eBooks we're working on

[HarryT]

A new version of Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon" and "Around the Moon" in a single volume, for Sony and MobiPocket.

[HarryT]

A new version of the Verne classic for both Sony and MobiPocket.

This book describes the eventful journey of an English gentleman, Mr Phileas Fogg, and his manservant, Passepartout, as they attempt to go around the world in 80 days to win a large wager.

[HarryT]

A new version of Verne's adventure story for both Sony and MobiPocket.

Strange events are occurring around the world, involving lights, sounds and flags that are hung in seemingly impossible-to-get-to locations. At the meeting of the Weldon Club in Philadelphia, Uncle Prudent (President) and Phil Evans (Secretary) and the membership debate about whether their balloon the Go-Ahead, should have its directional screw located in the front or the back. A man called Robur interrupts and takes over their meeting; he insists that to master the skies, a flying vehicle must be heavier than air. His remarks infuriate the balloonists and after their meeting, Uncle Prudent and Phil are kidnapped and taken on an around the world trip in the Albatross, Robur's heavier than air "Clipper of the Clouds".

One of Verne's perhaps lesser-known works, but very enjoyable. I'll do the sequel, Master of the World, shortly.

Enjoy!

[HarryT]

New and improved version uploaded for Sony and MobiPocket.

The sequel to "Robur the Conqueror".

"It was seen first in North Carolina, or something was, smoking up from a mountain crater. With blinding speed, it roared past cars on a Pennsylvania road. It skimmed the Atlantic, then at the flick of its captain's will dove beneath the waves...It was the "Terror"...ship, sub, plane, and land vehicle in one and a letter from its inventor claimed that with it, he would rule the world." Long recognized as a truly prophetic science fiction classic, this exciting adventure was also Verne's last novel.

Enjoy!

[HarryT]

More improvements to my omnibus edition of E.F.Benson's "Mapp and Lucia" series. Uploaded for Sony and MobiPocket - the Mobi version is now a proper Mobi book with metadata, navigation links, etc.

Enjoy!

[HarryT]

An omnibus edition of a (partially complete) juvenile series by H. Irving Hancock, the sequel to the "Dave Darrin at Annapolis" series. This series describes the adventures of Dave Darrin as a young naval officer in the U.S. Navy immediately prior to, and during, the First World War. There are six books in the series, of which numbers 1, 2, and 6 are currently available as eBooks. I'll add the others to the volume as and when they are released.

Uploaded for both Sony and MobiPocket.

Enjoy!

[JSWolf]

I am working on a decent version of Maelstrom. The original HTML is awful and it doesn't work all that well in Book Designer. So I'm using HTML2LRF to do the Sony Edition and I'll work on it from the html for the LRF edition to make the Mobipocket and then use that to do the IMP.

[HarryT]

Angela Brazil, (pronounced "brazzle"), 1868–1947, was the first of the British writers of "modern" School Girls' Stories genre - written from the characters' point of view. This twentieth century genre aimed to write entertaining stories for girls, rather than the much more overtly moralizing, instructional style which had been popular earlier in the 19th century.

Exceptionally, she did not write any books in a series - each stood on its own with different characters every time. These were considered to deal accurately and sympathetically with the highs and lows in the lives of middle-class schoolgirls, including the tangle of emotional friendships. The realism is particularly shown in her frequent use of slang expressions; a factor leading some teachers of the time to ban her books.

This volume contains five of Angela Brazil's books, as follows:

1. The New Girl at St. Chad's (1911)

2. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth (1913)

3. For the Sake of the School (1915)

4. The Luckiest Girl in the School (1916)

5. A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl (1919)

Hugely enjoyable stories for all lovers of juvenile fiction, even those of us who never were "schoolgirls" .

More to follow.

Enjoy!

Uploaded for both Sony and MobiPocket

[HarryT]

A series of six juvenile books, written under the "house" name of "Charles Amory Beach", describing the adventures of two American boys in the flyings corps during the First World War. Posted for both Sony and MobiPocket.

