[fbshare type=”button_count” float=”right”]Share this[/fbshare]In response to the increasing demand for eBooks, Gaudiya Vedanta Publications recently initiated a project to transpose Srila Gurudeva’s English publications into eBook formats, with the intent of expanding the scope of possibilities for outreach and book distribution.
As of today, May 2nd, 2014 (Akṣaya Tritīyā), nineteen titles are available via Amazon.com in the Kindle format. All titles available on Amazon.com will also be released shortly on the Barnes and Nobles store (for the Nook) and the iTunes iBook store (for iOS devices). New titles will be continually published and will be announced via the Gaudiya Vedanta Publications Facebook page.
As we welcome any comment, suggestions or criticisms that may help us improve in this service, we ask those with such concerns please email sales@bhaktistore.com.
Aspiring for the service of Hari, Guru and Vaisnavas,
-Gaudiya Vedanta Publications
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- Bhakti-rasayana – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K0SD4XC
- Bhakti-tattva-viveka – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K0R88YS
- The Nectar of Govinda-lila – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K0PFSES
- Going Beyond Vaikuntha – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K0PFWRG
- Sri Siksastaka – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K0PFS1Q
- Discerning the True Sentiments of the Soul – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JZPVXTS
- Maharsi and the Durvasa-asrama – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K0M2ZCY
- Ujjvala-nilamani-kirana – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K0JZ28Q
- Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K0JQNLQ
- The Soul of Book Distribution – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K0B8HAY
- Walking with a Saint 2007 – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K00L6TY
- Walking with a Saint 2008 – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K001P68
- Walking with a Saint 2009 – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K001PJU
- Our Eternal Nature – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K00DBFG
- The Essence of All Advice – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K001VEO
- The Hidden Path of Devotion – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JZQGX60
- Jaiva-dharma – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K1I52FY
- Gaudiya-gita-guccha – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K19H5I0
- Gopi-gita – TBD
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Yesterday I so happened to look for Bhaktivedanta Swami books for Kindle (it was first time I looked for buying a ebook), when I was pleased to find that also Srila Gurudev’s books were there also.
I was reading one of the BBT books on my smartphone with installed Kindle reader, I found that the most important thing is that for an ebook the text is reflowed so that the text size is optimised for my (small) screen. Much more pleasant experience then reading a pdf on a small screen.
But there is one more very important thing for the BBT books.
Continued. …
In order to see the typical BBT formatting, I had to turn off the Kindle reader’s automatic formatting and let the BBT formatting reign supreme.
I guess the same will be true for GP formatting.
I will check in a few days.
I discovered this because I am new and curious, but I wonder if old Kindle readers will ever see the BBT formatting on their Kindle.
Actually, what I wrote above about seeing the BBT or GVP foratting, I don’t know, because I was reading the BBT publication in epub format on another reader, so my observation was not on the Kindle reader. Sorry for the confusion.
I don’t find any such setting on my kindle reader. So maybe the problem does not exist on Kindle.
It is really needed, I was thinking that we should do it already for a while and now it’s happened at least for English publications. Congratulations!
The only advice is that it is better to make justified alignment (at least in Jaiva-Dharma I didn’t see this).
Yes, needed and happy it was done by the wonderful devotees of GVP. Maybe they can answer here with regards to your comment.
ys Raghava
I gave this idea 2 years ago and I was rejected, glad to see that someone else had the same idea and wasnt
Dandavats.
All glories to Sri Guru and the Vaishanvas!
This is great to see. Will the team be working on e-pub format for the books?
There is a site called Iskcon desire tree that have all of Srila Prabhupadas books for free in e-pub format.
http://ebooks.iskcondesiretree.info/index.php?q=f&f=%2Fepub%2F00_-_His_Divine_Grace_AC_Bhaktivedanta_Swami_Srila_Prabhupada
They are moslty the “unchanged” versions of the books.
It would be great to see Srila Gurudevas books in this format as well as it is one of the most used e-book formats. Barnes and Nobles, the company listed above, use the e-pub format for most of their books.
“On July 20, 2009, Barnes & Noble made an announcement implying that eReader would be the company’s preferred format to deliver e-books. Exactly three months later, in a press release by Adobe, it was revealed Barnes & Noble would be joining forces with the software company to standardize the open EPUB and PDF eBook formats. Barnes & Noble e-books are now sold mostly in EPUB format.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats
Vaishnava das anudas.
Balabhadra das.
Radhe! Radhe!