eBooks we're working on

[HarryT]

New versions of the "West Point Omnibus" and the "Annapolis Omnibus" uploaded. These juvenile series follow the adventures of cadets at the US Military Academy at West Point, and the Naval Academy at Annapolis, respectively, and run in "parallel". They follow on from the "High School Boys" series' posted previously.

New versions created for both Sony and MobiPocket to correct a problem with incorrect paragraph breaks.

[Jellby]

It seems this thread started for stating works "in progress", but it's now a sort of announcement of new uploads...

Anyway, following the original title, I'm currently working in PDF versions (you know, 9x12cm page size, with "chapterbars"...) of Lewis Carroll's "Sylvie and Bruno" and "Sylvie and Bruno Concluded", fully illustrated by Harry Furniss; and of Dumas's "Vingt ans après", the second part of The Three Musketeers (in French). In fact, I have the books ready, but I'm reading them before uploading.

[HarryT]

Pamela, originally published in 1740, is widely regarded as the first ever English novel. Although some authorities consider the works of earlier authors such as Defoe to be novels, it is probably true to say that most do not, and that Pamela is the first work generally considered to be a novel. For this reason it is an enormously important work.

This book contains Pamela, its sequel (generally referred to as simply Pamela, Volume II, and Samuel Richardson's complete original introduction to the work (very often omitted from modern versions, but nonetheless interesting to read).

Like many early novels, Pamela is "epistolary" in form - ie, it tells its story through letters and diaries, rather than as a straightforward narrative.

As the book opens, Pamela, a 15 year old ladies' maid, is wondering what to do following the death of her mistress. She fears the attention of her late mistress's son (known only as "Mr. B.", throughout the novel), (quite rightly) worrying that he will try to take advantage of her. The novel tells the story of Mr. B's attempts to seduce Pamela, leading to his eventual imprisonment of her on his country estate, initially via letters to her parents and later, once she has been imprisoned, via a series of diary entries. Pamela's virtuous conduct eventually wins over Mr. B, he marries her, and the novel goes on to describe her attempts to win over Mr. B's family and friends, all of whom are shocked that he has married so far beneath his social class, and who tend to despise Pamela as a "gold digger".

Pamela is a wonderful portrayal of everyday life in the middle of the 18th century in England, and a fabulous read.

Enjoy!

Uploaded for both Sony and MobiPocket.

[Justy]

All 3 Emily books have been uploaded in Mobipocket format. I used Bookdesigner so if any other formats are wanted please let me know. I won't be able to test them, but I am happy to create them.

I added a cover picture, corrected formating, and added a TOC. Original files were from Project Gutenberg Australia.

Edit: Uploaded all 3 books in IMP format as well. Could someone please test them and let me know if they turned out ok?

[RWood]

I'm working on Jack Boyle's Boston Blackie collection published in 1919.

[HarryT]

Finished reading the book, marked and corrected all the errors - probably around 100 in total, mostly minor typos. Created a new version of the book for Sony and Mobi.

This will probably be the final version of the book - at least for a while.

[Justy]

I have uploaded these 2 books in Mobipocket, SonyReader, and IMP formats.

These were a couple of my favorite books as a child, I read them over and over. It's almost time to read them again, so I had to create them to read on my Cybook.

Story Girl - Told by a boy who lives for a time with relatives on the King farm on Prince Edward Island, it focuses on Sara Stanley, who tells the many stories that punctuate and advance the narrative.

Golden Road - A sequel to The Story Girl, the story continues about the King children, Sara Stanley, the hired boy, and the people in their rural PEI community.

[Patricia]

I'm planning to free up some space on my religious bookshelf by converting PD religious classics from the Buddhist. Hindu and Confucian traditions. The paper copies can then go to a charity.

[HarryT]

Just finished entirely re-creating (or creating for the first time, in the case of the MobiPocket version), all the books of John Galsworthy's massive "Forsyte Saga" for Sony and Mobipocket. This series of books tells the story of the Forsyte family - a typical upper middle-class Victorian family - from the 1880s right through to the early 1930s (Galsworthy died in 1933). Galsworthy was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932, primarily for these books.

