e-Book Requests and Begging (Public Domain Books Only!) - Page 19

Patricia · 02-02-2009, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Begging indeed! It seems, from my research, that the Albert Payson Terhune books about Lad are public domain.

I did not see them on the list of already completed ebook uploads...would anyone be interested in doing those? (pretty please?)

Ok. there's a few at PG.
I'm finishing off some Dumas when I get home from work tonight. But I'll do a Terhume tomorrow.

HarryT · 02-02-2009, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

I did not see them on the list of already completed ebook uploads...would anyone be interested in doing those? (pretty please?)

Whence can they be downloaded? We can only convert books which are actually available!

Patricia · 02-02-2009, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Whence can they be downloaded? We can only convert books which are actually available!

There are some on PG. Harry. And elsewhere.

HarryT · 02-02-2009, 09:43 AM

Thanks!

phenomshel · 02-02-2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

Ok. there's a few at PG.
I'm finishing off some Dumas when I get home from work tonight. But I'll do a Terhume tomorrow.

Thanks!! No need for rushing, Patricia, do it when you want to, have time, are bored... and thanks a bunch!

phenomshel · 02-02-2009, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Whence can they be downloaded? We can only convert books which are actually available!

Sorry Harry, I should have added that information. I just got excited when I found those! They were some of my favorites.

vivaldirules · 02-04-2009, 11:55 AM

I can't help but notice that with nearly 9000 ebooks uploaded, the selection in languages besides English seems pretty small. With the French and German forums, I can see the number of titles in those languages growing. But there are, for example, only about ten ebooks in Spanish. Although I don't speak a word of anything but English (no, really!

), I was wondering if people thought it would be a good idea to try to make a concerted effort to post some titles that might be of particular interest to read in the language it was written in. Would this be a waste of time or not? In particular, I would not want to make matters worse by posting unreadable garbage. If it's worth trying, does someone have some suggestions for some authors and titles we're missing that would be good to start with?

nrapallo · 02-04-2009, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I can't help but notice that with nearly 9000 ebooks uploaded, the selection in languages besides English seems pretty small. With the French and German forums, I can see the number of titles in those languages growing. But there are, for example, only about ten ebooks in Spanish. Although I don't speak a word of anything but English (no, really!

), I was wondering if people thought it would be a good idea to try to make a concerted effort to post some titles that might be of particular interest to read in the language it was written in. Would this be a waste of time or not? In particular, I would not want to make matters worse by posting unreadable garbage. If it's worth trying, does someone have some suggestions for some authors and titles we're missing that would be good to start with?

Here's a checklist, of sorts, which languages to start looking at, namely, Top 30 Languages by Number of Native Speakers.

I would expect, though, that the current ebook creation tools will have issues supporting ALL the international characters that these languages require.

Worth a try, though...

I once tried converting esperanto .IMP ebooks, but they did not display most of the non-english characters/letters. Oh well, at least we know any .IMP ebooks WILL indeed look like gibberish (in fact, will have those annoying '?'s) and not convert well using mobi2IMP. You've been warned...

HarryT · 02-04-2009, 01:06 PM

Languages that use the Roman alphabet (most Western European languages except Greek) are generally pretty easy to handle.

Non-Roman, left-to-right, alphabetic languages (eg Greek, Russian) are pretty straightforward on devices which allow you to install the appropriate viewing font (eg CyBook Gen3) or embed the font in the document (LRF, PDF).

Non-Roman, "multi-byte character" left-to-right languages (eg Chinese, Korean) generally fall into the same category as the above - you need to be able to either install or embed the font.

Right-to-left languages (primarily the Semitic language group - Arabic, Hebrew, etc) are a problem. The only format I'm aware of which supports them is PDF and again the correct fonts need to be embedded in the document.

Jellby · 02-04-2009, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I can't help but notice that with nearly 9000 ebooks uploaded, the selection in languages besides English seems pretty small. With the French and German forums, I can see the number of titles in those languages growing. But there are, for example, only about ten ebooks in Spanish. Although I don't speak a word of anything but English (no, really!

