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Originally Posted by NightBird
Amazon now has some of John Dickson Carr's books in Kindle format. I checked this out and they are being published by Langtail Press.
They only have the rights to a few authors and they are only available at Amazon at this point and going for $8.00 a piece.
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It is encouraging to see authors like Frederic Brown in the list as well.
I suppose $8 per ebook isn't shocking. For the most part, these are enjoyable pulp tales locked in their age. Presumably, Langtail has formal (world) rights; the books are professionally edited and formatted; and part of the fee is a royalty to the author's heirs. As an added plus, all the titles are available as print-on-demand for around $15. In most cases, acquiring a paper or hard cover edition from a used / antiquarian book dealer, including postage, would far exceed $8.
But I must add it would be more tempting if cover art were included and some context / history / biography / reminiscences were included to make each edition unique from a mere reprint. That would also help the $8 fee seem more credible than a $4.95 one.
It is commendable, however, that Langtail is pursuing this and I look forward to a little (very) selective sampling.