{"id":50906,"date":"2011-12-02T06:40:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T11:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=50906"},"modified":"2011-12-02T06:40:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T11:40:33","slug":"official-release-harpercollins-publishers-releases-enhanced-ebook-of-the-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/12\/02\/50906-official-release-harpercollins-publishers-releases-enhanced-ebook-of-the-hobbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Release: HarperCollins Publishers Releases Enhanced eBook of The Hobbit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"As we excitedly reported last week, HarperCollins Publishers have released an Enhanced eBook version of ‘The Hobbit.’<\/a> Today, for your viewing pleasure, we have the full press release about this new digital release. You can read it below. As before, if you’d like to download your own copy it is available from their Facebook Tolkien eBook Store<\/a>, Apple’s iBookstore<\/a>, Kindle<\/a> and Nook<\/a>. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

HarperCollins Publishers Releases Enhanced eBook of The Hobbit<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Brawn, Publisher of Estates at HarperCollins, said: \u201cIt is customary for publishers to release new editions of books to commemorate milestone anniversaries, and as we entered The Hobbit<\/em>\u2019s 75th<\/sup> year, we felt we should acknowledge its success not only in print but also in the eBook world. Many thousands of readers have embraced The Hobbit<\/em> in the two years since it was first released as an eBook, and with the growing availability of color-enabled devices, we felt it was time to offer an alternative edition, complete with Tolkien\u2019s color pictures from our popular Deluxe edition. Together with J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s now famous half-hour recording of Bilbo\u2019s encounter with Gollum, the recent discovery of three further unreleased extracts \u2013 one long and two short \u2013 meant we have been able to enhance the eBook even further. At a time when there is so much speculation about how others are visualizing The Hobbit<\/em>, it is rather special to be able to read the novel with Tolkien\u2019s own pictures and with parts of it read in his own voice, for a truly authentic experience.\u201d
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\nExclusive to this Enhanced version of the eBook are new high-resolution color images of all of Tolkien\u2019s illustrations for the book, many of which are also included in their earlier black-and-white versions, which can be revealed by a simple swipe of the screen. A Foreword by Christopher Tolkien examines the writing of the book, complete with illustrations including manuscript pages and unused drawings. Finally, the Enhanced eBook includes some recently discovered audio recordings of J.R.R. Tolkien reading excerpts from The Hobbit<\/em>, including the dwarves\u2019 party song, the account of their capture by the three trolls, and Bilbo Baggins\u2019s terrifying encounter with the hideous Gollum.<\/p>\n

Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home. Then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services\u2014as a burglar\u2014on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo’s life is never to be the same again.<\/p>\n

The Hobbit<\/em> was an instant success when it was first published in 1937, and 75 years later Tolkien’s epic tale of hobbits, elves, dwarves, goblins, myth, magic and adventure has lost none of its appeal.<\/p>\n

About HarperCollins Publishers<\/strong>
\nHarperCollins, one of the largest English-language publishers in the world, is a subsidiary of News Corporation<\/a> (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV). Headquartered in New York, HarperCollins has publishing groups around the world including the HarperCollins General Books Group, HarperCollins Children\u2019s Books Group, Zondervan, HarperCollins UK, HarperCollins Canada, HarperCollins Australia\/New Zealand and HarperCollins India. HarperCollins is a broad-based publisher with strengths in literary and commercial fiction, business books, children’s books, cookbooks, mystery, romance, reference, religious and spiritual books. With nearly 200 years of history HarperCollins has published some of the world’s foremost authors and has won numerous awards including the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, the Newbery Medal and the Caldecott. Consistently at the forefront of innovation and technological advancement HarperCollins is the first publisher to digitize its content and create a global digital warehouse to protect the rights of its authors, meet consumer demand and generate additional business opportunities. You can visit HarperCollins Publishers on the Internet at http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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