), I was wondering if people thought it would be a good idea to try to make a concerted effort to post some titles that might be of particular interest to read in the language it was written in. Would this be a waste of time or not? In particular, I would not want to make matters worse by posting unreadable garbage. If it's worth trying, does someone have some suggestions for some authors and titles we're missing that would be good to start with?

Umm... French: Jules Verne (Mtravellerh is doing them, I think), Dumas (I did two "musketeers", still have to read the third, and there are a lot more), Balzac, Victor Hugo, Leroux (I did one, have more pending)...

Italian: Emilio Salgari.

Spanish: Don Quixote (I'm getting Doré's illustrations, I might do the book some day), Galdós (I did some, there are many more), Clarín...

HarryT · 02-04-2009, 01:11 PM

I'd be happy to upload some Latin texts, if anyone would be interested.

vivaldirules · 02-04-2009, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Jellby

Umm... French: Jules Verne (Mtravellerh is doing them, I think), Dumas (I did two "musketeers", still have to read the third, and there are a lot more), Balzac, Victor Hugo, Leroux (I did one, have more pending)...

Italian: Emilio Salgari.

Spanish: Don Quixote (I'm getting Doré's illustrations, I might do the book some day), Galdós (I did some, there are many more), Clarín...

Thank you, Jellby. I think I'll start this weekend on the following works by Salgari in Italian. And I'm hoping we can find someone here who could check what I produce to see that I haven't totally botched them.

Tigers of Malaysia series:
The Mystery of The Black Jungle
Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem
Sandokan: The Pirates of Malaysia
Sandokan: The Two Tigers

Black Corsair series:
The Son of the Red Corsair

nrapallo · 02-04-2009, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Thank you, Jellby. I think I'll start this weekend on the following works by Salgari in Italian. And I'm hoping we can find someone here who could check what I produce to see that I haven't totally botched them.

Tigers of Malaysia series:
The Mystery of The Black Jungle
Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem
Sandokan: The Pirates of Malaysia
Sandokan: The Two Tigers

Black Corsair series:
The Son of the Red Corsair

I'll give it a "look-see"!

mtravellerh · 02-04-2009, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by nrapallo

I'll give it a "look-see"!

Same here. Sorry I haven't done any Italian books yet, but there is just not enough time. As far as I know, Jellby has some Italian knowledge as well.

Jellby · 02-05-2009, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by mtravellerh

As far as I know, Jellby has some Italian knowledge as well.

Not enough to do any real proofreading and correction, but I can read it with a dictionary

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02-02-2009, 09:43 AM	#274
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Thanks!

02-04-2009, 11:55 AM	#277
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	I can't help but notice that with nearly 9000 ebooks uploaded, the selection in languages besides English seems pretty small. With the French and German forums, I can see the number of titles in those languages growing. But there are, for example, only about ten ebooks in Spanish. Although I don't speak a word of anything but English (no, really! ), I was wondering if people thought it would be a good idea to try to make a concerted effort to post some titles that might be of particular interest to read in the language it was written in. Would this be a waste of time or not? In particular, I would not want to make matters worse by posting unreadable garbage. If it's worth trying, does someone have some suggestions for some authors and titles we're missing that would be good to start with?

02-04-2009, 01:06 PM	#279
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Languages that use the Roman alphabet (most Western European languages except Greek) are generally pretty easy to handle. Non-Roman, left-to-right, alphabetic languages (eg Greek, Russian) are pretty straightforward on devices which allow you to install the appropriate viewing font (eg CyBook Gen3) or embed the font in the document (LRF, PDF). Non-Roman, "multi-byte character" left-to-right languages (eg Chinese, Korean) generally fall into the same category as the above - you need to be able to either install or embed the font. Right-to-left languages (primarily the Semitic language group - Arabic, Hebrew, etc) are a problem. The only format I'm aware of which supports them is PDF and again the correct fonts need to be embedded in the document.

02-04-2009, 01:11 PM	#281
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I'd be happy to upload some Latin texts, if anyone would be interested.

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