FREE/BARGAIN - General and Historical Fiction, Literature - 2016

[bgalbrecht]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

A good collection but not complete however note it has The Rover, his last completed novel, which is often omitted and which Gutenberg US hasn't got.

That's because The Rover and The Nature of a Crime were published in 1923, and won't be PD in the US until 1919 unless Disney steps in again to bribelobby Congress into extending copyright terms again. Of course, it's PD pretty much everywhere else in the world except the few countries with copyright terms worse than life+70 (Mexico?). Suspense was published posthumously in 1925, so it may become PD in the US in 1921.

[Dr. Drib]

Our Library:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...=Joseph+Conrad

There ye be...Arrrr, maties!

[doubleshuffle]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Our Library:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...=Joseph+Conrad

There ye be...Arrrr, maties!

But why would anbody want this, when they can get it for money with worse formatting?

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

But why would anbody want this, when they can get it for money with worse formatting?

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

But why would anybody want this, when they can get it for money with worse formatting?

The Karpathos collection is currently free, as I said the paid Delphi has a better TOC as has the MobileRead.

As to why. If you reside in the USA you can't ethically download the free mobileread collection but since the Karpathos version is available you could get /it/, assuming the while that everything is in order, ie they have the permission of Conrad's estate.

[doubleshuffle]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

The Karpathos collection is currently free, as I said the paid Delphi has a better TOC as has the MobileRead.

As to why. If you reside in the USA you can't ethically download the free mobileread collection but since the Karpathos version is available you could get /it/, assuming the while that everything is in order, ie they have the permission of Conrad's estate.

Oh, sorry, I always forget that our library hosts stuff that isn't necessarily PD in the U.S.

[HarryT]

Latest release from Delphi is the complete works of Saki (the pen name of Hector Hugo Munroe). He specialised in short stories satirising Edwardian society. Wonderful author, and well worth a read if you've not come across him.

On sale now at Delphi for $1.49 (approx £1.06).

http://www.delphiclassics.com/shop/saki/

[doubleshuffle]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Latest release from Delphi is the complete works of Saki (the pen name of Hector Hugo Munroe). He specialised in short stories satirising Edwardian society. Wonderful author, and well worth a read if you've not come across him.

On sale now at Delphi for $1.49 (approx £1.06).

http://www.delphiclassics.com/shop/saki/

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=180142

Just saying... (Although the Delhi edition seems to be more complete).

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=180142

Just saying...

Pynch's edition is wonderful, but the Delphi version contains all the plays and non-fiction, too.

[doubleshuffle]

Yes, you were too quick. I have already edited my post.


One more thing concerning Joseph Conrad though: I don't think any of his works are still protected by copyright anywhere in the world. The Delphi edition is available everywhere, and they always publish different regional editions when some works are still under copyright.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

One more thing concerning Joseph Conrad though: I don't think any of his works are still protected by copyright anywhere in the world. The Delphi edition is available everywhere, and they always publish different regional editions when some works are still under copyright.

Conrad's last novel, "The Rover", was published in 1923, which would mean that it is still protected by copyright in the US. All his other work is in the US public domain, though, because it was published prior to 1923. He died in 1924, so he's been in the public domain for a long time in countries with a life+70 (or shorter) copyright term.

He work is still in copyright in a few oddball places, such as Mexico, which has a "life + 100 years" copyright term.

[doubleshuffle]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Conrad's last novel, "The Rover", was published in 1923, which would mean that it is still protected by copyright in the US.

Interesting. They must have overlooked that at Delphi Classics.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

Interesting. They must have overlooked that at Delphi Classics.

Perhaps, but Delphi maintains two different editions (when the copyright issue comes into question), and members of their site can simply choose the U.S.A or the British.

[doubleshuffle]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Perhaps, but Delphi maintains two different editions (when the copyright issue comes into question), and members of their site can simply choose the U.S.A or the British.

I am aware of that, but I don't see different editions for Conrad there.

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Latest release from Delphi is the complete works of Saki (the pen name of Hector Hugo Munroe). He specialised in short stories satirising Edwardian society. Wonderful author, and well worth a read if you've not come across him.

http://www.delphiclassics.com/shop/saki/

That's Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki

And his satire still sounds today. try "The Toys of Peace" and "The Storyteller", the one with the punch line "A most improper story to tell children"