02-03-2008, 11:46 AM | #1 |
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Looking for bbeb African American Authors
Hi I have been looking for books by James Baldwin, W.E.B. de Bois, and other black authors, particularly of the 50s, but have been having a difficult time. Also, are any of the Project Gutenburg books compatable with the Sony Reader, which format do I choose?
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02-03-2008, 12:56 PM | #2 |
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Great idea! Gutenberg has several books by du Bois (e.g., The Souls of Black Folk): http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/d#a226
For your Sony Reader, you'd need to either import the TXT file from Gutenberg (which won't look very nice), find a better format somewhere else, or do the conversion (using, for example, Book Designer). But I think I'm just going to go ahead, if it's okay with you, and I'll convert this title right now and then upload it in an hour or so. The works from the '50's won't be in the public domain so Gutenberg is unlikely to have them. For those, you'll need to look for what you can buy (e.g., Sony, etc.). |
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02-03-2008, 02:15 PM | #3 |
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I have converted and uploaded one of Du Bois' books in Sony's format here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20041
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