about 1960 that incorporated a lot of Aubrey Beardsley's work. The pictures, decorative graphics, and font choices added a lot to the text. It would probably work better on a larger screen like an Iliad than on a Sony or Kindle. I'd still like to get something like that though.

I'd also love to be able to buy Anne Rice's first four vampire chronicles (starting with Interview With the Vampire) in eBook form.

And R.A. Salvatore
Welcome to the madness, here, ET!

I'd like to see the rest of James Doss' Shaman Series. They've released books 3,4,6,7. What the?????? Why not at least the first one?

More Stephen King. I love Stephen King, but only about 20 or so books of his are legally released as ebooks.

Why? He obviously likes the format, I read an article that he has a kindle and thought it was a pretty good device all in all.

What do publishers have against the format, if thats the hang up?

Do you not want my money? The expense of releasing ebooks can't be all that great. Significantly less than the printed versions.

Maybe its just too cutting edge, but I'm amazed by the fact that some but not all of authors works are in ebook format and the aversion to the format in general.

J.K. Rowling is probably loosing a hefty chunk of change from her decision not to release Harry Potter in ebook format, especially now with the Kindle making the format more mainstream. She said she writes her books in longhand and she is old fashioned or some bologna like that when asked about the subject.

Doesn't make sense at all.

The Wild Cards shared universe books --- esp. the last book in the second cycle which I missed purchasing.....

William

I second, or third, whatever number we're on, the Dorothy L. Sayers e-books. I'd love to have the complete Lord Peter Wimsey, especially the ones with Harriet Vane. I have them all in paperback, but as Zelda said, I'm happy to make shelf room by replacing them with e-versions.

Shogun - James Clavell

I second, or third, whatever number we're on, the Dorothy L. Sayers e-books. I'd love to have the complete Lord Peter Wimsey, especially the ones with Harriet Vane. I have them all in paperback, but as Zelda said, I'm happy to make shelf room by replacing them with e-versions.

just so you know, Sayers' work is now in PD in countries where the law is life + 50 years. so with a bit of luck, we might conceivably find them in a nearish future on PG... fingers crossed... alternately, if you know someone with a good scanner and OCR system set up, maybe we could make our own...

just so you know, Sayers' work is now in PD in countries where the law is life + 50 years. so with a bit of luck, we might conceivably find them in a nearish future on PG...

LibriVox has the etext of 'Whose Body?' with an audio version.
"LibriVox recordings are Public Domain in the USA...."

http://librivox.org/whose-body-by-dorothy-l-sayers/

Whose Body has been in the PD for a while already, so texts of it are easy to find. we have it here in fact. but it's the only one i've found so far. i'm hoping for the others.

thanks for the audio info.

Hmm, Would love to See Agatha Christies Full catalog available as ebooks. Currently only 2 that are out of copyright are available.

Same for Enid Blyton's collection. I grew up reading them and would love to reread them if they were easily and cheaply available as ebooks.

Hmm, Would love to See Agatha Christies Full catalog available as ebooks. Currently only 2 that are out of copyright are available.
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They are all all widely available. You just have to pay for them because all but two are in copyright.

They are all all widely available. You just have to pay for them because all but two are in copyright.

Can you tell me which online book store has them?

I checked on Fictionwise and only saw The pocket essentials Agatha Christie.

I second, or third, whatever number we're on, the Dorothy L. Sayers e-books. I'd love to have the complete Lord Peter Wimsey, especially the ones with Harriet Vane. I have them all in paperback, but as Zelda said, I'm happy to make shelf room by replacing them with e-versions.

I would also like these Sayers books. Also all books by Georgette Heyer and Anthony Price since I regularly re-read these books.

Duh Just realised that I was searching the Title on Fictionwise, and as such was not seeing all the books.

But I still have to say that I wish the price were a little better.

I Already own Paperback copies of most if not all, as well as Hardbacks of my favourites.
And As I Purchased them in India, The Price of the Ebook version is equal to if not more then what I originally paid for the hardbacks (UK Editions, priced cheaper )

De La Mare's non kid stories .

Duh Just realised that I was searching the Title on Fictionwise, and as such was not seeing all the books.

But I still have to say that I wish the price were a little better.


