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12-27-2011, 03:55 PM
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Ghost
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 8,648
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Edgar Rice Burroughs books, free on iTunes
I'd never looked over iTunes' book selections until this past weekend, and what I found was a real surprise. They have plenty of older books for which the copyright has expired, including quite a few by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and certain editions are available for free. Most of the public domain copies have no cover image, so after downloading them, I hunted for scans of the old Ace paperback covers by Frazetta, Vallejo, and others, and added them to the files. Now I have a good-sized selection of ERB with all the classic covers from my childhood - Tarzan, John Carter, Pellucidar, etc..
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12-29-2011, 10:00 AM
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Ghost
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 8,648
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Also found freebies from Talbot Mundy, William Hope Hodgson, H. Rider Haggard, Ambrose Bierce, HG Wells, and Jules Verne.
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12-29-2011, 04:31 PM
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Phoenix
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Posts: 12,143
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Very cool, but I still do paper.
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01-01-2012, 06:41 PM
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Columnist Thunder Mod
Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Denver Area, between Asgard and Krypton
Posts: 21,364
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Quote:
Originally Posted by protector2814
Very cool, but I still do paper.
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Same.
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01-02-2012, 12:37 AM
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Yeah, I spend WAY too much time here!
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: ASGARD
Posts: 17,497
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I always knew about the free public domain books I figured everyone else did also.
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01-02-2012, 03:43 PM
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Ghost
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 8,648
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I knew about the availability of classic lit, but I had never thought to look for sci-fi or fantasy titles. While I'm all for hard copies, many of these books are long out of print. I found 3 Fu Manchu books by Sax Rohmer, Gulliver of Mars, and quite a few lesser known works by HG Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Bram Stoker. There just aren't many publishers out there willing to take a risk on some of this stuff. Bison Press/U. of Nebraska was putting out quite a bit for several years, but I think even they've given up.
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