[eBook] Free - The Phantom of the Opera/War and Peace/50 Masterpieces Vol. 1/North and South - Amazon AU/US

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Lysander on 15/05/2021 - 10:30 amazon.com.au (1172 clicks)
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Another day, more freebies for absolute classics of world literature starting with books that are "rather" long and will take some time to read. ;-) There are four different versions of War and Peace free at the moment - the first one is the one with the most ratings.
All books are highly rated and well reviewed and are free at the time of posting! Get them while they are free.

War and Peace: https://www.amazon.com.au/War-Peace-Leo-Tolstoy-ebook/dp/B08NXSC6Z6 Expired

War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman: https://www.amazon.com.au/War-Peace-material-Chance-Kaufman-…

War and Peace (Signet Classical Books): https://www.amazon.com.au/War-Peace-Signet-Classical-Books-ebook/dp/B094R9TTFB Expired

War and Peace (version 4): https://www.amazon.com.au/War-Peace-ebook/dp/B06XXSJ2QP Expired

50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 1: https://www.amazon.com.au/Masterpieces-you-have-read-before-ebook/dp/B094RFB738 Expired

North and South: https://www.amazon.com.au/North-South-Elizabeth-Gaskell-eboo…

Les Misérables (English language): https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B004GHNIRK

US Links:

The Phantom of the Opera: https://www.amazon.com/Phantom-Opera-Gaston-Leroux-ebook/dp/…

War and Peace: https://www.amazon.com/War-Peace-Leo-Tolstoy-ebook/dp/B08NXSC6Z6 Expired

War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman: https://www.amazon.com/War-Peace-material-Chance-Kaufman-ebo…

War and Peace (Signet Classical Books): https://www.amazon.com/War-Peace-Signet-Classical-Books-ebook/dp/B094R9TTFB Expired

War and Peace (version 4): https://www.amazon.com/War-Peace-ebook/dp/B06XXSJ2QP Expired

50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 1: https://www.amazon.com/Masterpieces-you-have-read-before-ebook/dp/B094RFB738

North and South: https://www.amazon.com/North-South-Elizabeth-Gaskell-ebook/d…

Les Misérables (English language): https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/146707

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  AngryAlfred on 15/05/2021 - 12:17

  +6

  Fun fact. War and Peace was originally called "War, What is it Good For?" but Tolstoy's mistress insisted on changing the title…

  Seriously though, do people not know about the public domain? All these classic book posts lately and you can literally just go to project Gutenberg and get them free any day of the year. If anything that feels more ethical to me than people supporting publishing companies that are taking things out of the public domain and slapping a front cover on them and selling them. Looking at you Wordsworth Classics…

  Not sure if these Kindle books are "on sale" and have normal prices or are actually free forever, either way it feels wrong and people shouldn't waste their time adding them to their Kindle library a moment before they actually plan to sit down and read.

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    Lysander on 15/05/2021 - 12:47

    +8

    They are on sale. If you go to their US links you see their usual price.
    I agree with you on principle but many books I downloaded from PG in their past had no formatting whatsoever - just walls of text making them very hard to read.
    Adding sensible formatting or other stuff often does add value in these cases.

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      alcadive on 15/05/2021 - 15:17

      +3

      It's convenient to click a link on my mobile and have the book ready to go on my Kindle cloud whenever I feel like reading it.

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      rakkie on 15/05/2021 - 16:26

      There are plenty of public domain books available for free with nice formatting on sites like:
      https://standardebooks.org/ebooks
      And they actually have an editing team that proofreads them unlike many of the cheap Amazon versions.

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        Lysander on 15/05/2021 - 16:31

        +1

        Still does not have the convenience factor of having all your books in one place on the cloud and getting them with one click onto your device when you want it. For me, downloading them specifically is fine but many, many people prefer and want the convenience which is fine, too as we are all different.

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    et tu brute on 15/05/2021 - 15:48

    +1

    @AngryAlfred

    What you say is true, Project Gutenberg is fine if you want plain vanilla text, unformatted, no index or references or revisions etc. Yes, they are in the Public Domain, but only for the original published text. For later revised editions, those editions may remain in copyright long after the original text's copyright has expired. A big difference. To refer you to a simple title remains contested, try George Orwell's "1984"or "Animal Farm" as examples where revised editions and the author's original drafts (as unpublished documents) remain private property of the author's estate. I won't enter into any argument here. Please are plenty of sources that can clearly explain what copyright actually is, besides keeping lawyers wealthy.

    For me, personally, I prefer formatted text. I have cataracts in both eyes and I can easily expand the text on my Kindle device to make reading comfortable. For me to be now able to go back and read the classics of literature is a gift, otherwise out-of-print and/or out-of-copyright titles may be lost forever. I am enjoying the renaissance of these potentially lost titles and I am sure many others are too. Anything that keeps books alive is a good thing i.m.o.