Which unavailable book do you want most? - Page 3

wallcraft · 07-16-2009, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Witchbaby

...and A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959) by Walter M. Miller Jr.

I saw this recommended here on the forums, clicked over to Amazon, but no dice!

This was once available on the Kindle, but now that edition is only at eBookMall which carries the "Extra Large Print" PDF and MOBI versions. The MOBI is DRM-free (and therefore Kindle compatible) and will use a 7th "hidden" large font size on the Kindle (although you can still select some of the smaller sizes too). On all other devices, it will default to a large font but won't typically give you a larger range of fonts than usual.

Amazon removed many of the "Extra Large Print" ebooks from the Kindle Store, because the publisher does not have the permission of the copyright holders to sell the ebook. Permission isn't required in the US for large print books in some cases but this isn't clear for ebooks, see Kindle Compatible E-Books.

pshrynk · 07-16-2009, 10:52 AM

In answer to the Heinlein question - It's not his estate that's balking, it's his publishers. They're not getting the backlists out all that fast. But they are poking along. Can't remember which one(s). Ballantine's descendents, I think.

Patricia · 07-16-2009, 12:15 PM

To answer a couple of the requests:

1. Bertrand Russell's The History of Western Philosophy is available for free at the Internet Archive:
http://www.archive.org/details/weste...osoph035502mbp
(I can only assume that someone forgot to renew the US copyright.)

2. The MR library already has Dorothy L Sayers' Clouds of Witness, Strong Poison and Whose Body, plus a couple of short stories featuring Lord Peter Wimsey.

I have managed to locate a copy of The Nine Tailors. It is out of copyright in Canada and life+50 years countries. I'm currently working on a conversion, but the file is full of scanning errors so I may need a few days. Watch the upload section!

zelda_pinwheel · 07-16-2009, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

I have managed to locate a copy of The Nine Tailors. It is out of copyright in Canada and life+50 years countries. I'm currently working on a conversion, but the file is full of scanning errors so I may need a few days. Watch the upload section!

joy !!! i've not read that one yet, i don't think !!

patricia, if i request the books by Roy Vickers do you think you could magically locate them for me too ? they're not yet PD but i'd be willing to pay (a reasonable price) for them...

(i'm thinking of the mysteries from the "department of lost causes" series, because i've got an old paperback of those, in french though, but actually it turns out he was quite prolific... i'd take anything at all...)

Patricia · 07-16-2009, 12:30 PM

I'll keep an eye out, Zelda, but haven't seen any ebooks by Roy Vickers.

zelda_pinwheel · 07-16-2009, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

I'll keep an eye out, Zelda, but haven't seen any ebooks by Roy Vickers.

*sigh* me neither. i've looked, too. i recommend him, in case you ever stumble across him (chances are it will be in paper edition). i've only read one, "Service des affaires classées, Recueil 2", and have never even managed to find the first collection to my frustration. i enjoyed it very much.

thanks for the eye, though.

Daithi · 07-16-2009, 01:20 PM

Every one of the 29 books on the list has received at least one vote.

Trekkiemelissa · 07-17-2009, 02:15 AM

There is a few books that I want on kindle that is not available and they are by the same author. Most of her books are availabe. Its just those two that are not available. I have hit the button to the publisher that I want to read it on kindle. Its the stars series, charmed and enchanted, and captivated and entranced. Stars is on the top of my list though. These are all by Nora Roberts.

Morken · 07-17-2009, 07:59 AM

Ok, so maybe some of these books aren't out officially yet, but I found I had a few of them, even series (e.g.Ender's game), on open formats that worked well on the Iliad. They're out there.

demoric · 07-17-2009, 11:20 AM

All hail the powers of the darknet! Hail! Hail! Hail!

Actually there is a large list of books that I'd like to see on the kindle. It was funny to see Fahrenheit 451 because just yesterday I pulled out my old paperback and thought I'd try to find a kindle version. I have had some luck finding places that sell the books in other formats and then I convert them over.

purl4peace · 07-17-2009, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by nohmi2

I am with you all the way regarding the Edward Rutherfurd, Leon Uris and Anya Seton books (I haven't read any of Margaret George books.) Noah Gordon and Steven Sayler are another two which I would like to see as ebooks.

Cheers.

Weirdly enough, not 5 minutes after I posted that message, I was surfing amazon and on my "recommended list" was a Kindle version of Katherine by Anya Seton. I couldn't believe it. So that is one down. Makes me hope that maybe Amazon is serious about the 5 year plan... or it could have just been a completely random coincidence.

Still, though, very weird timing.

sakura-panda · 07-17-2009, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Daithi

Here are a few more titles not available as ebooks that didn't make list and probably should have (but then who do I take off the list to make room?).

"A" is for Alibi (1983) by Sue Grafton

These books are available starting with "P" is for Peril. I'm hoping that at the end they release all of them together. This is one of those series that I re-read every few years or so.

poohbear_nc · 07-17-2009, 02:12 PM

I'm waiting for the "All Creatures Great & Small" series - I've written to the publishers but no word back yet. I've read & re-read these 4 books literally all my life.

krisk · 07-17-2009, 03:35 PM

I wish the whole "Wheel of Time" series would come out on Kindle. I typically reread at least several of the books when one was coming out, so they are all terriblly loved. I didn't read the last 2 at all as they came and left my house (fully purchased!) on their own before I got to read them, and I just got tired of supplying someone elses fix

JSWolf · 07-17-2009, 03:45 PM

What I want even if I'll never buy them or read them is every book of series that have eBook(s) available but not the complete series. This will be good for all of us and good for eBooks. This will make buying eBooks of a series possible without worrying if new ones will ever come out ot back ones. And I want them all in ePub.

