Although I hold this piece of work dear to my heart, I didn’t expect to see it distributed as an eBook.
Since I write as a hobby, I neither expect to see it in print nor envision monetary benefit from it; however, the advent of eBooks is heaven-sent. It is doing what cable television and YouTube did to discard old films
that suddenly became a gold mine for collectors. Similarly, pieces of work gathering dust in the attics and dungeons can become best sellers in the cyber
world of eBooks. If you write for a
hobby, it’s time to find those “best sellers never told,”…so you thought with a
giggle eons ago. It’s time for the sleeping dragons to roar in flames!
This is how it will look on your tablets and mobiles...
The following epic is as strange as it is stunning. I could not imagine how my people got hold of such a work of genius. Now that it has been translated into English, it is the world's longest epic. It takes a number of reciters to complete the epic in days of continuous singing monologue. All 17 episodes have now been translated.
When I translated the following, I resisted the
temptation to look at earlier works because I did not want to be influenced by their language. I have to admit I struggled with my own dialect. Like any other, classical Maranaw belongs to the ancients, and I am no different
from any in the present generation.
This translation is the first-ever attempt to write the epic
in a story form. If there are other works in the past of the same format, I am
not aware of it.
It is easy to buy an eBook or anything from Amazon. Unfortunately, it is not available in Saudi Arabia.
1.)
Go to amazon.com and create an account
2.)
Amazon will ask you to link your mode of payment
with your credit card or debit (ATM) card – Visa or Master Card
3.)
Download the Kindle reader on your tablet or smartphone or laptop
4.)
Search for the eBook you want to buy from the
Amazon search box
5.)
Log in to your Kindle with your Amazon acct to
open/access your eBook
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