Gail writes: Since TORN picked up on the Classic FM Poll of Top 100 Film Scores and LOTR’s win, thought you might be interested in Howard Shore’s nominations for World Soundtrack awards [More]
Month: September 2002
brandon writes: I was in Barnes and Noble yesterday, and stopped by the Legolas standee display I have seen for weeks. However, this time Aragorn was right next to it! It’s a picture from FOTR, but it has a TTT ad to the side. There’s a picture of the One Ring, and inside is a picture from TTT, Theoden with Aragorn.
Jason Schleifer is one of the internationals working at Weta Digital in Wellington (and a friend to TORN -Xo), New Zealand on the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Jason and his cohort Matt Aitken will be speaking at the 3D Festival London 2002 (October), on various aspects on the making of Lord of the Rings. [More]
Michael Martinez sends in word to AVOID biding for issues of PARMA ENDORION: ESSAYS ON MIDDLE-EARTH, 3RD EDITION on eBay or any other auction site, because it’s available for FREE via ebooks.net. [More]
Michael Martinez writes: Today I was advised that PARMA ENDORION: ESSAYS ON MIDDLE-EARTH, 3RD EDITION, has been put up for auction at eBay.com. As I announced in January, this special edition of PARMA ENDORION was published as an eBook in Adobe PDF format and has been made available for free download at http://www.free-ebooks.net/fan_fiction.html for anyone who wants a copy.
Here is an example of a concluded sale of the eBook:
I am told that these listings only stay available for up to 30 days.
Since I have asked that the most current auction be removed, I think this link may last longer than the current auction. Several auctions have already been removed under the seller’s feedback list, perhaps for reported abuse. There were a few other concluded PARMA ENDORION auctions in the list.
Since PARMA ENDORION was published in January, more than 80,000 downloads have been recorded by free-ebooks.net. I was advised earlier this summer that the eBook has also been distributed (without authorization) on the Kazaa network. Since Kazaa is a peer-to-peer distribution service, and since it was apparent to me no one was altering the work or trying to make money, I let the Kazaa situation pass without challenge.
I just think these auctions are so unfair to the people buying the books. Of course, they are unfair to me and the artists, Rich Sullivan and Anke Eismann, because we are not being compensated for our work. But no one should have to pay for PARMA ENDORION. That was not what we intended.
Please help spread the word to your visitors. I will do what I can to inform the public through other venues, as well as through Xenite.org’s network. But there are a lot of people out there. And it may not be too late for the buyers to report the fraud to PayPal (the service the auctioneer used) or eBay. Perhaps they can get refunds.
Your help in getting the word out will be greatly appreciated.
Juan Guillermo sends in word from a local paper that states the numbers don’t justify a Latin American region 4 extended edition DVD. Take a look. [More]