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Old 10-04-2011, 08:59 PM   #106
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I keep looking for that in any ebook form....

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Goo.../9780743272933

Odd, it appears to be the book but if you click the link to buy the nook book it says sparknotes... huh, sorry..
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Old 10-04-2011, 09:15 PM   #107
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http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Goo.../9780743272933

Odd, it appears to be the book but if you click the link to buy the nook book it says sparknotes... huh, sorry..
Yep, I downloaded that sample a long time back -- I've only been able to find it as an audio book.
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Old 10-04-2011, 09:33 PM   #108
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Yep, I downloaded that sample a long time back -- I've only been able to find it as an audio book.
John Day Company had the original publishing rights on the hardcover but they ceased to exist over 40 years ago. Pocket Books published the paperback. Since Simon & Schuster purchased Pocket Books, they still sell a softcover edition of The Good Earth. It may be unclear who, if anyone, has the right to produce the book in a digital format. Sad.

Addendum: I see Buccaneer Books Inc. produced a hardcover edition in 1995. Who knows, the digital rights may be in the Twilight Zone.
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It may be unclear who, if anyone, has the right to produce the book in a digital format. Sad.
Here are examples of newer Pulitzer Prize winning novels for which there is no Kindle edition:

2002 Empire Falls by Richard Russo (Alfred A. Knopf)

2001 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (Random House)

They do have the 2000 and 2003 winners available for Kindle.

I'm not complaining, since I am two blocks from the public library and have no big preference as to the form factor of the books I read. However, just as an observation, I would say that the criteria used to decide what becomes a Kindle edition can't wholly be explained by situations where the copyright holder is unknown or unavailable.

Probably they will get to the titles I list above before long, but what about the best novels of the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's? And what about winners in other categories, like General Nonfiction and History? I don't think Amazon (or B&N) will get to most of them for a long time, if ever. This is why we need a shorter copyright period. Award winning books out of copyright are consistently digitized.
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