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Originally Posted by kaleissin
I'm in Norway and happy with my Kindle 3 (when I went to pick it up at the courier's there was another person there picking up theirs, I felt like part of an ad-hoc movement =) ). I'm considering a Sony myself, for the pdf-support.
However, Norwegian publisers are TEH EVIL. You can't get Norwegian e-books, not even the classics like the Eddas and sagas. The Norw. pulblishers' plan is to bypass ereader-devices altogether and have an app (you see, only iPad counts) that connects to the web. Real renting and no owning of books!
Besides, I do believe that we have the most expensive books in the western world  . This is due to the big publishers (3) owning the big bookstore chains (3, though they all also sell paper wares, pencils etc.), and you need a permit to be allowed to sell Norwegian books. Now our dear Minister of Culture is working on a law (to replace a cartel-agreement) to ensure the status quo. Oh, and paper books have no v.a.t but ebooks will have 8%!
So what happens? People who read a lot wind up reading English, that's what. Now what d'yall think will happen to the Norwegian language in just a few more generations?
Cultural suicide by greed is always nasty to observe but I'm actually having to live here...  |
Are you able to access Google Books? I did a search for Snorri Sturluson and got multiple hits. The texts are all scanned PDFs and epubs but no DRM, so should be fine to convert if needed.
I got hits for translations in English, Norwegian, and Icelandic... not sure if there's any Old Norse included with the Norwegian and Icelandic texts.
ETA: I found a non-DRM copy of "The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant" on Amazon... it is in English (sorry), but if you can over look that detail, I would be happy to send you a copy.