What printed Book do you want as an ebook? - Page 17

WT Sharpe · 09-29-2009, 12:30 PM

Here are a couple more books I'd like to read on my Kindle:

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. There is no Kindle edition. (Her new book, Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel, is available for Kindle.)

This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America by Ryan Grim

queentess · 09-29-2009, 12:39 PM

I keep hoping to see Joe Abercrombie's First Law series show up as ebooks. The publisher's website said they were coming out in mid-June, but I'm still waiting

skrutzen · 09-29-2009, 01:37 PM

I'd like to see Raymond Carver's stories released in an ebook format.

WT Sharpe · 09-29-2009, 01:43 PM

None of the Bomba the Jungle Boy by Roy Rockwell books are available as e-books, as far as I know. As a kid, I faithfully read books 1-9. They told the story of his adventures in the Amazon rain forest ("jungle" in those days) as he searched for clues to his origins and his parents. Each time I got my allowance, I'd run down to the local Woolworth's and buy the next installment. Having been informed in book nine that in book ten he would finally find his parents, I couldn't wait for it to come out. (Of course, in the early 60s, they were all reprints). Well, GUESS WHAT? After book nine, our local Woolworth's stopped selling the books! So for the next 40+ years, I had this unanswered question dogging my every footstep: Whatever happened to Bomba when he finally met his parents? (OK, maybe this question didn't dog my every footstep, but I did think about it from time to time.) Then about a month ago, I found an ad for a used copy of book 10: Bomba the Jungle Boy and the Lost Explorers (cloth cover). I bought it, read it with the same gusto I had the other books all those years ago, and now I can finally die happy. There were other books after that, but my question has been answered, and I'm satisfied. Still, if they were available as e-books, I'd probably read them, if only to become reacquainted with my inner child. But I wouldn't begin to consider recommending them to young readers today. The descriptions of him as having the strength of a native and the intelligence of a white don't play as well in the 21st century as they did in the segregated South of my youth.

JeremyZ · 10-01-2009, 04:51 PM

I want a whole genre. I want technical books, with legible illustrations and working table of contents', at a price significantly lower than the printed version.

Heck, why not B&W comic books? Chess books? It is mainly better editing in non-fiction books I'm after.

6charlong · 10-02-2009, 04:36 PM

I keep looking for Julian by Gore Vidal. It is still available in paper form but I'd like to be able to have it with me.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-02-2009, 07:01 PM

The vast majority of Peter Ackroyd's work (I've found maybe a dozen of his as ebooks so far) - and I'd like all of it to be available as epub, and able to be sold to someone in the UK

Andanzas · 10-02-2009, 07:38 PM

Roberto Bolaño's 2666, both in Spanish and in English

JeremyZ · 10-05-2009, 05:03 PM

Another one. I'm seeing The Chrysalids recommended a lot here, and noted that Amazon only has it in paperback. (for $11.20 at the time of this writing) That's not too bad, but I'm getting spoiled by my Kindle into not waiting for shipping any more.

I bet my library has this one.

jeremy_ahn · 10-05-2009, 05:12 PM

i want poetry collections available in ebook form.
then again, i want an ebook reader first.
i tried 5-finger discounting a sony from my walmart but that wire be all hard to cut through know what i mean

PhishStyx · 10-05-2009, 08:01 PM

I would love to finally have a complete collection of Roger Zelazny's writings. I currently only have 30 of his 50 books and cannot find the remaining ones (including the poetry).

mediax · 10-06-2009, 08:04 AM

Never Had It So Good and White Heat by Dominic Sandbrook - social histories of Britain between the 1950s and 1970s.

These are the only physical books I've bought since I got my PRS505.

MelC · 10-06-2009, 04:22 PM

The ones I periodically and so far unsuccessfully scan for:
Enid Blyton - any and all of her series
James Herriott - the whole series
Farley Mowat - I've only found one by him in ebook form

Mel

Dr. Drib · 10-13-2009, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andanzas

Roberto Bolaño's 2666, both in Spanish and in English

ABSOLUTELY! An author of genius, in my opinion.

"The Last Detective" , too, was incredible. (I'm glad I archived it on my computer, because Sony deleted the title from their store.)

Don

melbournian · 10-29-2009, 09:05 AM

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth....if ever there was a book that needed to be made into an electronic version...! (It's nearly 1500 pages long, and even in the paperback version which I have just started reading it weighs a ton). I expect to have very strong wrists by the end of this book.

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09-29-2009, 12:30 PM	#241
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Here are a couple more books I'd like to read on my Kindle: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. There is no Kindle edition. (Her new book, *Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel, is available for Kindle.) This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America* by Ryan Grim

09-29-2009, 12:39 PM	#242
queentess Reading is sexy Posts: 1,303 Karma: 544517 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: none	I keep hoping to see Joe Abercrombie's First Law series show up as ebooks. The publisher's website said they were coming out in mid-June, but I'm still waiting

09-29-2009, 01:37 PM	#243
skrutzen Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 12 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-300	I'd like to see Raymond Carver's stories released in an ebook format.

