Top Five Classics Freebie

bookmarked · 08-17-2013, 11:32 PM

Top Five Books http://www.top-five-books.com/ (scroll down for the classics) has a small line of classics that I particularly like. The Sherlock Holmes books, for example, have the illustrations by Sidney Paget from the original Strand serials.

Right now, you can get "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen with 36 full-color illustrations and other extras for free at Amazon, iTunes, and Google. http://www.top-five-books.com/books-...prejudice.html
(click on the little store icons for links to the books at each store)

Pricing on the other titles varies between stores. The Top Five website lists all of the classics for $0.99, but Amazon has at least one of them for $2.99. You may want to check your favorite store to see if any of the others are free.

Many of these titles are probably available elsewhere for free, but I think these are nice, well-edited, illustrated versions that might be worth paying for.

hwlester · 08-17-2013, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bookmarked

Top Five Books http://www.top-five-books.com/ (scroll down for the classics) has a small line of classics that I particularly like. The Sherlock Holmes books, for example, have the illustrations by Sidney Paget from the original Strand serials.

Right now, you can get "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen with 36 full-color illustrations and other extras for free at Amazon, iTunes, and Google. http://www.top-five-books.com/books-...prejudice.html
(click on the little store icons for links to the books at each store)

Pricing on the other titles varies between stores. The Top Five website lists all of the classics for $0.99, but Amazon has at least one of them for $2.99. You may want to check your favorite store to see if any of the others are free.

Many of these titles are probably available elsewhere for free, but I think these are nice, well-edited, illustrated versions that might be worth paying for.

Interesting find. Pride and Prejudice is also free at Google Play and iTunes as is The Hound of the Baskervilles (I reported the price to Amazon).

bookmarked · 08-18-2013, 12:23 AM

Pride and Hound are both free at Kobo, too.

Pride and Prejudice (Illustrated) by Jane Austen
http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebo...-illustrated-1

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Illustrated) by Arthur Conan Doyle
http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebo...-illustrated-3

sqdancer · 08-18-2013, 12:29 AM

There are also some nice, well-edited, illustrated classics here at MR for free.

The Patricia Clark Memorial Library is a wonderful resource.

I believe HarryT used the Sidney Padget illustrations as well for his Sherlock Holmes short stories.

glnnjnsn · 08-20-2013, 01:18 PM

Just FYI, currently only P&P is free and that is only at Amazon (99¢ at the others).
Curiously, Hound is 99¢ everywhere *except* Amazon, which has it priced at $1.99.

hwlester · 08-20-2013, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glnnjnsn

Just FYI, currently only P&P is free and that is only at Amazon (99¢ at the others).
Curiously, Hound is 99¢ everywhere *except* Amazon, which has it priced at $1.99.

I reported the price difference on Hound (when it was free) to Amazon, perhaps report it again at $0.99? Was hoping Amazon would match the free price, but I got it from Google Play and Kobo while it was free.

bookmarked · 10-09-2013, 11:30 PM

Top Five Classics has released 3 new illustrated editions of Edgar Allan Poe’s works:

THE RAVEN

EDGAR ALLAN POE: Essential Tales & Poems

EDGAR ALLAN POE: Complete Tales & Poems

As far as I can tell, the 'Complete' book contains everything that's in the 'Essential' book.

As usual, there's some confusion about the prices. Top Five's website shows "The Raven" for free and the other two for $0.99, but the stores are all over the place. Amazon has "The Raven" for $1.99, but the other two are free at the moment. B&N has all three for $0.99. Kobo & Google have "The Raven" & 'Complete' for free, but 'Essential' for $0.99. Kobo is even more confusing because it shows 'Complete' as either free or $0.99 depending on how I search for it. I found it for free using the ISBN 9781938938115 .

08-17-2013, 11:32 PM	#1
bookmarked Addict Posts: 356 Karma: 5514511 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: US Device: Kindle 4 NT, Nexus 7, iPod Touch 4, HP TouchPad	Top Five Classics Freebie Top Five Books http://www.top-five-books.com/ (scroll down for the classics) has a small line of classics that I particularly like. The Sherlock Holmes books, for example, have the illustrations by Sidney Paget from the original Strand serials. Right now, you can get "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen with 36 full-color illustrations and other extras for free at Amazon, iTunes, and Google. http://www.top-five-books.com/books-...prejudice.html (click on the little store icons for links to the books at each store) Pricing on the other titles varies between stores. The Top Five website lists all of the classics for $0.99, but Amazon has at least one of them for $2.99. You may want to check your favorite store to see if any of the others are free. Many of these titles are probably available elsewhere for free, but I think these are nice, well-edited, illustrated versions that might be worth paying for.

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08-18-2013, 12:23 AM	#3
bookmarked Addict Posts: 356 Karma: 5514511 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: US Device: Kindle 4 NT, Nexus 7, iPod Touch 4, HP TouchPad	Pride and Hound are both free at Kobo, too. Pride and Prejudice (Illustrated) by Jane Austen http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebo...-illustrated-1 The Hound of the Baskervilles (Illustrated) by Arthur Conan Doyle http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebo...-illustrated-3

08-18-2013, 12:29 AM	#4
sqdancer Guru Posts: 615 Karma: 891247 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Canada Device: Sony T2 T3, Kobo Glo, AuraHD, H2O, GloHD, Clara, Libra2, Kindle NT PW4	There are also some nice, well-edited, illustrated classics here at MR for free. The Patricia Clark Memorial Library is a wonderful resource. I believe HarryT used the Sidney Padget illustrations as well for his Sherlock Holmes short stories.

08-20-2013, 01:18 PM	#5
glnnjnsn Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 505678 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: Nexus 7, Nook Simple Touch	Just FYI, currently only P&P is free and that is only at Amazon (99¢ at the others). Curiously, Hound is 99¢ everywhere except Amazon, which has it priced at $1.99.

10-09-2013, 11:30 PM	#7
bookmarked Addict Posts: 356 Karma: 5514511 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: US Device: Kindle 4 NT, Nexus 7, iPod Touch 4, HP TouchPad	Top Five Classics has released 3 new illustrated editions of Edgar Allan Poe’s works: THE RAVEN EDGAR ALLAN POE: Essential Tales & Poems EDGAR ALLAN POE: Complete Tales & Poems As far as I can tell, the 'Complete' book contains everything that's in the 'Essential' book. As usual, there's some confusion about the prices. Top Five's website shows "The Raven" for free and the other two for $0.99, but the stores are all over the place. Amazon has "The Raven" for $1.99, but the other two are free at the moment. B&N has all three for $0.99. Kobo & Google have "The Raven" & 'Complete' for free, but 'Essential' for $0.99. Kobo is even more confusing because it shows 'Complete' as either free or $0.99 depending on how I search for it. I found it for free using the ISBN 9781938938115 .