The books are, in reading order:

Forsyte Saga - First Trilogy.
On Forsyte 'Change (short story collection).
Forsyte Saga - Second Trilogy.
Forsyte Saga - Third Trilogy.

A monumental work, and by no means a "light read", but enormously satisfying.

Enjoy!

[Justy]

I have uploaded these 2 books as a compilation in Mobipocket, SonyReader, and IMP formats. I added a cover image, table of contents (for both books), and corrected formating.

Pat of Silver Bush (1933) portrays a girl named Patricia Gardiner, who hates changes of any kind and loves her home, Silver Bush, more than anything else in the world. She is very devoted to her family: her father and mother, her brothers Joe and Sid, and her sisters Winnie and Rachel(Cuddles). The book begins when Pat is 7 years old and ends when she is 18.

Mistress Pat (1935) is the sequel to Pat of Silver Bush, and describes Patricia Gardiner's life in her twenties and early thirties, during which she remained single and took care of her beloved home, Silver Bush. Pat hated changes as much as ever, and found in Silver Bush a refuge where she was shielded from them, but changes happen nevertheless. In the course of eleven years, new servants, new neighbors and new lovers came and went, her brothers and sisters all got married, and life at Silver Bush was no longer as pleasant as before, but Pat clung to her love of it desperately. It was only in the face of horrible disasters that Pat found where her heart belonged for the rest of her life.

[HarryT]

A new and improved version of a wonderful juvenile series:

More juvenile fiction. An omnibus edition of the 5-book "Circus Boys" series, originally published between 1910 and 1920. The books tell the exciting adventures of Phil and Teddy, two teenage boys who run away to join the circus (a popular activity of the time, seemingly!).

As described by the publisher:

"No call to the heart of the youth of America finds a readier response than the call of the billowing canvas, the big red wagons, the crash of the circus band and the trill of the ringmaster's whistle. It is a call that captures the imagination of old and young alike, and so do the books of this series capture and enthrall the reader, for they were written by one who, besides weilding a master pen, has followed the sawdust trail from coast to coast, who knows the circus people and the sturdy manliness of those who do and dare for the entertainment of millions of circus-goers when the grass is green. Mr. Darlington paints a true picture of circus life."

Er, "sturdy manliness"? ...

"Phil Forrest, proud and happy, bounded out into the paddock, resplendent in pink tights, a black girdle about his loins, sparkling with silver spangles....Mr. Sparling, hardened showman that he was, brushed a suspicious hand across his eyes and sat down suddenly. "Such grit, Such grit!" he muttered..."

Leaving aside the pink tights and silver spangles ( ) this is a wonderful series. Thoroughly recommend reading!

[RWood]

I will be working on a few by Randell Garrett. Some have already been posted by another in LRF format only -- these may be expanded. As he died in 1987 these will be for the US only.

[HarryT]

A new edition of an omnibus version of all 6 of Earl Derr Biggers' "Charlie Chan" detective novels, uploaded for both Sony and MobiPocket.

Put aside any misconception of "Charlie Chan" you may have received from the dreadful Hollywood movies of the 1940s and 50s; the books are excellently-written detective stories with tightly-crafted plots.

[nrapallo]

Uploaded most recent version of the latest 16 of 25 revised by HarryT from mid March 2008 to early April 2008 in .IMP formats.

These versions incorporate Cover images and correctly-sized illustrations (for the REB 1200 or EBW 1150).

Enjoy!

p.s. the other 9 Dickens Classics had already been updated in mid March 2008, but are just missing the Cover images. These may be replaced at a later date when and if HarryT revises them again.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by nrapallo

p.s. the other 9 Dickens Classics had already been updated in mid March 2008, but are just missing the Cover images. These may be replaced at a later date when and if HarryT revises them again.

All my Dickens books have cover images, to the best of my knowledge. Which ones do you believe they are missing from? You've got me a bit worried now . The last batch of revisions were the books which had been created from text files incorrectly, with paragraph breaks in the wrong place. All the books were already (as far as I'm aware) in "proper" MobiPocket format with cover images.