Originally Posted by JSWolf (Post 3478620)

I'll nominate Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow.



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Originally Posted by JSWolf (Post 3478620)

I'll nominate Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow.



This was posted online via the creative commons license.

Originally Posted by issybird (Post 3478518)

Just speaking as a member of the group, I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, I have no particular objection to qualifying books and maybe it would get uploaded once nominated, which would be a good thing. On the other, at least to an extent this category is meant to showcase our library and it's also good to think that for this one month, the books are everywhere accessible* and free.

So all of that said, I personally see no reason not to go by our usual practice of letting people nominate what they will on the assumption that it will shake out in the nominating/voting process. But if Tom sees this and wants to issue a ruling, that would be good, too!

*Some books in the PCML may not be in the US public domain.

Originally Posted by GA Russell (Post 3479229)

I nominate a new addition. GrannyGrump has today uploaded a collection of short works by Ring Lardner called Lardner on the Loose.

Granny says that Lardner's "frequent use of vernacular influenced sports fiction writing for generations to come."

Kindle
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=283831

ePub
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=283831

Originally Posted by GA Russell (Post 3479229)

I nominate a new addition. GrannyGrump has today uploaded a collection of short works by Ring Lardner called Lardner on the Loose.

Granny says that Lardner's "frequent use of vernacular influenced sports fiction writing for generations to come."

Kindle
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=283831

ePub
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=283831

Originally Posted by issybird (Post 3478606)

OK, I'll get things rolling with A to Izzard (collected short fiction), by Damon Runyon. It only hit the PCML last month when he came into PD in life + 70 countries, uploaded by the wonderful GrannyGrump (check out her other stuff; all winners).

Kindle
epub

From Wikipedia's bio of Runyon:

Originally Posted by obs20 (Post 3479849)

I will nominate The Art of Money Getting by PT Barnum. I believe it will give us great insight into the mind of our current president.

Originally Posted by JSWolf (Post 3479851)

If you are nominating this in order to give us an insight to Donald Trump, then you've picked the wrong book. There is nobody else like him and PT Barnum was nothing like Trump.

Also, if you are doing this to spark a political discussion, that won't work because you need to have that discussion in the politics forum. Politics are not here.