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I'm sorry I never saw this thread. The first thing I did when I got my Kindle was go after this book.
The Star Conquerors was a favorite of mine growing up. I searched for it for years at sci-fi conventions without any luck. Finally I found a dealer who knew about it and gave me the terrible news: It was Ben Bova's first book, and he did not like it or was not satisfied with the arrangement he had with Winston, and has refused to reprint it ever since.
Some time later, when I was flush with money, I bought a rare copy for several hundred dollars.
When I found out that the book had briefly been available online in PDF format, I was ecstatic. But the PDF had already been taken down. However, I too was smart enough to check wayback months ago and downloaded a copy.
I now have a fairly reasonable conversion of the book in MOBI format, with cover, and a working table of contents, and formatting problems corrected as well as some typos. Personally, I believe since it was online before, it is fair game to offer the converted MOBI file. But I understand why it may not be kosher to post it here.
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