8 Dec, 2018
2018-12-8 7:11:48 PM UTC
Houghton Mifflin has put all of the major Tolkien works on sale today (Kindle e-books) for $2.99 each, if you are looking to fill any holes. From The Hobbit through Fall of Gondolin, pretty much everything I checked was on sale. This is a "deal of the day" so prices will go back up at the end of today.
https://amzn.to/2EaHZKXI checked Amazon UK and there is no similar deal going on there today that I could see.
9 Dec, 2018
2018-12-9 9:05:39 PM UTC
Looks like a lot of people took advantage! Here is the top ten list of titles purchased (through the link I shared), which I thought was interesting. I know I used the sale to fill a few holes (mostly for searchable text which is often quite handy).
1 The Fall of Gondolin
2 Beren and Lúthien
3 The Lord of the Rings: One Volume
4 Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth
5 The Children of Húrin
6 The Silmarillion
7 Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary
8 The Story of Kullervo
9 The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun
10 The Book of Lost Tales, Part One (History of Middle-Earth 1)
10 Dec, 2018
2018-12-10 5:51:56 PM UTC
As a side note, I heard today that we should expect e-book versions of the entire History of Middle-earth to be released next year!
10 Dec, 2018
2018-12-10 7:30:36 PM UTC
Urulöké wrote:
As a side note, I heard today that we should expect e-book versions of the entire History of Middle-earth to be released next year!
That surprises me considering the time that has passed since The Book of Lost Tales.
I will buy those volumes in an instant. HoME is my favourite travel companion and eBook versions are very welcome.
10 Dec, 2018
2018-12-10 8:55:05 PM UTC
I agree! I think (just supposition on my own here) that with the pipeline of material slowing down from Christopher, that they are going back and filling in some holes. The e-book market is definitely more viable now than it was 10-20 years ago to cover the investment.