If you see what is purported too be a new translation ( i.e. published 2009) and you do not know or recognize the publisher, ( i.e.Jungle Books) and if there is little or no descriptiion of the book and if it says "only 1 left, more on the way" and it has not been mentioned on this forum then you can be sure it is a mass market knockoff of a Project Gutenberg or other free book.
These books are stored on huge hard drives and can be printed for a few cents, it is usually not worth the time and postage of ordering the book. Just read it on Gutenberg. Amazon has been polluted by hundreds of these "new": Verne books, leaving it hard to find the really new translations.
nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: aynberg~at~lavabit.com
To: Jules Verne Forum
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 12:02 AM
Subject: Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon 2009
Dear highly esteemed JV editor/translators Baxter, Butcher, Crozier, Evans, Ivry, Kravitz, Luce, Margot, Miller, Schulman, Thompson, and Walter,
Very interested to read your reviews / comments on a new translation of Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon.
Best regards.
Ayn
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Eight-Hundred-Leagues-Amazon-Jules/dp/1438529333/ref=pd_sim_b_36
a.. Paperback: 280 pages
a.. Publisher: Book Jungle (November 4, 2009)
a.. Language: English
a.. ISBN-10: 1438529333
Received on Fri 15 Jan 2010 - 03:25:02 IST