Books that you wish were at the Connect store

Bob Russell · 10-21-2006, 07:38 PM

This is most definitely a wish list with little hopes of seeing results. Even if Sony wanted to, I think it would be hard for them. I'm sure they are already trying very hard to expand their list of available books.

But I know there are some books that we'd really really like to see, and it's good to have a place to share our longings.

I'll start out with the book I really want to read. Recently, my reading list has been basically frivolous things that are purely relaxing recreation. But one non-frivolous book that I really want to read on my Reader is the following:

Warped Passages by Lisa Randall.

Lisa Randall is a Harvard professor who explains particle physics to us. I heard her on a televised seminar once, and she's a great speaker. I'd love to hear updates from her as work on the new supercollider completes and we start getting answers back on some of the big questions that can even help determine whether current string theory and brane concepts might be right or wrong.

Then after reading it, I'll go back to my frivolous books for a while to rest my brain! ;-)

Michele · 10-21-2006, 07:45 PM

Ah, yes, the new supercollider which creates tiny black holes several times a minute...

hkabir · 10-21-2006, 09:12 PM

I want the following books:

1. My Name is Read -Orhan Pamuk
2. Snow - Orhan Pamuk
3. The White Castle - Orhan Pamuk
4. The New Life - Orhan Pamuk
5. The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai
6. The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East - Robert Fisk
7. Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism - Greg Grandin
8. The Dwarfs - Harold Pinter

Nightwing · 10-21-2006, 10:04 PM

1). All of Robert A Heinlen
2). Mythical Man Month
3). All of Hospital Station Series by James White
4). Art of Talk by Art Bell
5). Perry Rodan. Am nuts... all of them.

Mohit25 · 10-22-2006, 12:04 AM

The Afghan by Frederick Forsyth
All of Richard Dawkins

Egghead · 10-22-2006, 12:35 AM

The Harry Potter books.

NatCh · 10-22-2006, 12:37 AM

I'm looking at the publishers on my nearest shelf: Tor, Spectra, Bantam, Baen, Del Rey, Scholastic, Ace ... those are just the ones I can read from here.

And I second the Harry Potter books! (they're so stinkin' heavy!)

ultim8fury · 10-22-2006, 01:46 AM

1) All of Stephen Baxter
2) All of Trudi Canavan
3) All of Raymond Feist

That'll do for the moment.

tekchic · 10-22-2006, 02:19 AM

For One More Day - Mitch Albom

Laurens · 10-22-2006, 06:28 AM

I can't believe no-one mentioned Tolkien yet.

"The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness" by Steven Levy. (Due for release next week in hardcover.)

rmeister0 · 10-23-2006, 11:43 AM

They've got all the Del-Rey reprints of the wandering star Robert E. Howard books...except the first one (The Coming of Conan). What's up with that?

Since Penguin is in the game, I'd like to see them put up their reprints of H. G. Wells and H. P. Lovecraft. While they're at it, they could put up all the Ian Fleming Bond novels.

Rowling's Harry Potter books would be nice, but I'm not holding my breath. Tolkien, yea, I might even get past the first half of The Two Towers this time.

Steven Levy's other two books, Hackers and Insanely Great would be nifty.

Edgar Rice Burroughs, anyone?

But please! Would Ereads and Rosetta please do better proof-reading? The OCR errors in the Fritz Leiber and Douglas Adams novels are getting ridiculous.

Nightwing · 10-23-2006, 12:05 PM

2nd on James Bond!

And just to collect the Tom Swift series from the last 50 to 70. All there are are two with no copyright.

There is a german subscription for Perry Rhodan.

griffbrad · 10-23-2006, 12:09 PM

I'd like to see some political books from smaller publishers, like Amy Goodman's recent "Static."

Michele · 10-23-2006, 12:16 PM

Griffbrad, did you get a chance to see her on Static's promotional tour with her brother (co-author)? The presentation was quite good.

griffbrad · 10-23-2006, 01:02 PM

Yeah, my girlfriend and I saw her at the ACME conference in VT a couple weeks ago. She's a great speaker. I've noticed that a lot of the smaller, progressive publishers don't have their stuff available in ebook form, though. Not sure what more to do about it other than shooting them email to let them know there is at least some demand.