The books in the series are:

1. Air Service Boys Flying for France *

2. Air Service Boys Over the Enemy's Lines

3. Air Service Boys Over the Rhine *

4. Air Service Boys In the Big Battle

5. Air Service Boys Flying For Victory *

6. Air Service Boys Over the Atlantic

* This book is not currently available as an eBook; it will be added to the omnibus as and when released.

I must confess that, fan though I am of early 20th century juvenile books, I do not like these books. They are basically "propaganda" material of a rather crude and unsubtle kind.

[Stanart]

I've been thinking of working on The Gods of Pegana (1905) and its follow-up Time and the Gods (1906) by Edward Dunsany. Some of Dunsany's work has already been posted on Mobileread. However, reading about Dunsany on Wikipedia I see that all of his work is still in copyright around the world except in the USA where his pre-1923 work is public domain. After one of my recent book uploads got some comment about possible copyright violation, I'm a wee bit gun shy. I honestly don't want to cause anyone grief or get this site into trouble, but a lot of interesting work is not available worldwide. Yet anyone can go to PG or other sites and download the files. What to do? Forget about the conversion of such work or include a warning that it's only available to people residing in the USA? I'd appreciate some clear guidance on this. I'll be converting some of this stuff for my own use and it seems kind of a waste not to make it available to others.

[HarryT]

An omnibus edition of Otis Adelbert Kline's "Venus" series, consisting of the following books:

1. Planet of Peril

2. Prince of Peril

3. Port of Peril

These books have a very similar style of those of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Barsoom" series; if you enjoy those you should enjoy these too.

Uploaded for both Sony and MobiPocket.

[HarryT]

Various books by Otis Adelbert Kline uploaded. All classic "pulp" SF, very much in the style of Burroughs. Great stuff if you enjoy such things.

"Dr. Drib" uploaded some of these books previously, but I'm re-uploading because I prefer my own formatting style, and also because the original uploads were for the Sony Reader only, and I wanted MobiPocket versions.

[HarryT]

An omnibus edition of the "Just Men" books of Edgar Wallace, which relate the activities of a group of men who "put right" miscarriages of justice. Posted for both Sony and MobiPocket. The book in the series are:

1. Four Just Men (1905)

2. The Just Men of Cordova (1917)*

3. The Law of the Four Just Men (1921)

4. The Three Just Men (1924)

5. Again the Three Just Men (1929)*

* This book is not currently available as an eBook. It will be added to the volume if it is subsequently released.

I shall be re-doing all the Edgar Wallace books I've posted previously (and the ones not previously done, too); most are currently only available for the Sony, and the early ones aren't very well done.

[hn_88]

Originally Posted by Stanart

After one of my recent book uploads got some comment about possible copyright violation, I'm a wee bit gun shy. I honestly don't want to cause anyone grief or get this site into trouble, but a lot of interesting work is not available worldwide.

Please don't mind comments about "possible copyright violation" - if, as in this case, it's not applicable to you. If necessary, you can just add a line to your ebook submission, saying "Out of copyright in the United States, published in 1905" or whatever.

[Patricia]

Originally Posted by Stanart

I've been thinking of working on The Gods of Pegana (1905) and its follow-up Time and the Gods (1906) by Edward Dunsany. Some of Dunsany's work has already been posted on Mobileread. However, reading about Dunsany on Wikipedia I see that all of his work is still in copyright around the world except in the USA where his pre-1923 work is public domain. After one of my recent book uploads got some comment about possible copyright violation, I'm a wee bit gun shy. I honestly don't want to cause anyone grief or get this site into trouble, but a lot of interesting work is not available worldwide. Yet anyone can go to PG or other sites and download the files. What to do? Forget about the conversion of such work or include a warning that it's only available to people residing in the USA? I'd appreciate some clear guidance on this. I'll be converting some of this stuff for my own use and it seems kind of a waste not to make it available to others.

There is work going on behind the scenes to resolve this sort of problem. I don't want to say more, until everything is sorted out and ready to run. But expect an announcement in the next week or 10 days. Alex has a cunning plan.