Within the first week of its release, the 3rd edition of Parma Endorion: Essays on Middle-earth has become the top download at Free-eBooks.Net. More than 4,000 daily downloads have been recorded for the popular introduction to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.
Houston, TX -- January 13, 2002 -- Parma Endorion, Essays on Middle-earth, 3rd edition, became the number 1 download at Free-eBooks.Net (http://www.free-ebooks.net/) within its first week of availability on the eBook archive. Downloads of the eBook by Michael Martinez reached more than 4,000 per day soon after its January 5, 2002 publication.
The Parma Endorion essays explore J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, an imaginary time in history which he developed through books such as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. Interest in Tolkien and Middle-earth have always been strong, but the recent movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", by New Zealand director Peter Jackson, has launched a new generation of fans on a quest for more information about Middle-earth. Yahoo! Internet Life selected the Parma Endorion Web site for inclusion in its "Great Lord of the Rings on the Net Contest" in December 2001, in the "Best Site for Serious Tolkien Fans" category.
Parma Endorion is an updated edition of a popular Web site covering topics from the geography and history of Middle-earth to planning a Middle-earth wedding, a review of the wonders of Middle-earth, and in-depth analyses of Tolkien's Rohirrim. One of four independent Web sites which were used to establish Science Fiction and Fantasy megasite Xenite.Org in early 1997, Parma Endorion has long been recognized around the world as an authoritative and exhaustive introduction to Tolkien's Middle-earth. Teachers, librarians, and students at all levels have used the popular essays for research and teaching resources.
"I have wanted to update the Web site since the summer of 2000," Martinez says, "but it's so large I decided to make it an eBook. And I wanted the eBook to be free because so many people have visited the original Web site I didn't want to ask them to start paying for the new content." The 3rd edition of Parma Endorion includes some additional information and corrections. But unlike earlier editions, it also includes selected artwork from fan artists. Anke Eissmann and Rich Sullivan contributed the distinctive artwork used in the eBook. Matt Tinaglia provided design and technical services.
Michael Martinez is the author of Visualizing Middle-earth, published through Xlibris Corp., and a noted Internet researcher specializing in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. He has written more than 100 essays on Tolkien and Middle-earth for Suite101.com and his work has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Polish. Several commercial enterprises have also contracted the author for consulting services relating to Middle-earth product lines.
Parma Endorion is available in Adobe Acrobat Reader (http://www.adobe.com/products/ebookreader/main.html) format at Free-eBooks.Net (http://www.free-ebooks.net/fan_fiction.html). Adobe Acrobat Reader is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Free-eBooks.Net is a member of the eBooks'n'Bytes network (http://www.ebooksnbytes.com/).
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