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HarryT · 04-07-2019, 03:51 AM

That's very good news - Dick Francis is one of my favourite authors. Fortunately all his books are available as ebooks in the UK.

kyrilson · 04-09-2019, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Strether

The mystery writer Dick Francis switched US publishers mid-career. Those e-books published by Penguin have been available in the US for years, but not those published by Harper and Row, his first publishers. I note that six of the first publisher's books are now available in the US for pre-order as e-books, being released on May 2nd:

High Stakes

Knockdown

Smokescreen

Rat Race

Dead Cert

Enquiry

All of these are offered at the price of $2.99 each, a bargain.

Hopefully the remaining books will be made available as e-books soon.

Jim

Thanks!! I pre-ordered all of them. I love these books.

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pwalker8 · 05-10-2019, 08:56 AM

Simon Hawke -

Simon Hawke is an author who was active back in the 80's and 90's, best known for his Timewars series and Wizard of 4th Street series. I would describe him as a standard mid tier writer who is interesting enough, but never really broke through. Most of his books are fairly short compared to what we are use to these days. I think most of them are in the 200 page range. IMPO, like a lot of mid tier sf writers, he tended to ride a series until it stopped selling. I don't think he's written anything since the late 90's. His name came up in a discussion in the Butcher thread. Looking in the Kindle store, I see that all his Wizard of 4th Street books seem to be there, and I see the Timewar books as well. I found that the early books in both series were worth reading. He's the sort of author that I thought might find a new audience via the Kindle store. I wonder how many books he's sold since he put them out there. As I mentioned in the Butcher thread, his Wizard of 4th Street series has similarities to the Dresden series and Rivers of London series.

Apache · 05-10-2019, 09:40 AM

I still have the Timewar Series in paper. Now I have to decide if I am interested in rereading them electronically.
Apache

Strether · 05-10-2019, 10:28 AM

I sent a note to the UK publishers who'd recently made some of the early Dick Francis books available to us as ebooks encouraging them to fill in all the blanks we have here in the US. Got this very cordial reply:

"Thank you for your most kind email, which for a small independent publisher like us is a tonic for the soul. As you may have guessed we too are Dick Francis fans and readers, and I'm pleased to say that we will be reissuing more of his novels in the US as ebooks in the not-too-distant future. In short we will publish as many as his Estate and contractual circumstance allows, and I do hope your enthusiasm will be shared by a wider American reading public.

"I wish you much enjoyment in reading them - I believe the next titles are For Kicks, Nerve, Risk, Trial Run and Whip Hand, all to be reissued in July 2019. Do let me know if you'd like any further detail."

Jim

Strether · 05-23-2019, 05:09 PM

The following Dick Francis novels are available for pre-ordering from Amazon.com, being released July 1:

Risk
Bonecrack
Whip Hand
For Kicks
Trial Run
Nerve

Jim

Strether · 07-11-2019, 06:44 PM

The following Dick Francis novels are available for pre-ordering, being released on September 2:

Blood Sport
Forfeit
In the Frame
Slay Ride
Flying Finish
Odds Against

By my reckoning, with this release, all of Francis's books will be available as ebooks in the US.

Jim

pwalker8 · 10-27-2019, 02:51 PM

Looks like two new Rodger Zelazny ebooks were released on Monday, October 21st, Roadmarks and Trumps of Doom (Amber book 6). The last new Zelazny eBook was Lord of Light back in January.

I've pretty much given up on trying to figure out the rhyme and reason for new eBook releases for Zelazny. The ebooks that haven't come out yet are the
last 4 Amber books
Creatures of Light and Darkness (a personal favorite)
Today We Choose Faces
Doorways in the Sand
Bridges of Ashes
My Name is Legion
Changeling (this is an odd one since Madwand, the sequel was released)
The Changing Land (Dilvish the Damed novel)
Dilvish the Damned
A Night in the Lonesome October
Here by Dragons
and various short stories.

pwalker8 · 12-26-2019, 04:33 PM

And Book 7 of the Amber series, Blood of Amber, was released in eboook on December 13th. That's roughly two months.

pwalker8 · 04-09-2020, 06:23 AM

Book 8 and Book 9 of Zelazny's Amber series are out in eBook. 8 came out back at the end of Feb, while I picked up 9 this week. I suspect that some time after book 10 is release, they will do an omnibus Amber eBook.

pwalker8 · 05-02-2020, 07:16 PM

Just bought book 10 of the Amber series, so all of them are out. It will be interesting to see if the Zelazny estate moves on to the other Zelazny books not out in ebooks or waits a while like they have done at other times. Really not that many that aren't available yet, but several that I really want.

pwalker8 · 05-21-2020, 03:29 PM

Looks like they are getting some more of Zelazny's books out. Doorways in the Sand came out on May 13th.

