Get "Infected" by Scott Sigler

adinb · 03-27-2008, 02:37 AM

Just dropping a note from twitter-land to let everyone know that Scott Sigler has gotten permission from his publisher to give away electronic copies of his new hardcover book, Infected. (For those not familiar with Scott Sigler, he is known for his horror/sci-fi audiobooks)

From his blog:

Quote:

Crown Publishing is letting me give away the PDF of INFECTED from March 27 through March 31, leading up to the hardcover in-store release on April 1. So download it! Feel free to email the link to anyone you know.
Please do not email the PDF, email the LINK.
This is so I can prove to Crown the value in giving away content, and if your friends click on the link, that counts on their server stats - emailing the PDF doesn't count on the stats.
THANKS & ENJOY!

Get Infected here.

Zabuton · 03-27-2008, 05:15 AM

Thanks for the info. Downloaded..

zelda_pinwheel · 03-27-2008, 09:12 AM

well, i certainly will *not* read this novel (my imagination is far too overactive, no horror for me thank you or i would have to leave all the lights on all night and risk getting no sleep for weeks...) however i think it is a good initiative and i want to help him prove his point to the editor, so i have downloaded it as well.

JSWolf · 03-27-2008, 09:48 AM

I've just downloaded the book and will attempt to convert it to LRF.

Anthuzad · 03-27-2008, 09:50 AM

Merci for posting this. Always nice to be able to have a look at an author for free before buying his stuff =)

PS: JS if you manage to convert it in a satisfactory manner could you pass the LRF along to me? I would be very much obliged because that would save me some time and it seems you're doing it already anyways :P

zara · 03-27-2008, 10:01 AM

thx! every instinct in me tried to resist downloading a file off the internet blatantly labelled "infected", but I snagged it right away regardless

zelda_pinwheel · 03-27-2008, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zara

thx! every instinct in me tried to resist downloading a file off the internet blatantly labelled "infected"

hee ! i had that reaction too...

JSWolf · 03-27-2008, 10:39 AM

I just took a look at the PDF and this look like the serial episodes put together into one PDF to make a whole. It's filled with "enter InfectedNovel.com for more" all over the place. This will have to be stripped out for sure. I hope the hard cover doesn't have this mess all through it.

arit · 03-27-2008, 11:48 AM

Nice, even tough I would have prefered a .prc file.

badgoodDeb · 03-27-2008, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

well, i certainly will *not* read this novel (my imagination is far too overactive, no horror for me thank you or i would have to leave all the lights on all night and risk getting no sleep for weeks...) however i think it is a good initiative and i want to help him prove his point to the editor, so i have downloaded it as well.

Ditto!! I'll download it for the message, but doubt if I'll read it.

kacir · 03-27-2008, 02:59 PM

I have used the pdflrf program to process the pdf file for the Sony Reader.

I have just run a linux (well, FreeBSD ;-) ) command
./pdflrflinux-0.99 --input=infected_novel.pdf --output=infected_novel.pdf.lrf

and the result stunned me beyond belief.
Holy $DEITY !
pdfrlf has produced absolutely unbelievable results just with out-of-the-box settings.

arit · 03-27-2008, 08:34 PM

Somehow when I try to open it my Cybook restarts, anyone else experienced this problem?

plantedbypiggies · 03-27-2008, 09:01 PM

I downloaded the .pdf, but I won't be reading it most likely. I pre-ordered the hard copy when I heard it was coming out from a major publisher.

If I remember correctly, Sigler also did this with the release of Ancestor. Nice trend by him.

donovanh · 03-27-2008, 11:45 PM

I tried converting it from PDF using pdf2lrf, and it did a reasonable job. However it still has the some garbled header text, page numbers, and the link on each page. Any easy way to tidy it up a bit?

Ervserver · 03-28-2008, 12:25 AM

I opened it with Foxit Reader Pro then saved it as a text file, works great

03-27-2008, 08:34 PM	#12
arit Cybook Warrior Posts: 46 Karma: 446 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Wiesbaden, Germany Device: Nokia E65, HTC Universal, Cybook G3	Somehow when I try to open it my Cybook restarts, anyone else experienced this problem? Last edited by arit; 03-27-2008 at 09:19 PM.

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Zabuton Member Posts: 23 Karma: 14 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: BB8800/Sony PRS-505	Thanks for the info. Downloaded..

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zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	well, i certainly will not read this novel (my imagination is far too overactive, no horror for me thank you or i would have to leave all the lights on all night and risk getting no sleep for weeks...) however i think it is a good initiative and i want to help him prove his point to the editor, so i have downloaded it as well.

03-27-2008, 09:48 AM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,957 Karma: 128903250 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I've just downloaded the book and will attempt to convert it to LRF.

03-27-2008, 09:50 AM	#5
Anthuzad Jester Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Germany Device: Sony Reader PRS 700	Merci for posting this. Always nice to be able to have a look at an author for free before buying his stuff =) PS: JS if you manage to convert it in a satisfactory manner could you pass the LRF along to me? I would be very much obliged because that would save me some time and it seems you're doing it already anyways :P

03-27-2008, 10:01 AM	#6
zara Member Posts: 19 Karma: 5026 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: palm tx	thx! every instinct in me tried to resist downloading a file off the internet blatantly labelled "infected", but I snagged it right away regardless

03-27-2008, 10:39 AM	#8
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,957 Karma: 128903250 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I just took a look at the PDF and this look like the serial episodes put together into one PDF to make a whole. It's filled with "enter InfectedNovel.com for more" all over the place. This will have to be stripped out for sure. I hope the hard cover doesn't have this mess all through it.

03-27-2008, 11:48 AM	#9
arit Cybook Warrior Posts: 46 Karma: 446 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Wiesbaden, Germany Device: Nokia E65, HTC Universal, Cybook G3	Nice, even tough I would have prefered a .prc file.

03-27-2008, 02:59 PM	#11
kacir Wizard Posts: 3,450 Karma: 10484861 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PocketBook 360, before it was Sony Reader, cassiopeia A-20	I have used the pdflrf program to process the pdf file for the Sony Reader. I have just run a linux (well, FreeBSD ;-) ) command ./pdflrflinux-0.99 --input=infected_novel.pdf --output=infected_novel.pdf.lrf and the result stunned me beyond belief. Holy $DEITY ! pdfrlf has produced absolutely unbelievable results just with out-of-the-box settings.

03-27-2008, 09:01 PM	#13
plantedbypiggies oink! Posts: 44 Karma: 127 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Ebookwise 1150	I downloaded the .pdf, but I won't be reading it most likely. I pre-ordered the hard copy when I heard it was coming out from a major publisher. If I remember correctly, Sigler also did this with the release of Ancestor. Nice trend by him.

03-27-2008, 11:45 PM	#14
donovanh Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 40 Join Date: Feb 2007	I tried converting it from PDF using pdf2lrf, and it did a reasonable job. However it still has the some garbled header text, page numbers, and the link on each page. Any easy way to tidy it up a bit?

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03-28-2008, 12:25 AM	#15
Ervserver Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 1008294 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch	I opened it with Foxit Reader Pro then saved it as a text file, works great