I've just bought a number of Agatha Christie books from Fictionwise for US$3.82 each (that's with "club" discount and 25% off from their sale). That's £1.92 each at current exchange rates, which compares rather favourably with the current UK paperback price of £6.99 - slightly over a quarter of the price of the paperback.

Really, how much "better" would you like the price to be? HarperCollins (the UK publisher of Agatha Christie) do seem to be pretty good with prices for their eBooks.

All the old 'Point Fantasy' books that I read growing up that seem to be hard to come by even as paperbooks these days; stuff like 'Brog the Stoop', 'Dragon Search' & 'Dragonsbane' etc. And Deric Longden's 'The Cat Who Came in from the Cold' (some of which may be available, I'm only just starting to look at wishlists)

I've been looking for the Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker. lately i just have not been able to get enough information and story's from the first world war. Any other WWI books you guys can recommend would be great :)

Like the original poster I am a big fan of Latin American literature and would love to see some Vargas Llosa & Garcia Marquez available in ebook format. Would also love to see the Edith Grossman translation of Don Quixote.

Like the original poster I am a big fan of Latin American literature and would love to see some Vargas Llosa & Garcia Marquez available in ebook format. Would also love to see the Edith Grossman translation of Don Quixote.

Here! Here! Yes, I too would love to find all of Mario Vargas Llossa's work available as ebooks, and that other guy, too. :rofl:

Seriously, a Nobel Prize winner in Literature and very little available as an ebook??!!

...and Vargas Llossa, also a major contender for the Nobel...but moving beyond awards and critical perception, these two authors speak to generations of readers; they invite participation from their readers; and they celebrate the joys and damnations of life.


"The horror, the horror....."


Don

Forgot the most obvious one!
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy with a function that makes your reader display 'Don't Panic' when it powers up!
(used to have that on an old palmtop)

I second (third? fourth? lost track) for Robert Jordan. I'd also like to see *ahem* the Harry Potter series... For my wife. Not me. My Wife. Please no flaming. I know that won't happen though. JK is no friend to ebooks.

Also

On my way to paradise by Dave Wolverton, anything by Tom Sharpe, All The Flashman series, Patrick O'Brien, C.S. Forester. etc.

They are all all widely available. You just have to pay for them because all but two are in copyright.

Not all available, sadly. Something like 80% of her books seem to be currently available as eBooks. Hopefully the rest will appear in due course.

All books by Carlos Castaneda

The Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian

Larry McMurtry

Yes, yes, and yes. I like a good Western now and then. They are the prototype for SF.

westerns are the prototype for SF ?? i'm not contradicting you (mainly because i've not read very much SF, and no westerns at all, so what do i know) but could you explain that please ?

A lonesome hero in an alien/wild landscape using state of the art weaponry to battle villainy?

A lonesome hero in an alien/wild landscape using state of the art weaponry to battle villainy?

Or...

Space: the western frontier

?

Cheers,
Marc

yeah ok then, that makes sense. (particularly the last one :rolleyes:)

i would like the Nestor Burma detective books by Léo Malet, particularly as they are still in copyright (and will be for a loooooong time : Malet died in 1996) but are nonetheless old enough (the first one was published in 1943) to be getting quite hard to find in paper. in fact they might even be out of print, since almost all of the available copies online are used (except for the more recent omnibus editions).

All of Stanislaw Lems work but most wanted would be the Cyberiad and Memoirs Found in a Bathtub.

Ghormanghast. (Hey, don't judge me!)

Cities in Flight by Blish.

(sorry but all my tastes are simple.)

I haven't read the whole thread but I would like The Stand by Stephen King. I'd also like an audiobook version of it as well. It's my favorite book and one of the very few I've re-read (if I know the ending I can't read it again).

'Red Storm Rising' by Tom Clancy

Julian Jay Savarin : Lemmus - A Time Trilogy

I'm rather partial to the work of Samuel Shellabarger but only two of them ("Prince of Foxes" and "Captain of Castille") are in print these days. I'd love to see the other ones as an e-book !!

All of Stanislaw Lems work but most wanted would be the Cyberiad and Memoirs Found in a Bathtub.
I concur, and I'd add _Tales of Pirx the Pirate_ to the most wanted list.

Ghormanghast. (Hey, don't judge me!)
I don't. I have _Gormenghast_, _Titus Groan_, and _Titus Alone_ in paper editions.

