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View Poll Results: The MobileRead Literary Book Club October 2011 Vote | |||
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams | 5 | 29.41% | |
Candida by George Bernard Shaw | 3 | 17.65% | |
Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard | 3 | 17.65% | |
Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen | 6 | 35.29% | |
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10-01-2011, 11:11 AM | #16 |
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I've got at least two books to finish up before I could even think about starting this.
My library only has one copy of it around. I might go check it out next week. I like the images in the Adelaide one, so I might go down that path, even though it's painful to have to read at the computer or laptop. |
10-01-2011, 11:38 AM | #17 |
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I have had good experiences converting the Adelaide online books to epub using Calibre.
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10-01-2011, 04:28 PM | #18 |
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That Adelaide University work seems excellent. I plan on making it into an epub file over the next few days. I believe it would be acceptable to upload it to the ebook library here based on the Creative Commons License in that document. Including that license material in the epub file of course. What say those who no more about this use under creative commons?
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10-01-2011, 06:28 PM | #19 | |
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EDIT: The "Adelaide" version has a button to download the EPUB version - direct link is here: http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/i/ibse...peer/peer.epub Last edited by paola; 10-01-2011 at 06:30 PM. |
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10-01-2011, 06:40 PM | #20 |
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Actually this effort will not be necessary. Once I started in on it and begin looking at the source html I found that when one opens this link http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/i/ibsen/henrik/peer/ and examines the small navigation box at the upper right on the page, one option (the green [what is meant to be an e] symbol at the bottom is a link to download this as an epub. So this would seem to be a good source based on a preliminary look. Happy reading all.
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10-02-2011, 08:06 AM | #21 | |
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If anyone has a musical interest in the combination of Grieg and Ibsen, it is also possible {for a price} to download the play with the incidental music from iTunes or Amazon {I think Amazon is the cheaper} Last edited by fantasyfan; 10-02-2011 at 08:11 AM. |
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10-02-2011, 01:16 PM | #22 |
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I didn't get to vote. I've been browsing MR on a mobile while traveling in Europe, and posts with polls only display the discussion thread. I would have voted for Candida since it's been on my TBR list for a long while. Plays are not a format that I typically read, but I am willing to try something different. That's why I enjoy this book club! I know I have read A Doll's House but that was nearly 20 years ago so I don't remember it.
Ironically, I was reading the second book in the Flavia De Luce mysteries by Alan Bradley last week, and the book mentioned Grieg's Peer Gynt suite. This series is about a precocious, chemistry-obsessed 10 year-old set in a small village in 1950 post-WW2 England. It is packed full of literary references for book lovers. I definitely plan to seek out the music. My challenge will be finding time to read this month, and I will likely be traveling again when the discussion starts. |
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Edit: Oof! The Kindle versions are expensive at $11.99 a piece, but the do have the an omnibus version for the first 3: Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce 3-Book Bundle Last edited by Nyssa; 10-02-2011 at 01:44 PM. |
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10-02-2011, 02:22 PM | #26 |
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I'm waiting to free up some funds so that hubby & I can try out the Philly library. Their non-resident fee is lower than the non-resident fee for the county right next to us, and it sounds like they have a fantastic selection.
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10-02-2011, 06:13 PM | #27 |
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I've already requested the CD from my local library. I don't think I will be listening to it while reading though, my senses and mind are not up to that multi-tasking.
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This is the first time in this club that the one I voted for won, so I'm excited for this one.
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10-04-2011, 09:08 AM | #29 | |
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Thanks but it is HomeInMyShoes that deserves the credit for finding that web site. Quote:
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10-04-2011, 09:45 AM | #30 |
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Calibre does an excellent job of converting the epub text to mobi. I've kept the first on my iPad {the colour illustrations are fab} and read the mobi conversion on the Kindle generally. On the Kindle the colour illustrations are in greyscale, of course, but they still look pretty good.
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