Comments on: My e-book starter kit http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/my-e-book-starter-kit/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:56:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bruce http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/my-e-book-starter-kit/comment-page-1/#comment-969806 Bruce Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:43:39 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/22/my-e-book-starter-kit/#comment-969806 I don't think the free ebook edition of The Chrysalids is a legitimate one. Wyndham, a British author, died in 1969, so his books shouldn't be out of copyright until 2020 for a life+50 country (if any still exist by then), or later. I note that the original text was from Blackmask Online, whose proprietor had unusual notions about copyright law. I don’t think the free ebook edition of The Chrysalids is a legitimate one. Wyndham, a British author, died in 1969, so his books shouldn’t be out of copyright until 2020 for a life+50 country (if any still exist by then), or later. I note that the original text was from Blackmask Online, whose proprietor had unusual notions about copyright law.

]]> By: Garson O'Toole http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/my-e-book-starter-kit/comment-page-1/#comment-968190 Garson O'Toole Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:20:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/22/my-e-book-starter-kit/#comment-968190 Great thanks for creating and sharing this fine list Ficbot. I have read and enjoyed several of these works. Many of them are also available as commercial and non-commercial audiobooks. Below are links to some listed items that have been produced in the audio format by the volunteers at <a HREF="http://librivox.org/" rel="nofollow">Librivox</A>: <a HREF="http://librivox.org/wuthering-heights-by-emily-bronte/" rel="nofollow">Wuthering Heights</A> by Emily Bronte (free) <a HREF="http://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes/" rel="nofollow">The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</A> by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (free) <a HREF="http://librivox.org/the-story-of-my-life-by-helen-keller/" rel="nofollow">Story of my Life</A> by Helen Keller (free) <a HREF="http://librivox.org/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll-3/" rel="nofollow">Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland</A> by Lewis Carroll (free – this link leads to one of three versions) <a HREF="http://librivox.org/through-the-looking-glass-and-what-alice-found-there-by-lewis-carroll/" rel="nofollow">Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There </A> by Lewis Carroll (free – this link leads to one of two versions) <a HREF="http://librivox.org/a-dogs-tale-by-mark-twain/" rel="nofollow">A Dog’s Tale</A> by Mark Twain (free - this is one of the short stories in the Twain collection cited by Ficbot. Librivox has several short stories by Twain.) <a HREF="http://librivox.org/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz/" rel="nofollow">The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</A> by L. Frank Baum (free) <a HREF="http://librivox.org/anne-of-green-gables-by-lucy-maud-montgomery-3/" rel="nofollow">Anne of Green Gables</A> by Lucy Maud Montgomery (free – this link leads to one of four versions) <a HREF="http://librivox.org/the-trimmed-lamp-by-o-henry/" rel="nofollow">The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball</A> by Edward Fitzgerald – actually this one is by O. Henry (free) Remark: 1984 by George Orwell is available without copyright in Australia. Austria is in the European Union, and 1984 will not enter the public domain in the EU until 2020 according to Wikipedia. Great thanks for creating and sharing this fine list Ficbot. I have read and enjoyed several of these works. Many of them are also available as commercial and non-commercial audiobooks. Below are links to some listed items that have been produced in the audio format by the volunteers at Librivox:

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (free)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (free)

Story of my Life by Helen Keller (free)

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (free – this link leads to one of three versions)

Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll (free – this link leads to one of two versions)

A Dog’s Tale by Mark Twain (free – this is one of the short stories in the Twain collection cited by Ficbot. Librivox has several short stories by Twain.)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (free)

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (free – this link leads to one of four versions)

The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball by Edward Fitzgerald – actually this one is by O. Henry (free)

Remark: 1984 by George Orwell is available without copyright in Australia. Austria is in the European Union, and 1984 will not enter the public domain in the EU until 2020 according to Wikipedia.

]]> By: ficbot http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/my-e-book-starter-kit/comment-page-1/#comment-967733 ficbot Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:27:13 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/22/my-e-book-starter-kit/#comment-967733 Part of my challenge with this list was working with what's legitimately available in E. I wanted some Douglas Coupland on there, but none of my favourites had e-editions. Part of my challenge with this list was working with what’s legitimately available in E. I wanted some Douglas Coupland on there, but none of my favourites had e-editions.

]]> By: Steven http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/my-e-book-starter-kit/comment-page-1/#comment-967700 Steven Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:58:47 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/22/my-e-book-starter-kit/#comment-967700 I'd add Robert Heinlein's <i>Stranger in a Strange Land</i> somewhere in the mix (not sure what it'd supplant...) I’d add Robert Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land somewhere in the mix (not sure what it’d supplant…)

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