Cities in Flight by Blish.
Goodness, yes. Almost anything by Blish. Add _A Case of Conscience_ to the must list.

(sorry but all my tastes are simple.)
Not from my viewpoint.
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Dennis

Shogun - James Clavell

absolutely awesome book. The entire series interesting, but none quite so as the first....

I haven't read the whole thread but I would like The Stand by Stephen King. I'd also like an audiobook version of it as well. It's my favorite book and one of the very few I've re-read (if I know the ending I can't read it again).
My alltime favorite also. I have both the original Stand the the Uncut Edition. Hardback, of course. I did notice fictionwise has The Stand for sale, but not for kindle. Hopefully Amazon will follow suit soon....meanwhile, 'Salem's Lot is a close second, and its available.........

Goodness, yes. Almost anything by Blish. Add _A Case of Conscience_ to the must list.
Dennis

Hmmm, better check that one out. Quick scan and it seems pretty interesting. Plus it looks short enough that I can still follow the "fit existing shelves" rule.

Good call.

Hmmm, better check that one out. Quick scan and it seems pretty interesting. Plus it looks short enough that I can still follow the "fit existing shelves" rule.

Good call.
It won a Hugo in the year it was released. It's also one of the few SF stories I can think of with a Catholic priest as a principal character.

Earth goes out among the stars, and encounters an alien race apparently without Original Sin. By the priest's standards, this makes them a trap of Satan. The ending leaves that carefully ambiguous.

Blish explored religious themes elsewhere, in his _Black Easter_/_The Day After Judgement_ set, but those might better be classified as horror.
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Dennis

absolutely awesome book. The entire series interesting, but none quite so as the first....
Er, _Shogun_ was a stand-alone novel.
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Dennis

Er, _Shogun_ was a stand-alone novel.
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Dennis

Shogun is considered a part of the "Asian Saga." Along with:

King Rat (1962)
Tai-Pan (1966)
Noble House (1981)
Whirlwind (1986)
Gai-Jin (1993)

Shogun is considered a part of the "Asian Saga." Along with:

King Rat (1962)
Tai-Pan (1966)
Noble House (1981)
Whirlwind (1986)
Gai-Jin (1993)
In the sense that Clavell returned to the Asian setting and culture in his books, yes. But I wouldn't call them a series.
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Dennis

In the sense that Clavell returned to the Asian setting and culture in his books, yes. But I wouldn't call them a series.
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Dennis
With the except of King Rat, the rest of the books follow the same two main family's fortune altho in different centuries. How is that not a series?

With the except of King Rat, the rest of the books follow the same two main family's fortune altho in different centuries. How is that not a series?
Unless memory totally fails me, _Shogun_ is not part of that series.
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Dennis

and call me a biscuit. I stand corrected and humble. Now I have to go back and read them ALL to refresh my memory..........I could sworn it was the same family.......grrrr......chalk it up to being 60. God thats such a great excuse!!!:)

and call me a biscuit. I stand corrected and humble. Now I have to go back and read them ALL to refresh my memory..........I could sworn it was the same family.......grrrr......chalk it up to being 60. God thats such a great excuse!!!:)I could be wrong, and will sit corrected if so. But Shogun took place in 1600. Tai-pan is set in 1841.

Shogun does use themes and setting Clavell used in other books. He thought of himself in part as helping to explain Japanese culture to westerners, though not all Japanese were pleased by his explanations.

The late SF grandmaster SF artist Kelly Freas once recommended Shogun as a superb "first contact with an alien civilization" novel, and he made a good case for it.
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Dennis

Wikipedia has an article about the "Asian Saga" which may or may not settle this issue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Asian_Saga

"ShoGun" stands alone, taking place in the 1600's. Published 1975. Still my favorite...I felt like I actually understood a different culture when I finished the book the first time. Layers upon layers upon layers.

Tai-Pan,(taking place in 1840's)(published 1966) Gai-Jin,(taking place in 1862)published in 1993, and Noble House (taking place in the 1960's )published in 1981 are books taking place in different eras, BUT all featuring the Struan and Brock families, and their Asian counterparts, and their fortunes.

Interesting that the books weren't published in order, that is he skipped back and forth between the 'saga'.......Now, excuse me, I have to go buy some books..........