Looking at my library and the Zelazny Bibliography the ones I'm missing are -

Creatures of Light and Darkness (a personal favorite)
Today We Choose Faces
Bridge of Ashes
My Name is Legion (collection of 3 short stories)
Changeling (the sequel, Madwand is out)
The Changing Land (a Dilvish the Damned novel)
Dilvish, the Damned (collection of Dilvish the Damned short stories)
A Night in the Lonesome October

Also there are various short story collections.

With a bit of luck, maybe the last handful of Zelazny books will come out soon.

pwalker8 · 07-12-2020, 09:31 AM

Oh yea, just checked and the new Zelazny books are

Creatures of Light and Darkness
My Name is Legion
and
The Nine Princes of Amber: the Complete Amber Chronicles.

Creates of Light and Darkness is one of my favorites and I really liked My Name is Legion. I went ahead and bought the Nine Princes of Amber, simply because having all the Amber books in one ebook is nice and it only cost $8. Worth it for me.

Alas, while the product details says file size 767 KB and 1264 pages, when I actually downloaded it, it was simply the first book and some 333 KB. I'll follow up and see what's going on with this one. Still glad to get the other two.

The Changling or the Dilvish the Damned books is what I'm hoping will be released next.

(as a follow up, the customer service support person is going to report the issue to the powers that be. Hopefully this will get cleared up. I checked on the Apple book store and the same issue. The description gives the information one would expect for the omnibus book, but when I download it, it's just the first book)
(The Amazon customer service rep said that she would email me with the results of the report. If it's suppose to be the omnibus book, then she will let me know and I'll post when it gets updated, otherwise, they will give me a refund.)

JSWolf · 07-12-2020, 10:27 AM

The Amber eBooks are not professionally done. I checked the preview for Nine Princes in Amber and it has straight quotes.

pwalker8 · 07-12-2020, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The Amber eBooks are not professionally done. I checked the preview for Nine Princes in Amber and it has straight quotes.

I think the phrase you were going for is that the Amber eBooks are not done the way JSWolf personally prefers his books to be formatted.

07-12-2020, 09:31 AM	#238
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,195 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	Oh yea, just checked and the new Zelazny books are Creatures of Light and Darkness My Name is Legion and The Nine Princes of Amber: the Complete Amber Chronicles. Creates of Light and Darkness is one of my favorites and I really liked My Name is Legion. I went ahead and bought the Nine Princes of Amber, simply because having all the Amber books in one ebook is nice and it only cost $8. Worth it for me. Alas, while the product details says file size 767 KB and 1264 pages, when I actually downloaded it, it was simply the first book and some 333 KB. I'll follow up and see what's going on with this one. Still glad to get the other two. The Changling or the Dilvish the Damned books is what I'm hoping will be released next. (as a follow up, the customer service support person is going to report the issue to the powers that be. Hopefully this will get cleared up. I checked on the Apple book store and the same issue. The description gives the information one would expect for the omnibus book, but when I download it, it's just the first book) (The Amazon customer service rep said that she would email me with the results of the report. If it's suppose to be the omnibus book, then she will let me know and I'll post when it gets updated, otherwise, they will give me a refund.) Last edited by pwalker8; 07-12-2020 at 10:52 AM.

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04-07-2019, 03:51 AM	#226
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	That's very good news - Dick Francis is one of my favourite authors. Fortunately all his books are available as ebooks in the UK.

05-10-2019, 08:56 AM	#228
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,195 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	Simon Hawke - Simon Hawke is an author who was active back in the 80's and 90's, best known for his Timewars series and Wizard of 4th Street series. I would describe him as a standard mid tier writer who is interesting enough, but never really broke through. Most of his books are fairly short compared to what we are use to these days. I think most of them are in the 200 page range. IMPO, like a lot of mid tier sf writers, he tended to ride a series until it stopped selling. I don't think he's written anything since the late 90's. His name came up in a discussion in the Butcher thread. Looking in the Kindle store, I see that all his Wizard of 4th Street books seem to be there, and I see the Timewar books as well. I found that the early books in both series were worth reading. He's the sort of author that I thought might find a new audience via the Kindle store. I wonder how many books he's sold since he put them out there. As I mentioned in the Butcher thread, his Wizard of 4th Street series has similarities to the Dresden series and Rivers of London series.