10-21-2006, 07:38 PM	#1
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Books that you wish were at the Connect store This is most definitely a wish list with little hopes of seeing results. Even if Sony wanted to, I think it would be hard for them. I'm sure they are already trying very hard to expand their list of available books. But I know there are some books that we'd really really like to see, and it's good to have a place to share our longings. I'll start out with the book I really want to read. Recently, my reading list has been basically frivolous things that are purely relaxing recreation. But one non-frivolous book that I really want to read on my Reader is the following: Warped Passages by Lisa Randall. Lisa Randall is a Harvard professor who explains particle physics to us. I heard her on a televised seminar once, and she's a great speaker. I'd love to hear updates from her as work on the new supercollider completes and we start getting answers back on some of the big questions that can even help determine whether current string theory and brane concepts might be right or wrong. Then after reading it, I'll go back to my frivolous books for a while to rest my brain! ;-)

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10-21-2006, 07:45 PM	#2
Michele Addict Posts: 209 Karma: 999496 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: California Device: Kindle 3	Ah, yes, the new supercollider which creates tiny black holes several times a minute...

10-21-2006, 09:12 PM	#3
hkabir e-bookviner Posts: 56 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2006 Device: Sony PRS-505, iPodTouch	I want the following books: 1. My Name is Read -Orhan Pamuk 2. Snow - Orhan Pamuk 3. The White Castle - Orhan Pamuk 4. The New Life - Orhan Pamuk 5. The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai 6. The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East - Robert Fisk 7. Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism - Greg Grandin 8. The Dwarfs - Harold Pinter

10-21-2006, 10:04 PM	#4
Nightwing Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 541 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Cowon A2 Dell x3i, Sony Reader & Eee PC!	1). All of Robert A Heinlen 2). Mythical Man Month 3). All of Hospital Station Series by James White 4). Art of Talk by Art Bell 5). Perry Rodan. Am nuts... all of them.

10-22-2006, 12:04 AM	#5
Mohit25 Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony Reader	The Afghan by Frederick Forsyth All of Richard Dawkins

10-22-2006, 12:35 AM	#6
Egghead Mentat Posts: 78 Karma: 77 Join Date: Jun 2006 Device: Bookeen Gen3 Cybook	The Harry Potter books.

10-22-2006, 12:37 AM	#7
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I'm looking at the publishers on my nearest shelf: Tor, Spectra, Bantam, Baen, Del Rey, Scholastic, Ace ... those are just the ones I can read from here. And I second the Harry Potter books! (they're so stinkin' heavy!)

10-22-2006, 01:46 AM	#8
ultim8fury Addict Posts: 219 Karma: 368 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Device: PRS500, Looking at 700	1) All of Stephen Baxter 2) All of Trudi Canavan 3) All of Raymond Feist That'll do for the moment.

10-22-2006, 02:19 AM	#9
tekchic Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 120 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Device: iPhone X, iPad Pro	For One More Day - Mitch Albom

10-22-2006, 06:28 AM	#10
Laurens Jah Blessed Posts: 1,295 Karma: 1373 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Netherlands Device: iPod Touch	I can't believe no-one mentioned Tolkien yet. "The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness" by Steven Levy. (Due for release next week in hardcover.)

10-23-2006, 11:43 AM	#11
rmeister0 Addict Posts: 270 Karma: 298 Join Date: Mar 2005	They've got all the Del-Rey reprints of the wandering star Robert E. Howard books...except the first one (The Coming of Conan). What's up with that? Since Penguin is in the game, I'd like to see them put up their reprints of H. G. Wells and H. P. Lovecraft. While they're at it, they could put up all the Ian Fleming Bond novels. Rowling's Harry Potter books would be nice, but I'm not holding my breath. Tolkien, yea, I might even get past the first half of The Two Towers this time. Steven Levy's other two books, Hackers and Insanely Great would be nifty. Edgar Rice Burroughs, anyone? But please! Would Ereads and Rosetta please do better proof-reading? The OCR errors in the Fritz Leiber and Douglas Adams novels are getting ridiculous.

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10-23-2006, 12:05 PM	#12
Nightwing Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 541 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Cowon A2 Dell x3i, Sony Reader & Eee PC!	2nd on James Bond! And just to collect the Tom Swift series from the last 50 to 70. All there are are two with no copyright. There is a german subscription for Perry Rhodan.

10-23-2006, 12:09 PM	#13
griffbrad Member Posts: 21 Karma: 14 Join Date: Sep 2006	I'd like to see some political books from smaller publishers, like Amy Goodman's recent "Static."

10-23-2006, 12:16 PM	#14
Michele Addict Posts: 209 Karma: 999496 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: California Device: Kindle 3	Griffbrad, did you get a chance to see her on Static's promotional tour with her brother (co-author)? The presentation was quite good.

10-23-2006, 01:02 PM	#15
griffbrad Member Posts: 21 Karma: 14 Join Date: Sep 2006	Yeah, my girlfriend and I saw her at the ACME conference in VT a couple weeks ago. She's a great speaker. I've noticed that a lot of the smaller, progressive publishers don't have their stuff available in ebook form, though. Not sure what more to do about it other than shooting them email to let them know there is at least some demand.