Posted on August 16th, 2008 in
eBookery
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They tell us you might sue us if there is something wrong with
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Everyone hates getting sued. I really hate it, personally.
So I’ve re-uploaded My Man Jeeves with the Gutenberg header (before the table of contents) and footer (after everything else). They use the guides “Acknowledgements” and “Colophon” respectively.
The previous download link will still point you to the new download. Again, My Man Jeeves has no copyright in the US, but may have copyright in your country; please check before you download.
Here’s the download link again, for convenience:
My Man Jeeves: Kindle/Mobipocket (270.6 KiB, 229 hits)
The Wodehouse and the Tolkien estates are well-known for coming down hard if they think they can and it’s to their benefit. I doubt the Wodehouse trustees would pay this little excursion any heed, especially given that copyright expired in the US a few years ago, but better safe than sorry, what?
