20 Free Barnes & Noble Classics - Page 2

skyingbo · 08-25-2011, 03:21 PM

Thanks.I only have three of them.Now I can read more.

sufue · 08-25-2011, 03:28 PM

Very cool - thank you. Definitely much nicer than the average freebie version - although not, of course, as nice as the ones here on MobileRead!

mikaelalind · 08-25-2011, 03:44 PM

sigh. For once, I can download them, but the magic dust isn't working

. I'll keep on trying, though.

elemenoP · 08-25-2011, 03:50 PM

By "magic dust" are you speaking of certain Tools or plug-ins? Because if you are, I am having the same problem. Anyone else?

eP

mikaelalind · 08-25-2011, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elemenoP

By "magic dust" are you speaking of certain Tools or plug-ins? Because if you are, I am having the same problem. Anyone else?

eP

Yes. Thank god I am not the only one!

In worst case scenario, I'll read it on my PC.

tubemonkey · 08-25-2011, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ATDrake

I think we're up to 203 total right now, with 3 paper editions still MIA: Dante's Paradiso, Tolstoy's War and Peace, and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The House of Seven Gables.

Thanks for the info. After I posted that, I managed to find a filter that listed 200 classics. Removing the duplicates, I'm now at 134; leaving 69 to go.

elemenoP · 08-25-2011, 04:20 PM

Mikaelalind, you are on a PC? I was wondering if I was having a mac issue, but I guess not.

Has anyone been able to get these books into Calibre? I also tried to re-download a book that I successfully added to Calibre some time ago, but this time it didn't work.

eP

ATDrake · 08-25-2011, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elemenoP

By "magic dust" are you speaking of certain Tools or plug-ins? Because if you are, I am having the same problem. Anyone else?

B&N has this thing where they occasionally create malformed ePubs so that the out-of-the-box tools don't work.

You have to use one of the other tools (which has "fix" in its name) in order to fix said malformation, after which the usual tools should work.

Little_bear · 08-25-2011, 04:32 PM

I was able to get them into Calibre without any issues. I am on a PC. Make sure you have the correct credit card number entered.

tubemonkey · 08-25-2011, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ATDrake

ETA: 74 more to go, according to the recount. Full list of not yet offered under the spoiler tag for the morbidly curious.

Your spoiler only lists 58 books. Shouldn't it list 74?

ATDrake · 08-25-2011, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Your spoiler only lists 58 books. Shouldn't it list 74?

It lists 58 authors on one line per author each, 74 individual books (titles separated by semicolons).

mikaelalind · 08-25-2011, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Little_bear

I was able to get them into Calibre without any issues. I am on a PC. Make sure you have the correct credit card number entered.

I did have the correct CC number, but not the correct username.

I blame it on being late here.

tubemonkey · 08-25-2011, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ATDrake

It lists 58 authors on one line per author each, 74 individual books (titles separated by semicolons).

Ahhh... thanks. I just found two more duplicates in my list - one set had the word A as part of the title (the other didn't) and the other set had the word The (the other didn't). I now have 132 titles with 71 to go.

anamardoll · 08-25-2011, 07:11 PM

I usually love the B&N Classics' formatting, but does anyone else have the Pilgrim's Progress version? Even on my Nook Classic, it looks... funky. Very odd formatting.

texasnightowl · 08-26-2011, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by elemenoP

Has anyone been able to get these books into Calibre? I also tried to re-download a book that I successfully added to Calibre some time ago, but this time it didn't work.

eP

Of the 20, there were only a few that I didn't already have, but I was able to add all the new ones to Calibre just fine. I run Win 7 (64 bit) and am on Calibre 0.8.12

Off the top of my head the new ones that I imported were Don Quixote, Art of War, the Kate Chopin one, and Paradise Lost. There was one or two more also, but all of them imported fine.

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08-25-2011, 03:21 PM	#16
skyingbo Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: kindle	Thanks.I only have three of them.Now I can read more.

08-25-2011, 03:28 PM	#17
sufue lost in my e-reader... Posts: 8,186 Karma: 66191692 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: sunny southern California, USA Device: Android phone, Sony T1, Nook ST Glowlight, Galaxy Tab 7 Plus	Very cool - thank you. Definitely much nicer than the average freebie version - although not, of course, as nice as the ones here on MobileRead!

08-25-2011, 03:44 PM	#18
mikaelalind Fanatic Posts: 590 Karma: 788068 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sweden Device: Sony PRS 505, Cybook Odessey	sigh. For once, I can download them, but the magic dust isn't working . I'll keep on trying, though.

08-25-2011, 03:50 PM	#19
elemenoP Wizard Posts: 1,717 Karma: 3790058 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony 650	By "magic dust" are you speaking of certain Tools or plug-ins? Because if you are, I am having the same problem. Anyone else? eP

08-25-2011, 04:20 PM	#22
elemenoP Wizard Posts: 1,717 Karma: 3790058 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony 650	Mikaelalind, you are on a PC? I was wondering if I was having a mac issue, but I guess not. Has anyone been able to get these books into Calibre? I also tried to re-download a book that I successfully added to Calibre some time ago, but this time it didn't work. eP

08-25-2011, 04:32 PM	#24
Little_bear Groupie Posts: 196 Karma: 1199690 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Massachusetts, USA Device: Kobo Touch (gifted to a friend), Sony PRS-T2, iPad mini	I was able to get them into Calibre without any issues. I am on a PC. Make sure you have the correct credit card number entered.

08-25-2011, 07:11 PM	#29
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	I usually love the B&N Classics' formatting, but does anyone else have the Pilgrim's Progress version? Even on my Nook Classic, it looks... funky. Very odd formatting.