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Elsi · 07-08-2009, 07:07 PM

I did a quick search via Google and found Breakers Ahead is available at Google Books. You can download a PDF or ask Google to display the text only. (They use an automated process to OCR the PDF to text.)

Given that Sony has announced a partnership with Google Books, I then went to my Sony eBook Library software and searched the "free classics" for Maynard Barbour and found five books available:

At the Time Appointed, published in 1905
The Award of Justice; Or, Told in the Rockies: A Pen picture of the West, published in 1901
Breakers Ahead, published in 1906
Told in the Rockies: A Pen picture of the West, published in 1897
That Mainwaring Affair, published in 1900

I downloaed ePub versions of all five books.

I will point out that the automatic OCR conversion done by Google Books produces an low-quality book. But, you can explode the ePub book, open the HTML files in a text editor, and make the appropriate hand-edits to significantly improve the book. Of course, you are encouraged to share your improved version by uploading here!

07-08-2009, 07:07 PM	#2
Elsi Wizard Posts: 2,366 Karma: 12000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas, USA Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C	I did a quick search via Google and found *Breakers Ahead* is available at Google Books. You can download a PDF or ask Google to display the text only. (They use an automated process to OCR the PDF to text.) Given that Sony has announced a partnership with Google Books, I then went to my Sony eBook Library software and searched the "free classics" for Maynard Barbour and found five books available: *At the Time Appointed, published in 1905 The Award of Justice; Or, Told in the Rockies: A Pen picture of the West, published in 1901 Breakers Ahead, published in 1906 Told in the Rockies: A Pen picture of the West, published in 1897 That Mainwaring Affair*, published in 1900 I downloaed ePub versions of all five books. I will point out that the automatic OCR conversion done by Google Books produces an low-quality book. But, you can explode the ePub book, open the HTML files in a text editor, and make the appropriate hand-edits to significantly improve the book. Of course, you are encouraged to share your improved version by uploading here!