Destined for E-Reads: Harlan Ellison’s backlist
SF biggy Harlan Ellison, notable for his tough stance against piracy, is now fighting it the best way—by releasing 32 out-of-print books to E-Reads. They’ll appear as e-books and in POD.
Actually Media Bistro’s Galley Cat says eight titles already seem to be available.
Related: Video of Ellison.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Some of his work has been available in e for years and years, actually. Not a whole bunch, but enough to dispel the Luddite image that’s attached itself to him.
This I didn’t otherwise know about.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Holy bleep!! I didn’t know the Ellison docu was finished AND playing in NYC! I’m THERE tomorrow!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Tomorrow is in the 90s (F) in NYC.
I’ll be keeping cool with Harlan!
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/blog-notes-no-blogging-saturday/
June 6th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
If GalleyCat’s referring to the eight titles listed on the EReads Ellison page, then that isn’t quite true just yet. Ellison Wonderland and I Have No Mouth, though listed, aren’t actually released yet. Or at least, they’ve not been showing up as available through EReader or Fictionwise or BooksOnBoard. And a few of the Ellison titles available from these online ebook sellers don’t appear on the EReads page.
But the prospect of 32 titles available means that a hefty portion of Harlan’s backlist will be available in e. Frabjous day!
Now, if the same would happen with John D. MacDonald, Ross MacDonald, William Goldman, Roger Zelazny, Don Robertson, Jon Hassler, Tabitha King, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Cornell Woolrich, Richard Russo, Joseph Epstein, Jorge Luis Borges, Stanley Ellin, etc., etc., and so on into the night…
Bests to all,
–tr
June 6th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Yay! The new waver authors, despite their renown for experimentation, have been rather sluggish to get into e. I’d especially love to see the works of Zelazny, Brunner, Delany, and Farmer start following this example.
June 7th, 2008 at 11:05 am
hear hear for zelazny.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Four titles showed up on Fictionwise today. They are: Ellison Wonderland; I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream; Memos from Purgatory; Web of the City.
Bests,
–tr