Bad Lands - Tony Wheeler

I would have thought travel books would be an obvious one to make in eBook form, but Lonely Planet seems to be lagging behind in this one.

Clive Cussler for me. Shogun is also one of my all time favorite.

Forgot the most obvious one!
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy with a function that makes your reader display 'Don't Panic' when it powers up!
(used to have that on an old palmtop)

I agree I have been working on a custom Skin with this image.

JJ

I second (third? fourth? lost track) for Robert Jordan. I'd also like to see *ahem* the Harry Potter series... For my wife. Not me. My Wife. Please no flaming. I know that won't happen though. JK is no friend to ebooks.

I am sure everyone is looking for Harry Potter for their WIFE!:rofl:

Seriously, I wouldn't mind The potter books (for my wife sorry still laughing!) or C.S. Lewis, Haven't seen alot of Tom Clancy either. Really aside from trying to get the Books that are not in an ebook format yet how about getting complete works from the authors that are. I am tired of find half a series available. Or 13 out of fifteen.

I would love to see Australian authors in e-book format. In particular I want the Traci Harding Celestial trilogy and the Dragon Queens trilogy available, oh and not to forget the last book on the Ancient futures trilogy (the first two are available)

Karen

Ray Bradbury.......all of his books.

The entire Xanth series. I nkow there are a few available but not the whole series and that takes up so much space in my library that I would love to have it on a memory stick instead.


ETA - Sept12/08 - I wrote to Piers Anthony and asked if this was in the works. Hios response was that he is hoping that if the Xanth movie gets off the ground next year, that he will have the leverage to ask his publishers to bring the rest of the series into electronic. One of his publishers has ebooked some of his series, but the other has not, hence the few titles available.

Definitely keeping my fingers crossed.

I failed to mention this when I started the thread, but I'd like to also see

Against the Day

By Thomas Pynchon

for the PRS-505. I kept waiting and waiting...but nothing happened. So, on a recent trip to the U.S., I purchased the trade paper edition.


Don

All of them!:rolleyes:

The Book I'm really looking for in E-book format is this one -

The Folklore of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (Author), Jacqueline Simpson (Author) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Folklore-Discworld-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0385611005/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I17N6PZL2VNIRL&colid=2P94T24PTNC0G)

I've been putting off getting it in print, as I'm really keen to slowly switch to a all e-book format (But am a long way from there)

I've checked the usual suspects, i.e. Fictionwise, Booksonboard and even Mobipocket, but no Cigar (well being a non smoker I should probably say something like no Pocky :grin2: )

I bought Lord of The Rings from PocketGear. They sell games for pocketpcs bu also have an ebook section. Since I thought they were an O.K. firm I bought the books without asking questions. Laine

I'd like to buy the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings also, but can't see what format they are in from the PocketGear.com website.

What format are the books you bought in?

Regards, Alex

I'd like to buy the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings also, but can't see what format they are in from the PocketGear.com website.

What format are the books you bought in?

Regards, Alex

The three volumes of The Lord of the Rings at PocketGear contain no copyright info and no indication that rights were granted by the publisher for these books which are still in copyright. That is to say, they are pirated ebooks and I'd recommend that you don't buy them. I have contacted PocketGear and the publisher but neither appears to have taken any action yet.

The three volumes of The Lord of the Rings at PocketGear contain no copyright info and no indication that rights were granted by the publisher for these books which are still in copyright. That is to say, they are pirated ebooks and I'd recommend that you don't buy them. I have contacted PocketGear and the publisher but neither appears to have taken any action yet.
Don't hold your breath.

PocketGear is a unit of Motricity, a provider of mobile content solutions. Motricity also used to operate PalmGear and eReader. PalmGear got folded into PocketGear, and in the process dumped all Palm freeware titles, leading to much annoyance among Palm fans. eReader was sold to Fictionwise. PocketGear appears to be on auto-pilot. I doubt anyone there bothered to vet the LoTR ebooks, or had any awareness of copyright concerns. It was a product PocketGear could sell, and get a cut on. PocketGear and PalmGear always struck me as "We eat our own dogfood" examples of the sort of solutions Motricity could offer corporate customers than real attempts to make money in their own right.

Motricity has been having its own problems recently, going through a merger and restructuring and attempting to change its focus.

