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Efro · 09-23-2014, 08:05 AM

Yes. I bought Hercules Poirot compilation from link to pirate site deleted by moderator for USD 21.00 (all novels + short stories) in epub, mobi and pdf format. It works fine. There are also compilations for Miss Marple and Tommy & Tuppence.

HarryT · 09-23-2014, 08:15 AM

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crich70 · 09-23-2014, 09:32 AM

And there are plenty of good mysteries in PD. Many of them right here at MR, though as far as I know there are only two of Agatha Christie's that are PD as yet.
Over at Kobo they have Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories for $13.99 which isn't cheap, but at least it's a legal copy.

Kobo

HarryT · 09-23-2014, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by crich70

as far as I know there are only two of Agatha Christie's that are PD as yet.

And those are only PD in the US. Nowhere else.

pdurrant · 09-23-2014, 09:50 AM

Agatha Christie died in 1976. Her works won't be out of copyright in Canada until 2027, and in the EU and much of the rest of the world until 2047. Unless the copyright lengths change again before then.

crich70 · 09-23-2014, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

And those are only PD in the US. Nowhere else.

Interesting. I wonder how they got to be PD here and not anywhere else. Someone really needs to do a through overhall of copyright and PD to make it standardized for everyone. It sounds like copyright at the moment is much like laws regarding use of the telegraph were back in the early days of its use. One country does this, another country does that, etc.

crich70 · 09-23-2014, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Agatha Christie died in 1976. Her works won't be out of copyright in Canada until 2027, and in the EU and much of the rest of the world until 2047. Unless the copyright lengths change again before then.

Don't give them any ideas pdurrant. Sometimes I wonder if a book I can get in PD in the morning might not be back under copyright when I go to bed that same night.

HarryT · 09-23-2014, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by crich70

Interesting. I wonder how they got to be PD here and not anywhere else.

Because they were published prior to 1923, and US copyright law has a rather odd quirk, meaning that anything published prior to 1923 is in the US public domain, regardless of when the author died.

pdurrant · 09-23-2014, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by crich70

Interesting. I wonder how they got to be PD here and not anywhere else.

The two Agatha Christie novels that are public domain in the US are public domain there because they were published before 1923, and anything that was published with the agreement of the copyright holder before 1923 is public domain in the US.

ATDrake · 09-23-2014, 12:00 PM

There are now official, legal complete omnibus collections of the 13 (including the complete short story collection) Miss Marple and 5 Tommy & Tuppence books from HarperCollins (at least in Canada, linkage to Kobo) which were added in late 2013, at a price that works out to roughly $3-4 CAD per book, which is probably about as good as you're going to see unless HC runs another 99 cent sale on Christie again.

But there's no Poirot as in the OP request, probably because it's some 30-odd novels, IIRC. Though they still might at some point in the future once they're done welding* them all together.

* I wish that e-book bundles really were bundles, with a single purchase giving you a discounted access to the original individual books rather than a squished-together frankenfile containing the lot.

Some of us like to flip between more than one title at once, which is harder to do in an omnibus compilation, especially ones that consist of randomly selected vaguely-related genre-themed authors. And have all the cover art if the publishers have bothered to include it.

HarryT · 09-23-2014, 12:14 PM

The "ePubSplit" Calibre plugin is handy for this.

ATDrake · 09-23-2014, 12:29 PM

Thanks for the info, but it's a matter of principle, really. I'm not actually motivated enough to ever split up* the omnibus bundles I do get and replace all the cover art, I just wish they were auto-magically provided that way by the vendor.

Which is why I'm really getting to like the Humble Bundles and other similar such offerings. DRM-free and individual book files, yay!

* Also, I don't have Calibre installed.

crich70 · 09-23-2014, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ATDrake

There are now official, legal complete omnibus collections of the 13 (including the complete short story collection) Miss Marple and 5 Tommy & Tuppence books from HarperCollins (at least in Canada, linkage to Kobo) which were added in late 2013, at a price that works out to roughly $3-4 CAD per book, which is probably about as good as you're going to see unless HC runs another 99 cent sale on Christie again.

But there's no Poirot as in the OP request, probably because it's some 30-odd novels, IIRC. Though they still might at some point in the future once they're done welding* them all together.

* I wish that e-book bundles really were bundles, with a single purchase giving you a discounted access to the original individual books rather than a squished-together frankenfile containing the lot.

Some of us like to flip between more than one title at once, which is harder to do in an omnibus compilation, especially ones that consist of randomly selected vaguely-related genre-themed authors. And have all the cover art if the publishers have bothered to include it.

And one of those complete collections of Short Stories is the one of Poirot that I mentioned back in post #18 as being available from Kobo for $13.99.

ATDrake · 09-23-2014, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by crich70

And one of those complete collections of Short Stories is the one of Poirot that I mentioned back in post #18 as being available from Kobo for $13.99.

Wow. They really raised the price on that. Pre-99 cent sale at Kobo Canada, it was $6.99 CAD, and now it's up to $11.99 for us.

crich70 · 09-23-2014, 01:03 PM

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Wow. They really raised the price on that. Pre-99 cent sale at Kobo Canada, it was $6.99 CAD, and now it's up to $11.99 for us.

Dame Agatha's estate certainly isn't hurting with prices like that. Still she did write some good quality mysteries that have stood up over time.

09-23-2014, 08:05 AM	#16
Efro Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Onyx Boox	Yes. I bought Hercules Poirot compilation from link to pirate site deleted by moderator for USD 21.00 (all novels + short stories) in epub, mobi and pdf format. It works fine. There are also compilations for Miss Marple and Tommy & Tuppence. Last edited by HarryT; 09-23-2014 at 08:14 AM. Reason: Addition

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crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,305 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	And there are plenty of good mysteries in PD. Many of them right here at MR, though as far as I know there are only two of Agatha Christie's that are PD as yet. Over at Kobo they have Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories for $13.99 which isn't cheap, but at least it's a legal copy. Kobo Last edited by crich70; 09-23-2014 at 09:36 AM.

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pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,507 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	Agatha Christie died in 1976. Her works won't be out of copyright in Canada until 2027, and in the EU and much of the rest of the world until 2047. Unless the copyright lengths change again before then.

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ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	There are now official, legal complete omnibus collections of the 13 (including the complete short story collection) Miss Marple and 5 Tommy & Tuppence books from HarperCollins (at least in Canada, linkage to Kobo) which were added in late 2013, at a price that works out to roughly $3-4 CAD per book, which is probably about as good as you're going to see unless HC runs another 99 cent sale on Christie again. But there's no Poirot as in the OP request, probably because it's some 30-odd novels, IIRC. Though they still might at some point in the future once they're done welding* them all together. * I wish that e-book bundles really were bundles, with a single purchase giving you a discounted access to the original individual books rather than a squished-together frankenfile containing the lot. Some of us like to flip between more than one title at once, which is harder to do in an omnibus compilation, especially ones that consist of randomly selected vaguely-related genre-themed authors. And have all the cover art if the publishers have bothered to include it.

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ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Thanks for the info, but it's a matter of principle, really. I'm not actually motivated enough to ever split up* the omnibus bundles I do get and replace all the cover art, I just wish they were auto-magically provided that way by the vendor. Which is why I'm really getting to like the Humble Bundles and other similar such offerings. DRM-free and individual book files, yay! * Also, I don't have Calibre installed.