05-10-2019, 09:40 AM	#229
Apache Readaholic Posts: 5,132 Karma: 89858112 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"	I still have the Timewar Series in paper. Now I have to decide if I am interested in rereading them electronically. Apache

05-10-2019, 10:28 AM	#230
Strether Guru Posts: 744 Karma: 2825929 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fresno Device: Kindle 1; iPad Air; iPhone 7; Kobo Libra; Kindle Oasis 3	I sent a note to the UK publishers who'd recently made some of the early Dick Francis books available to us as ebooks encouraging them to fill in all the blanks we have here in the US. Got this very cordial reply: "Thank you for your most kind email, which for a small independent publisher like us is a tonic for the soul. As you may have guessed we too are Dick Francis fans and readers, and I'm pleased to say that we will be reissuing more of his novels in the US as ebooks in the not-too-distant future. In short we will publish as many as his Estate and contractual circumstance allows, and I do hope your enthusiasm will be shared by a wider American reading public. "I wish you much enjoyment in reading them - I believe the next titles are For Kicks, Nerve, Risk, Trial Run and Whip Hand, all to be reissued in July 2019. Do let me know if you'd like any further detail." Jim

05-23-2019, 05:09 PM	#231
Strether Guru Posts: 744 Karma: 2825929 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fresno Device: Kindle 1; iPad Air; iPhone 7; Kobo Libra; Kindle Oasis 3	The following Dick Francis novels are available for pre-ordering from Amazon.com, being released July 1: Risk Bonecrack Whip Hand For Kicks Trial Run Nerve Jim

07-11-2019, 06:44 PM	#232
Strether Guru Posts: 744 Karma: 2825929 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fresno Device: Kindle 1; iPad Air; iPhone 7; Kobo Libra; Kindle Oasis 3	The following Dick Francis novels are available for pre-ordering, being released on September 2: Blood Sport Forfeit In the Frame Slay Ride Flying Finish Odds Against By my reckoning, with this release, all of Francis's books will be available as ebooks in the US. Jim

10-27-2019, 02:51 PM	#233
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,195 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	Looks like two new Rodger Zelazny ebooks were released on Monday, October 21st, Roadmarks and Trumps of Doom (Amber book 6). The last new Zelazny eBook was Lord of Light back in January. I've pretty much given up on trying to figure out the rhyme and reason for new eBook releases for Zelazny. The ebooks that haven't come out yet are the last 4 Amber books Creatures of Light and Darkness (a personal favorite) Today We Choose Faces Doorways in the Sand Bridges of Ashes My Name is Legion Changeling (this is an odd one since Madwand, the sequel was released) The Changing Land (Dilvish the Damed novel) Dilvish the Damned A Night in the Lonesome October Here by Dragons and various short stories.

12-26-2019, 04:33 PM	#234
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,195 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	And Book 7 of the Amber series, Blood of Amber, was released in eboook on December 13th. That's roughly two months.

04-09-2020, 06:23 AM	#235
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,195 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	Book 8 and Book 9 of Zelazny's Amber series are out in eBook. 8 came out back at the end of Feb, while I picked up 9 this week. I suspect that some time after book 10 is release, they will do an omnibus Amber eBook.

05-02-2020, 07:16 PM	#236
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,195 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	Just bought book 10 of the Amber series, so all of them are out. It will be interesting to see if the Zelazny estate moves on to the other Zelazny books not out in ebooks or waits a while like they have done at other times. Really not that many that aren't available yet, but several that I really want.

05-21-2020, 03:29 PM	#237
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,195 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	Looks like they are getting some more of Zelazny's books out. Doorways in the Sand came out on May 13th. Looking at my library and the Zelazny Bibliography the ones I'm missing are - Creatures of Light and Darkness (a personal favorite) Today We Choose Faces Bridge of Ashes My Name is Legion (collection of 3 short stories) Changeling (the sequel, Madwand is out) The Changing Land (a Dilvish the Damned novel) Dilvish, the Damned (collection of Dilvish the Damned short stories) A Night in the Lonesome October Also there are various short story collections. With a bit of luck, maybe the last handful of Zelazny books will come out soon.

07-12-2020, 10:27 AM	#239
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,887 Karma: 128597114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The Amber eBooks are not professionally done. I checked the preview for Nine Princes in Amber and it has straight quotes.