Wired Correspondent Erin Biba, daughter of TeleRead Co-Editor Paul Biba, saw the new “Sherlock Holmes” movie and went on to download public domain books from the Holmes series.
Smart move. “Elementary, my dear Watson.” Here are Holmes-related listings for free e-books at:
—Feedbooks. The Kindle-friendly mobile site is here, its Holmes section here. New Nook owners can read the ePub versions of these books at Feedbooks and the other sites.
—Google books. Works with the Nook and with the Sony Reader.
You can also find free and paid Holmes books within the Kindle store.
Hello, Holmes fans? Which book would you rec to newbies, and why? The most popular Holmes book at Gutenberg.org yesterday—#2 on the Top 100 list—was The Adventures of Sherlock Homes. #25 was The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (thanks for the catch, Raymond).
Related: Wikipedia on Sir Conan Doyle (right photo) and Sherlock Holmes. Also see our guide to sources of free e-books.
The german versions of the four Holmes-novels as well as the first two story collections are available as free epubs at http://www.epubwerkstatt.squarespace.com .
For each book there is a download-link for “epub” that can be saved as a file and “iphone” which launches Stanza.
Enjoy!
I’d recommend the excellent omnibus versions by HarryT available at mobileread:
Sony LRF: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10153
Mobipocket/Kindle: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12677
ePub: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58845
Actually David, #2 on the Gutenberg Top 100 list is “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.” That would be the best way for a fan from the movie to start, because its first story, “A Scandal in Bohemia,” is about Sherlock’s seductive rival, Irene Adler, who was in the film.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1661
Thanks, Raymond! Changed the copy. David
here’s another interesting article on Sherlock Holmes
http://www.moneyteachers.org/Deadmanmusings11.htm