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Re: Jules Verne E-Book Editions -- Nook

From: Patrick Sheffield <psheffield~at~earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 14:17:54 -0700
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

I should point out that the Nook will read the EPUB format, PDFs, and others I believe, so this is another source of potential Vernian materials.

Also, you can purchase Kindle editions and using available tools, convert them to be readable in other e-readers, notably iBooks and the Nook...

https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/ebooks-formats-drm-and-you-%E2%80%94-a-guide-for-the-perplexed/

This involves removing DRM and I am not advocating piracy - simply that one should be able to read purchased materials on platforms other than the Kindle.

I myself have moved some of my Nook purchased eBooks to iBooks as I prefer that reader to the Nook iPad reader.

With the above in mind - what recommendations do you have for Kindle edition Verne purchases?

best,

Patrick

On May 21, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Rick Walter wrote:

> >I am in the process of selecting certain Jules Verne novels for purchase and downloading [from Nook]. . . . Would you be so kind as to recommend editions I should own?
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> Hi Raymond--
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> I'm afraid I can't give you much encouragement at this time. I've spent over an hour scouring what B & N are making available in their Nook format, and it has been a dispiriting experience. Virtually all of it consists of the same old public-domain material many of us are heartily sick of.
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> The significant exceptions are:
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> * The Castle in Transylvania -- Charlotte Mandell, translator. A brand-new text you'll probably enjoy.
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> * Journey Through the Impossible -- Edward Baxter, translator. A modern text of a Verne theatrical collaboration.
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> * The Bantam Classics editions of 20,000 Leagues & From the Earth to the Moon -- readable, mostly complete modern texts.
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> Otherwise, Raymond, it's samo, samo. The problem is that Barnes & Noble is itself such an aggressive publisher: They stand to make more money off their own editions and off p.d. items than by licensing from other publishers. I'm sure that's why so few copyrighted Verne texts are available in their Nook format.
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> Which is a huge shame, Raymond, because Amazon's Kindle, their big rival, has a generous selection of modern Verne editions available. But hopefully Nook will become more competitive in the months ahead. When that happens, I warmly recommend these splendid modern editions:
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> * The Oxford World Classics texts, translated by William Butcher and based on his pioneering research into Verne's manuscripts.
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> * The University of Nebraska offerings in their Bison Frontiers of Imagination series -- annotated modern texts based on Verne's unedited originals.
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> * The titles in the Wesleyan Early Classics of Science Ficition series, edited by Arthur B. Evans -- standard-setting modern texts.
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> * State University of New York's popular omnibus "Amazing Journeys: Five Visionary Classics" -- which I busted my butt over and generally feel good about.
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> Meantime cross your fingers, Raymond. Maybe you won't have to wait too long. Or you might contact B&N and light a fire under them...
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> All the best,
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> Rick
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> Frederick Paul Walter
> Albuquerque, New Mexico
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Raymond Macon
> To: Jules Verne Forum
> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 11:01 AM
> Subject: Jules Verne E-Book Editions
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> My friends,
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> A good friend has given me Barnes & Noble’s e-Reader called the NOOK. I was absolutely surprised and delighted by this gift. You can only imagine how eager I am to download the many titles I have wished to own in this new digital format.
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> I am in the process of selecting certain Jules Verne novels for purchase and downloading. I want to avoid at all cost the horrible public domain ones as well as any that abridge or make alterations to names in the original French text. Would you be so kind as to recommend editions I should own? I am especially interested in the following titles: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea;Journey to the Center of the Earth; The Mysterious Island; From the Earth to the Moon; and Around the Moon.
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> I know that several Forum members have produced their own translations, and if they want to recommend them I would be happy to obtain them. I wouldn’t mind having several versions of the same title so long as the translations are first rate. Also, if any of you want to recommend other Verne titles I will be happy to consider them. This new era of digital technology is both exciting and somewhat frightening as changes are coming at blinding speed. The idea of carrying an entire library in a machine that is as slim as a magazine; has the same size as a medium paperback or softcover book; and which can fit into a deep coat pocket is simply mind-boggling. I never thought I would live to see such advances, and I want to take full advantage. Why, the very fact that I can make this request to so many Verne scholars, enthusiasts, and fans by means of the Internet and World Wide Web is nothing short of miraculous!
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> So I ask for your aid and counsel in full confidence that the recommendations you will give me (as well as others) will be sound ones. I want to thank all of you in advance, and I look forward to your replies.
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> “Et quacunque viam fortuna dederit, sequamur!”
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> Raymond Macon
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> “Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and civilization at a standstill.” —Barbara Tuchman
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Received on Sun 22 May 2011 - 00:18:07 IDT

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