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Billi · 11-21-2013, 02:12 AM

Is there anything special with Ibsen that you can't answer this question yourself simply by searching for his year of death (it's 1906)?

SBT · 11-21-2013, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

Is Ibsen in the public domain?

Certainly, for him the curtain dropped for the last time in 1907. You'll find nearly all his plays in the Patricia Clark Library. See also here.
Bokselskap.no also has some of his plays.
The website ibsen.net is currently offline, but will probably return.

HarryT · 11-30-2013, 05:32 AM

I've just uploaded a completely proofed and reformatted version of Jane Austen's "Emma" to the library in the usual formats. Enjoy!

GrannyGrump · 12-19-2013, 01:55 AM

I'm putting the finishing touches on "A Tramp Abroad" by Mark Twain, fully illustrated. I'm surprised that this is the first time this title will be added to the Library.

(It's been a WIP for months. I've converted and cleaned the entire set of 300+ images three times, once due to hard-drive data-loss, and poor results a second time.)

fxp33 · 12-21-2013, 04:18 PM

Hi,

Thank you for this thread

Working on an edition of the first five books of the hagakure in Japanese (not sure the English version or the French one are in public domain, so it will remain in Japanese only).

I have asked for some help on the kobo forum to see how it looks like.

If someone has already been working on this, please, share

Regards

François

HarryT · 12-22-2013, 07:59 AM

Just uploaded a thoroughly proofed and revised version of Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey". On now to the final one of her novels, "Persuasion".

pynch · 12-31-2013, 07:51 AM

Currently working on the complete writings of Gertrude Stein.

crich70 · 01-20-2014, 11:14 AM

Starting work on the complete works of R. L. Stevenson. It aught to be fun to work on them.

HarryT · 01-20-2014, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by crich70

Starting work on the complete works of R. L. Stevenson. It aught to be fun to work on them.

Excellent. I look forward to it. A lot of his work on PG is in dire need of proofing (eg there are at least 3 errors on the first page alone of "Kidnapped"), so it'll be good to have a properly-proofed version.

crich70 · 01-20-2014, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Excellent. I look forward to it. A lot of his work on PG is in dire need of proofing (eg there are at least 3 errors on the first page alone of "Kidnapped"), so it'll be good to have a properly-proofed version.

Well the Swanston Edition is composed of 25 books so it will take me a while but it will be nice to have access to his complete works. I have noticed that there are a few of his books here at MR but not the complete works as yet. I'm thinking of joining them together in groups of 5 for easier access.

Jellby · 01-20-2014, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by crich70

I'm thinking of joining them together in groups of 5 for easier access.

Unless they are complete series, I wouldn't like that. I prefer individual books. A single "complete works" volume (or divided in novels/poetry/travel/...) would be my second choice, but not just arbitrarily bundling several books together.

Of course, whatever you do, if you do it, will be more than welcome, that's only my preference

DaleDe · 01-20-2014, 03:03 PM

I would think that collections like that are perfect to place in our wiki. We have a page on Notable eBook Uploads Available at MobileRead specifically as an index for collections and have particular pages that contain direct pointers to the downloads. I would agree that having a bunch zipped together is not my preferred way. I like to download what I want when I want.

Dale

SBT · 01-20-2014, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Excellent. I look forward to it. A lot of his work on PG is in dire need of proofing (eg there are at least 3 errors on the first page alone of "Kidnapped"), so it'll be good to have a properly-proofed version.

I've thought about making a version of “Kidnapped” with the illustrations by Louis Rhead – the artist who also made the drawings for “Treasure Island” which I embedded in an ebook here a while back. I'll wait a bit for the proofed version then... Meanwhile, maybe I'll have a go at vectorizing the images to SVG

Currently finalizing the first edition of ”Fram over Polhavet” by F. Nansen, and ”Framgutterne” by B. Nordahl.

crich70 · 01-20-2014, 06:30 PM

Well the books are already in partial collections with a few books in each epub and when I check the properties of the folder where all 25 of the epubs are the total comes out to 9.54 MB so that comes out to an average of 1.90 MB per epub (with 5 of the epubs together). Other collections here are similar to what I'm thinking of. Dr. Thorndyke and The H. Rider Haggard books for example. I'm not thinking of all 25 in one big epub just of putting them together so instead of 25 epubs it comes out to 5 epub collections.

BookCat · 01-20-2014, 09:56 PM

May I make a plea for all these wonderful books to also be in an lrf format for those of us, like me, who still have an old Sony (prs 505) as their main/only reader. This reader still functions well, I can't find a better one, so don't want to replace it. PLEASE keep formatting for old Sony's. Thanks.

12-21-2013, 04:18 PM	#860
fxp33 Addict Posts: 261 Karma: 110864 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Bordeaux, France Device: Kobo Glo, Aura HD, kindle paperwhite	Hagakure, the five first books (Japanese with furigana) Hi, Thank you for this thread Working on an edition of the first five books of the hagakure in Japanese (not sure the English version or the French one are in public domain, so it will remain in Japanese only). I have asked for some help on the kobo forum to see how it looks like. If someone has already been working on this, please, share Regards François

12-22-2013, 07:59 AM	#861
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	"Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen Just uploaded a thoroughly proofed and revised version of Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey". On now to the final one of her novels, "Persuasion".

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Billi Wizard Posts: 3,388 Karma: 14190103 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	Is there anything special with Ibsen that you can't answer this question yourself simply by searching for his year of death (it's 1906)?

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I've just uploaded a completely proofed and reformatted version of Jane Austen's "Emma" to the library in the usual formats. Enjoy!

12-19-2013, 01:55 AM	#859
GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,200 Karma: 34977556 Join Date: May 2011 Location: JAPAN (US expatriate) Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	I'm putting the finishing touches on "A Tramp Abroad" by Mark Twain, fully illustrated. I'm surprised that this is the first time this title will be added to the Library. (It's been a WIP for months. I've converted and cleaned the entire set of 300+ images three times, once due to hard-drive data-loss, and poor results a second time.)

12-31-2013, 07:51 AM	#862
pynch why in? Posts: 1,620 Karma: 28802432 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Aura	Currently working on the complete writings of Gertrude Stein.

01-20-2014, 11:14 AM	#863
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,306 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	Starting work on the complete works of R. L. Stevenson. It aught to be fun to work on them.

01-20-2014, 03:03 PM	#867
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	I would think that collections like that are perfect to place in our wiki. We have a page on Notable eBook Uploads Available at MobileRead specifically as an index for collections and have particular pages that contain direct pointers to the downloads. I would agree that having a bunch zipped together is not my preferred way. I like to download what I want when I want. Dale

01-20-2014, 06:30 PM	#869
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,306 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	Well the books are already in partial collections with a few books in each epub and when I check the properties of the folder where all 25 of the epubs are the total comes out to 9.54 MB so that comes out to an average of 1.90 MB per epub (with 5 of the epubs together). Other collections here are similar to what I'm thinking of. Dr. Thorndyke and The H. Rider Haggard books for example. I'm not thinking of all 25 in one big epub just of putting them together so instead of 25 epubs it comes out to 5 epub collections.

01-20-2014, 09:56 PM	#870
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,912 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	May I make a plea for all these wonderful books to also be in an lrf format for those of us, like me, who still have an old Sony (prs 505) as their main/only reader. This reader still functions well, I can't find a better one, so don't want to replace it. PLEASE keep formatting for old Sony's. Thanks.

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