The publisher might sic a lawyer on them, but I suspect the folks behind PocketGear are preoccupied with other problems.
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Dennis

I'd like to buy the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings also, but can't see what format they are in from the PocketGear.com website.

What format are the books you bought in?

Regards, Alex


Microsoft Reader.

I was just browsing their books and went through a lot of uninteresting stuff before I found them.

Laine

As mentioned in a previous post, I'll like to get more Pratchett Related books in e-book format.

While the main Discworld series is available others such as

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Omens-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0552137030/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222316767&sr=1-1)

The Science of Discworld by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack S. Cohen
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Science-Discworld-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0091886570/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222316867&sr=1-1)

The Science of Discworld II - The Globe by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack S. Cohen
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Science-Discworld-II-Globe/dp/0091882737/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222316867&sr=1-5)

The Science of Discworld III - Darwin's Watch by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack S. Cohen (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Darwins-Watch-Science-Discworld-III/dp/0091898234/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222316867&sr=1-6)

The Turtle Moves: Discworld's Story So Far by Lawrence Watt-Evans (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Turtle-Moves-Discworlds-Story-Far/dp/1933771461/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222316867&sr=1-8)

The New Discworld Companion by Stephen Briggs (http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Discworld-Companion-Gollancz-S-F/dp/0575075554/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222317271&sr=1-8)

Nanny Ogg's Cookbook by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs, Paul Kidby, and Tina Hannan (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nanny-Oggs-Cookbook-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0552146730/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222317271&sr=1-3)

The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wit-Wisdom-Discworld-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0385611773/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222317271&sr=1-1)

And older books like

Strata by Terry Pratchett (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Strata-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0552133256/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222317480&sr=1-1)

The Dark Side of the Sun By Terry Pratchett (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Side-Sun-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0552133264/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b)

I do have most, if not all in Paperback and Hardback (some Multiple copies), and I WANT to buy a ebook version, but can't as its not available. :wall:

Its especially unfortunate as many of these are often not that easily available in book stores, or are shelved in a different section, making it had for new people just starting to discover Pratchett's Work.

And for fans reading his older non Discworld books give you a good idea of how his work has changed and evolved over the last 20 years. And of course they're a good read. :grin2:

I've just read the first "Mary Russell" book by Laurie R. King (Beekeeper's Apprentice) from the library, so I would love to see the first several books in the series as ebooks. The last 3 are, but the first 4? I think are not.

I bought Lord of The Rings from PocketGear. They sell games for pocketpcs bu also have an ebook section. Since I thought they were an O.K. firm I bought the books without asking questions. Laine
How are the eBooks? Are they well formatted?

I'd also love Pynchon's Against the Day as an ebook; and also Mason & Dixon. I have them as pbooks and they're falling apart - Against the Day largely because it's a little too thick for the paperback binding used, I suspect; and Mason & Dixon simply because I've read it so much.

Books I'd love to see...

David Zindell - Broken God, The Wild, War in Heaven, Neverness (I recommend reading Neverness last as a prequel).

Benjamin Hoff - Tao of Pooh, Te of Piglet

Deng Ming Dao - 365 Tao

Stephen Donaldson - Covenant Series, Gap Series (One of the best SF series of all time imo)

Piers Anthony - Tarot Series

Julian May - Intervention Series

I'd love to see the second mistborn book: The Well of Ascension (http://www.amazon.com/Well-Ascension-Mistborn-Book/dp/0765316889) as an ebook. We got the first one as part of Tor Watch the Skies program. The last one is slated to be released as an ebook in a few days on Oct 14, 2008 (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=node%3D154606011&field-keywords=The+Hero+of+Ages). We're missing just the middle book.

Level 7, by Mordecai Roshwald!!

I'm sure I'll think of others I'd like to have, but right now I'd give a small portion of my pinky toe if I could just find Clive Barker's Weaveworld in ebook format :rofl:

I want Connie Willis. There are a few of hers I don't have in print, and (I know, this will shock you) but my local chain bookstore does not have anything good.

I'd like some Pynchon as well please, specifically Mason & Dixon at the moment. But his whole back catalog would be good to.

I'm sure I'll think of others I'd like to have, but right now I'd give a small portion of my pinky toe if I could just find Clive Barker's Weaveworld in ebook format :rofl:

You don't have to give up your pinkytoe, just slightly "bend" your ethics, it is avail on the darknet :)