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Although the trilogy and the individual LOTR books are all listed as "not yet available," this is the first I've heard of a Kindle edition coming! (I've been putting my Kindle request to the Tolkien estate website 2-3 times/month, but never thought it would happen)

When did this change? I'm absolutely THRILLED, as Tolkien's books are my all time favorites, and THE major disappointment of the Kindle available titles!

As Sylvia says, ON TO JKR!!!

 

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WOW, this changed quickly! I can now download each of the LOTR books, and the trilogy, but The Hobbit still shows "Preorder" only - how did some of you already download it?

edit: I've been repeatedly refreshing the Amazon page for this, and now, at 7:55 CDT, it's downloadable (and downloading on my Kindle! wOOt!)

 

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OMG - I'm like a 6 year old at Christmas!

The Hobbit and LOTR Trilogy are now on my Kindle! Gimme the Harry Potter series, and my (Kindle) life is complete! (The only problem is that with the excited celebration dance I'm doing here in our living room, Mrs. r0b0d0c is checking the wine cellar to see how much I've consumed! Hmm ... think I might open a bottle right now!)

 

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Just bought the Trilogy and the Hobbit.

I really, really hope this turns into a financial success for the Tolkien family and Amazon as it may give incentive for more authors to release their works to an e-format.

Being such a legendary work, I hope so, too - and hope (anticipate) that Amazon will use the sales numbers to encourage (coerce?) other authors (JKR?) to Kindleize their books.

I'd love to see the download numbers for LOTR for today alone, and for the next 3 days, when it's more widely known to be available!

 

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I'm reading The Hobbit first, and plan on tackling LOTR next!

Where would seasoned Tolkien fans recommend reading "The Children of Hurin?" (the other Kindleized Tolkien book available, so far)

 

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I'm going to have to put the extended version on my Christmas list. I hear it's well worth the money.

I've been waiting for the Blu-Ray version of the LOTR trilogy, and was disappointed to see that the INITIAL Blu-Ray release is NOT the extended version ---> that will be released later on Blu-Ray. Will those greedy Hollyweird b*ast*rds never stop trying to milk every cent out of the unwary public with these deceptive tactics? Makes me cheer the "pirates" on......