No Roger Zelazny ebooks?

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by bgalbrecht

Still, there are other authors who died before the advent of digital publishing in the same predicament, like Gordon Dickson, Clifford Simak, Edgar Pangborn, James Blish.

I'd kill (a publishing exec) for CITIES IN FLIGHT in ebook.
A CASE OF CONSCIENCE.
JACK OF EAGLES.
VOR (my first modern SF read).
The entire DORSAI saga.
Blish and a most of the 50's Masters are sorely unappreciated as is and without ebook editions are likely to remain so. Their legacy deserves better.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

I'd kill (a publishing exec) for CITIES IN FLIGHT in ebook.
A CASE OF CONSCIENCE.
JACK OF EAGLES.
VOR (my first modern SF read).
The entire DORSAI saga.

All available in the UK, should you wish to pay us a virtual visit.

[pwalker8]

Yep, a lot of ebooks available in Jolly ol' England that are not yet available in the US.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by pwalker8

Yep, a lot of ebooks available in Jolly ol' England that are not yet available in the US.

And likewise, vice versa, of course.

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by kennyc

That's probably because the audio rights were negotiated with the print rights. It's the digital ebook rights that are being discussed.

I kind of doubt that. The Amber series just came out in audiobook last year about this time. The original audo CD version (came out in 2009) was actually narrated by Zelazny himself before he died and just came to light.

Just as an aside, I just bought Damnation Alley in e-book. The paper version was last published in 2004 and was originally published in 1967. The ebook was published in May of this year, so perhaps there is movement going on for Zelazny ebooks.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

I'd kill (a publishing exec) for CITIES IN FLIGHT in ebook.
A CASE OF CONSCIENCE.
JACK OF EAGLES.
VOR (my first modern SF read).
The entire DORSAI saga.
Blish and a most of the 50's Masters are sorely unappreciated as is and without ebook editions are likely to remain so. Their legacy deserves better.

'Cities in Flight' is available as an ebook:

http://www.amazon.com/Cities-in-Flig.../dp/B006W5Q73G





Don

[teh603]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

Blish and a most of the 50's Masters are sorely unappreciated as is and without ebook editions are likely to remain so. Their legacy deserves better.

Some of that is due to Litfic's stranglehold on the best- seller lists, though. If you weren't (and in many circles still aren't) writing exclusively for academia, it doesn't matter how good an author you were.

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

'Cities in Flight' is available as an ebook:

http://www.amazon.com/Cities-in-Flig.../dp/B006W5Q73G





Don

Thanks for the tip.
Now to wait for the Penguin price fix to end.

[pwalker8]

Thanks for the point. Just bought it.

(sigh, and people wonder why the old classics are very slowly coming out in ebooks. Not going to get many in copyright books for free or for $2. )

[bgalbrecht]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

Thanks for the tip.
Now to wait for the Penguin price fix to end.

I don't think $12 (at Amazon & Google, $14 at B&N and Kobo) is particularly outrageous for The Cities in Flight, but it looks like it's the only Blish available on ebook in the US. And I'm also miffed that most of Iain Banks non-SF is unavailable in the US, but that's clearly not because of literary executor issue.

[HarryT]

$12 for an omnibus of four books seems like excellent value for money to me.

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by pwalker8

Thanks for the point. Just bought it.

(sigh, and people wonder why the old classics are very slowly coming out in ebooks. Not going to get many in copyright books for free or for $2. )

And apparently few copyright holders are thinking that offering them at $12 is going to generate enough profit to make it worthwhile. Like most commercial enterprise, it is a gamble, a risk as to the consumer's response to any offering. I think there are plenty of proven goodies that are out of print but still under copyright that would be profitable at $12 an ebook, some like a "Dorsi Omnibus" should be very profitable.

Luck;
Ken

[Rizla]

A buck at abebooks

[HarryT]

In what condition? And how much is the postage?

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

I think there are plenty of proven goodies that are out of print but still under copyright that would be profitable at $12 an ebook, some like a "Dorsi Omnibus" should be very profitable.

Luck;
Ken

That's the market that Gateway are going after. They do a "Dorsai" omnibus containing the first six books in the series for £15. (They also sell the books individually at £3, so essentially with the omnibus you're getting 6 for the price of 5).

Unfortunately it's not sold in the US, but it's easy enough to pay a virtual visit to the UK if you want it.