09-29-2009, 01:43 PM	#244
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	None of the *Bomba the Jungle Boy* by Roy Rockwell books are available as e-books, as far as I know. As a kid, I faithfully read books 1-9. They told the story of his adventures in the Amazon rain forest ("jungle" in those days) as he searched for clues to his origins and his parents. Each time I got my allowance, I'd run down to the local Woolworth's and buy the next installment. Having been informed in book nine that in book ten he would finally find his parents, I couldn't wait for it to come out. (Of course, in the early 60s, they were all reprints). Well, GUESS WHAT? After book nine, our local Woolworth's stopped selling the books! So for the next 40+ years, I had this unanswered question dogging my every footstep: Whatever happened to Bomba when he finally met his parents? (OK, maybe this question didn't dog my every footstep, but I did think about it from time to time.) Then about a month ago, I found an ad for a used copy of book 10: *Bomba the Jungle Boy and the Lost Explorers* (cloth cover). I bought it, read it with the same gusto I had the other books all those years ago, and now I can finally die happy. There were other books after that, but my question has been answered, and I'm satisfied. Still, if they were available as e-books, I'd probably read them, if only to become reacquainted with my inner child. But I wouldn't begin to consider recommending them to young readers today. The descriptions of him as having the strength of a native and the intelligence of a white don't play as well in the 21st century as they did in the segregated South of my youth.

10-01-2009, 04:51 PM	#245
JeremyZ Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 1000702 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chicago Device: Nook ST, Kindle 2, Samsung Galaxy Stellar phone	I want a whole genre. I want technical books, with legible illustrations and working table of contents', at a price significantly lower than the printed version. Heck, why not B&W comic books? Chess books? It is mainly better editing in non-fiction books I'm after.

10-02-2009, 04:36 PM	#246
6charlong friendly lurker Posts: 896 Karma: 2436026 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US Device: Kindle, nook, Apple and Kobo	I keep looking for Julian by Gore Vidal. It is still available in paper form but I'd like to be able to have it with me.

10-02-2009, 07:01 PM	#247
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	The vast majority of Peter Ackroyd's work (I've found maybe a dozen of his as ebooks so far) - and I'd like all of it to be available as epub, and able to be sold to someone in the UK

10-02-2009, 07:38 PM	#248
Andanzas Out of print Posts: 487 Karma: 1549538 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Sony PRS-500 (recycled), Pocketbook Inkpad X Pro	Roberto Bolaño's 2666, both in Spanish and in English

10-05-2009, 05:03 PM	#249
JeremyZ Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 1000702 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chicago Device: Nook ST, Kindle 2, Samsung Galaxy Stellar phone	Another one. I'm seeing The Chrysalids recommended a lot here, and noted that Amazon only has it in paperback. (for $11.20 at the time of this writing) That's not too bad, but I'm getting spoiled by my Kindle into not waiting for shipping any more. I bet my library has this one.

10-05-2009, 05:12 PM	#250
jeremy_ahn Banned Posts: 64 Karma: 22 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: any	i want poetry collections available in ebook form. then again, i want an ebook reader first. i tried 5-finger discounting a sony from my walmart but that wire be all hard to cut through know what i mean

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10-05-2009, 08:01 PM	#251
PhishStyx The me that I am Posts: 413 Karma: 1078 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: In my house! Duh! Device: Kindle 1 & DR 1000s	I would love to finally have a complete collection of Roger Zelazny's writings. I currently only have 30 of his 50 books and cannot find the remaining ones (including the poetry).

10-06-2009, 08:04 AM	#252
mediax Readaholic Posts: 255 Karma: 1058454 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Swindon, UK Device: Sony PRS-T2 (previously 505 and 650)	Never Had It So Good and White Heat by Dominic Sandbrook - social histories of Britain between the 1950s and 1970s. These are the only physical books I've bought since I got my PRS505.

10-06-2009, 04:22 PM	#253
MelC Evangelist Posts: 410 Karma: 2081 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: Cybook Gen3, PRS600	The ones I periodically and so far unsuccessfully scan for: Enid Blyton - any and all of her series James Herriott - the whole series Farley Mowat - I've only found one by him in ebook form Mel

10-29-2009, 09:05 AM	#255
melbournian Colonial chapette Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: Astak Pocket Pro	A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth....if ever there was a book that needed to be made into an electronic version...! (It's nearly 1500 pages long, and even in the paperback version which I have just started reading it weighs a ton). I expect to have very strong wrists by the end of this book.