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Dave Berk · 10-15-2008, 08:15 AM

Hi Winnetou, and welcome to the forum

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I was gonna answer you in the Karl May thread but I may as well do it here.

I did manage to find some of Karl May's Winnetou books for my father, and I suppose he read them (they weren't formatted very well, and I expect he gave up reading them on his laptop. At the time he considered buying a PRS-505 but in the end changed his mind) but it sure would be intersting to read a modern translation of his works.

Looking at your site, though, I can't tell which of the standalone Winnetou books that you offer are included in the Complete Winnetou Trilogy. There is also Old Surehand the book, and the pair: Old Surehand - Book 1 and Old Surehand - Book 2. Is it simply Old Surehand split in two?

Also, I'm not sure, but I think Lulu deals only with PDF ebooks. I understand you may not know about it much, but PDF is probably the worst format you can offer to a person who will do his reading on the computer/eink reading device. Especially if the PDF file is protected so you can't convert it to a format that your reading device can read. (since you may not know - not all reading devices support the same ebook formats)

Last question, and this may be a bit out of place. If so, feel free to ignore it. Using today cultural standards, Karl May's works is definitely not PC by any stretch of the imagination. His books contain various racial slurs and worse. How did you handle this in your translation?

Thanks
Dave

10-15-2008, 08:15 AM	#12
Dave Berk Fanatic Posts: 574 Karma: 138556 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PRS505	Hi Winnetou, and welcome to the forum . I was gonna answer you in the Karl May thread but I may as well do it here. I did manage to find some of Karl May's Winnetou books for my father, and I suppose he read them (they weren't formatted very well, and I expect he gave up reading them on his laptop. At the time he considered buying a PRS-505 but in the end changed his mind) but it sure would be intersting to read a modern translation of his works. Looking at your site, though, I can't tell which of the standalone Winnetou books that you offer are included in the Complete Winnetou Trilogy. There is also Old Surehand the book, and the pair: Old Surehand - Book 1 and Old Surehand - Book 2. Is it simply Old Surehand split in two? Also, I'm not sure, but I think Lulu deals only with PDF ebooks. I understand you may not know about it much, but PDF is probably the worst format you can offer to a person who will do his reading on the computer/eink reading device. Especially if the PDF file is protected so you can't convert it to a format that your reading device can read. (since you may not know - not all reading devices support the same ebook formats) Last question, and this may be a bit out of place. If so, feel free to ignore it. Using today cultural standards, Karl May's works is definitely not PC by any stretch of the imagination. His books contain various racial slurs and worse. How did you handle this in your translation? Thanks Dave