From: MKow1234_at_aol.com
Date: Tue Aug 10 2004 - 06:09:16 PDT
Hello Allan, Tony, et al:
I wish that I had the time to read each eBook from cover to cover! I only
skimmed the New Zealand Station Life book as I formatted it, but it was quite
interesting. I just finished reading Sir Ernest Shackleton's narrative of his
expedition to the South Pole, and I am in the midst of reading John Wesley
Powell's expedition narrative. Powell did not let his "handicap" of having half an
arm blown off in the Civil War keep him from leading a dangerous rafting
expedition through uncharted canyons and river systems. What a badass!
I'm planning to start working on another batch of Newton eBooks in the near
future. It takes some time to create each batch, oweing largely to the
conversion process (editing, formatting, and creating hyperlinked table of contents
entries for each book in NewtonPress). It also takes time to search through
the existing Project Gutenberg catalog for titles of possible interest. I try
to approach this in an objective manner, but faced with such an eclectic mix of
titles, it can be difficult to choose.
One other problem I am wrestling with is the font size of each eBook. I have
the formatted .rtf and NP! files, in the event that I receive requests for
larger format eBooks.
I am trying to offer something for everyone. The next batch of converted
eBooks will include some of the following titles:
* Naval Pioneers of Australia
* History of Canada vol. I
* Beethoven's Letters vol. I
* The Student's Elements of Geology
* Self Development and the Way to Power
* Icelandic Grammar
* History of Ottawa and Chippewa (Grammar)
* Edison - His Life and Inventions
* Incan Land - Explorations in the Peruvian Highlands
* The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet
* E-mail 101
* History and Practice of Photography
* The Voyage of the Beagle (by Charles Darwin)
* Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
I welcome suggestions, but please make sure that suggested titles are
copyright-free and readily available in .txt or .rtf format.
Matt K.
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