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pdurrant · 04-30-2010, 07:19 AM

I have a new book up at the Kindle store! Well, it's newly published by me. It's not actually a new book. In fact, it's just coming up to its 110th birthday.

It's Kim by Rudyard Kipling. And yes, there are 28 or so editions of Kim already up in the Kindle store.

So what makes my edition worth looking at? Two main things:

The text. This is the best version of the text that available in electronic form, even better than the ePenguin one.
The Illustrations. Mine is the only one to include the illustrations done for the book by Kipling's father, J. Lockwood Kipling.

There are other good things about the book too:

the interesting cover
the hyperlinked table of contents
the hyperlinked list of illustrations
the two-way linked glossary entries for foreign and unusual words
the good quality formatting of text and verses
the British spelling throughout

Only $2.99!
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003JBHNS4/

It should be appearing at BooksonBoard, etc, as an ePub in the next few weeks.

Of course, both these editions are completely free of DRM.

I have examined all of the other version of Kim available at Amazon. 25 of them are quick and bad conversions of the Project Gutenberg text. One of them is a careful conversion of the Project Gutenberg text that is almost good. It just misses some italics, and still has the textual errors. But the formatting is excellent.

There are just two that might be worth buying.

The Modern Library edition, based on the original 1901 edition, which has only a few typos, but alas - the footnotes aren't hyperlinked.
The ePenguin edition, based on the 1941 American "Burwash" edition. Hyperlinked footnotes, and only a few typos (especially towards the end). And, of course, mainly American spelling.

Both (of course?) have DRM applied. They do both have introductory essays as well.

I suppose I should also mention that if you'd prefer a version without my glossary (or if you'd prefer a free edition!), a similarly splendid edition that just omits the glossary can be found here at Mobileread:

Kindle/Mobipocket: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?p=198181
ePub: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?p=890843

04-30-2010, 07:19 AM	#336
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,104 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	I have a new book up at the Kindle store! Well, it's newly published by me. It's not actually a new book. In fact, it's just coming up to its 110th birthday. It's Kim by Rudyard Kipling. And yes, there are 28 or so editions of Kim already up in the Kindle store. So what makes my edition worth looking at? Two main things: The text. This is the best version of the text that available in electronic form, even better than the ePenguin one. The Illustrations. Mine is the only one to include the illustrations done for the book by Kipling's father, J. Lockwood Kipling. There are other good things about the book too: the interesting cover the hyperlinked table of contents the hyperlinked list of illustrations the two-way linked glossary entries for foreign and unusual words the good quality formatting of text and verses the British spelling throughout Only $2.99! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003JBHNS4/ It should be appearing at BooksonBoard, etc, as an ePub in the next few weeks. Of course, both these editions are completely free of DRM. I have examined all of the other version of Kim available at Amazon. 25 of them are quick and bad conversions of the Project Gutenberg text. One of them is a careful conversion of the Project Gutenberg text that is almost good. It just misses some italics, and still has the textual errors. But the formatting is excellent. There are just two that might be worth buying. The Modern Library edition, based on the original 1901 edition, which has only a few typos, but alas - the footnotes aren't hyperlinked. The ePenguin edition, based on the 1941 American "Burwash" edition. Hyperlinked footnotes, and only a few typos (especially towards the end). And, of course, mainly American spelling. Both (of course?) have DRM applied. They do both have introductory essays as well. I suppose I should also mention that if you'd prefer a version without my glossary (or if you'd prefer a free edition!), a similarly splendid edition that just omits the glossary can be found here at Mobileread: Kindle/Mobipocket: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?p=198181 ePub: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?p=890843 Last edited by pdurrant; 04-30-2010 at 08:23 AM. Reason: Typos!