http://www.archive.org/details/eatons1899190000eatouoft [Accédé Novembre 7, 2010]),
Here is a snapshot of what I decided to concentrate on:
Among these titles, these are what I chose:
Knight of the Nets, Amelia E. Barr
Knight of the Nineteenth Century, E.P. Roe
La Salle, John. S. C. Abbott
Land of the Dollar, G.W. Steevens
Love for one Hour is Love for Ever, A.E. Barr
Miss Lou, E.P. Roe
Knight of the Nets, Amelia E. Barr
Using googlebooks I found a digitized version of it on www.1stworldpublishing.org. But another version also exists on project gutenberg. Archive.org directs toward the Gutenberg version.
The existence of two different free versions is a little bit surprising. For that book, project gutenberg offers to biggest number of different ebook versions.
The 1stworldpublishing website offers the possibility of purchasing a hardcopy of the book.
Knight of the Nineteenth Century, E.P. Roe
GutenbergArchive.org
googlebooks
The funny thing about the googlebooks version is that access to it is limited even if they recognize that it is a book published before 1923 and therefore within the public domain.
La Salle, John. S. C. Abbott
Gutenberg
Archive
googlebooks
The Internet archive offers two versions of the book which are different. Among these is the google version, which is unrestricted. The other version offers illustrations.
Land of the Dollar, G.W. Steevens
Archive: offers 6 different versions.
googlebooks: restricted version.
No Gutenberg version though.
Therefore the Internet Archive displays a form of waste (digitizing identical copies), whereas Gutenberg does not have the book.
Love for one Hour is Love for Ever, A.E. Barr
Archive: two versions.
googlebooks: Google indicates it has digitized it but no preview is possible.
Gutenberg does not have it.
Miss Lou, E.P. Roe
Archive: 7 versions
googlebooks: 6 versions
Gutenberg: 1 version
Conclusion: I haven't failed to find any of these books. Most of the time there are multiple versions. Which means a certain degree of waste of resources because of the absence of coordination between the different sponsors, hosting website and providing institutions. It can be relevant in the case of multiple editions, but when it is the same book digitized twice...
I wish 'Love for one Hour is Love for Ever' was available.. sounds like a classic ;)
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It is available. On the Internet Archive link. To be honest the only one I may read someday is the Abbott on La Salle.
RépondreSupprimerMultiple copies: a waste really? Should we not consider this a blessing? After all, libraries may have several copies of the same book. There is of course no coordination between the various "digitizers", but in fact no such coordination is necessary. Digitized books come from various sources and end up in one of these digital repositories, hence the multiple versions.
RépondreSupprimerI guess the lack of coordination is constitutive of the web, and on the whole it looks like a good thing. Until the day two repositories decide simultaneously to get rid of some books (not downloaded enough, costly to maintain)...
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