And one other thing I want is no more exclusive eBooks.

View Poll Results: Which unavailable ebook do you want most?
Watership Down (1972) by Richard Adams	11	7.69%
The Last Unicorn (1968) by Peter S. Beagle	5	3.50%
Fahrenheit 451 (1953) by Ray Bradbury	30	20.98%
The Martian Chronicles (1950) by Ray Bradbury	7	4.90%
Master and Commander (1969) by Patrick O'Brian	9	6.29%
Ender's Game (1985) by Orson Scott Card	12	8.39%
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Arthur C. Clarke	11	7.69%
The Name of the Rose (1980) by Umberto Eco	13	9.09%
The Sound and the Fury (1929) by William Faulkner	3	2.10%
As I Lay Dying (1930) by William Faulkner	6	4.20%
Magician: Apprentice (1982) by Raymond Feist	10	6.99%
The Diary of a Young Girl (1947) Anne Frank	10	6.99%
The Maltese Falcon (1930) by Dashiell Hammett	8	5.59%
Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) by Robert A. Heinlein	10	6.99%
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966) by Robert A. Heinlein	9	6.29%
Catch-22 (1961) by Joseph Heller	18	12.59%
The Haunting of Hill House (1959) by Shirley Jackson	3	2.10%
Finnegans Wake (1939) by James Joyce	5	3.50%
To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) by Harper Lee	20	13.99%
One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez	4	2.80%
Rebecca (1938) by Daphne Du Maurier	9	6.29%
Lolita (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov	11	7.69%
Atlas Shrugged (1957) by Ayn Rand	11	7.69%
Interview with the Vampire (1976) by Anne Rice	6	4.20%
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1997) by J.K. Rowling	33	23.08%
The Satanic Verses (1988) by Salman Rushdie	8	5.59%
The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J.D. Salinger	12	8.39%
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971) by Hunter S. Thompson	6	4.20%
The Once and Future King (1958) by Terence Hanbury White	5	3.50%
Other -- tell us in your post.	35	24.48%
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07-16-2009, 10:52 AM	#32
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	In answer to the Heinlein question - It's not his estate that's balking, it's his publishers. They're not getting the backlists out all that fast. But they are poking along. Can't remember which one(s). Ballantine's descendents, I think.

07-16-2009, 12:15 PM	#33
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	To answer a couple of the requests: 1. Bertrand Russell's The History of Western Philosophy is available for free at the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/weste...osoph035502mbp (I can only assume that someone forgot to renew the US copyright.) 2. The MR library already has Dorothy L Sayers' Clouds of Witness, Strong Poison and Whose Body, plus a couple of short stories featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. I have managed to locate a copy of The Nine Tailors. It is out of copyright in Canada and life+50 years countries. I'm currently working on a conversion, but the file is full of scanning errors so I may need a few days. Watch the upload section!

07-16-2009, 12:30 PM	#35
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I'll keep an eye out, Zelda, but haven't seen any ebooks by Roy Vickers.

07-16-2009, 01:20 PM	#37
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	Every one of the 29 books on the list has received at least one vote.

07-17-2009, 02:15 AM	#38
Trekkiemelissa Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Illinois Device: Kindle 2	There is a few books that I want on kindle that is not available and they are by the same author. Most of her books are availabe. Its just those two that are not available. I have hit the button to the publisher that I want to read it on kindle. Its the stars series, charmed and enchanted, and captivated and entranced. Stars is on the top of my list though. These are all by Nora Roberts.

07-17-2009, 07:59 AM	#39
Morken Member Posts: 13 Karma: 147 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Trondheim, Norway Device: Iliad, future plastic logic owner	Ok, so maybe some of these books aren't out officially yet, but I found I had a few of them, even series (e.g.Ender's game), on open formats that worked well on the Iliad. They're out there.

07-17-2009, 11:20 AM	#40
demoric Kindle 2 User Posts: 98 Karma: 496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: S.E. Kansas Device: Kindle 2	All hail the powers of the darknet! Hail! Hail! Hail! Actually there is a large list of books that I'd like to see on the kindle. It was funny to see Fahrenheit 451 because just yesterday I pulled out my old paperback and thought I'd try to find a kindle version. I have had some luck finding places that sell the books in other formats and then I convert them over.

07-17-2009, 02:12 PM	#43
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,412 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	I'm waiting for the "All Creatures Great & Small" series - I've written to the publishers but no word back yet. I've read & re-read these 4 books literally all my life.

07-17-2009, 03:35 PM	#44
krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	I wish the whole "Wheel of Time" series would come out on Kindle. I typically reread at least several of the books when one was coming out, so they are all terriblly loved. I didn't read the last 2 at all as they came and left my house (fully purchased!) on their own before I got to read them, and I just got tired of supplying someone elses fix

07-17-2009, 03:45 PM	#45
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,757 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	What I want even if I'll never buy them or read them is every book of series that have eBook(s) available but not the complete series. This will be good for all of us and good for eBooks. This will make buying eBooks of a series possible without worrying if new ones will ever come out ot back ones. And I want them all in ePub. And one other thing I want is no more exclusive eBooks.