excellent book but poorly "kindlized"
920242
I have used the simple methods in this book to great advantage with my foxtrotter.  The simple idea of using the half halt to release the horse into gait is explained in the book in such simple terms that it only took e few minutes to apply it and see results. This is the very most helpful training aid I have ever paid money for. That includes alot of big name dvds and lessons. This man understands horses and people. The only complaint i have is that the kindle version must have been "digitized" by aclassroom of first graders. There are so many typos that parts of it have to be read over several times because page headings or page numbers appear as part of the text!? For this reason i would say that the print versio n of the book is the way to go. If you go to garys website there is a good package deal in this book with some dvds so i ordered them to make sure i didn't miss anything. I thought the answers i was looking for were complicated but just a few simple ideas from this book have really made a difference.thank you Gary Lane! To the "kindlizers" of this book i can only say--- HOLY CRAP don't you people proof read your work!!!!!!
george
2587996
The book itself is excellent. The Kindle version was extremely disappointing for the number of errors - mostly transposed letters.
4762089
This is a GREAT book... one of those you don't wanna stop reading. But the kindle version sux so bad that I gave up when I saw the first code samples...

A programming book with code samples that are almost impossible to read is a huge drawback. 70% of the value is lost in the kindle version.. I am sure that sooner or later this will be fixed but until then... stick to the printed version.
4666331
Chaim is clear and very understandable. He brings out the different ways that the Hebrew text might be translated, showing different shades of meaning as he reflects on different verses. I would give this book a wholehearted 5 stars except for one problem. The Kindle edition of this book is not rendering the Hebrew script correctly. Buyer should be aware that all of the Hebrew words are being rendered with their letters reversed! Hebrew is a right to left script, but the Kindle seems to not understand this and the result is that all the Hebrew words are spelled backwards. I would love to see an update to this book that corrects the problem.
1605732
I LOVE this book series and was disappointed to find that the Kindle edition of this book seems to be unedited at least not the final edit. There are multiple spelling and wording errors as well as a flow issue that does not match the other books.
Even so, this was still a great book to read. The author is a fantastic writer.  To see my full review of the series  [...]
87724
This book is Excellent.  As other reviewers have commented, it really provides solid advise and examples.

The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is due to my frustration with Kindle.  This is a How To Book which means that readers HIGHLIGHT, create BOOKMARKS, and write NOTES.  Well good luck with that if you're reading the Kindle edition.  After going through the book and highlighting copiously, imagine my surprise the next day when on opening it I discovered that every bloody highlight was gone. It was as if I had never read the book at all.

This is an ongoing problem with Kindle and no matter what maneuvers you go through, you can't recover your highlights.  I've had situations with other books where after re-downloading, some of the highlights were recovered only to have them all disappear again the next time I opened the e-book.  Fixing the problem doesn't seem to be on Amazon's agenda.
3646003
This is an excellently written book, but as some others have noted, the quality of the binding is lacking. I give the author a solid A+ and the printer a C- at best.

Don't let it scare you away from buying the book though, it's extremely good
1888223
The book is great. Is also own the paperback (German) edition and I really love it. The book is a MacNally at his best. Starting with basics, always keeping the reader interested by adding good real life stories. He knows how to write photography books. This is a must for every beginner.

Now for the bad part. The Kindle edition is one of the worst I ever had. From my devices (Kindle Keyboard, Paperwhite, iPhone, iPad, Mac) it only works on the I-devices. Bummer! And when it works, it only is some kind of PDF without any reflow or adaption to the device. To be honest, this is not an ebook. This is just some pre-layouted pages transferred as images.

Just buy another edition of this great book!
999855
"Around The World With Auntie Mame" is a great book, a strong sequel to the blockbuster "Auntie Mame", and well worth reading, but the Kindle edition leaves much to be desired. It's great to have this book in electronic format, especially with the formerly excised Russian chapter, but the reading experience is marred by frequent formatting errors. Did no one bother to proofread the book before it went on sale? There are random spaces in words, words broken by hyphens (probably where there was a word hyphenated at the end of a line in the print version), and various misspelled words. I understand that software needs to be used to create an ebook, but can't a publisher spare a few human hours to check the file before it goes on sale? It's not exactly bargain basement pricing, so a proofread should have been included in the production. Still, having said that, I am enjoying this book!
1723124
This is an excellent book. McCourt has an excellent blend of comedy and morbid reality. However, the Kindle edition is NOT an exact copy of the physical copy. The page counts are off by at least 100. This is fine for pleasure reading, but you may want to think twice before buying it for a class.
1706293
I'm in the rare position of owning this on both the Kindle and as the physical book. So I'll focus on that, but let me just say that the content of this book (in any format) is excellent. The humour combined with knowledge helps keep you engaged and will make you laugh out loud in certain parts. Highly recommended, in particular if you have a slightly dark sense of humour.

That said: The Kindle edition of this book is pretty poor. Part of this book's charm is the diagrams, often split over two pages, these are ruined in the Kindle version, often two halves aren't next to one another or worse the image is sideways on making it hard to read and ruining the flow of the book. The Kindle version just feels slapped together, like someone scanned the book in really quickly, didn't really look at the result and then they put it immediately for sale.

The format of the physical item in this case IS part of its charm. The cut off corners, the feel of the paper, all of it has been selected to make it feel like a really old "manual." That charm is subtle but completely lost in the Kindle version. The text itself is readable in both formats, but the charm is not.

I give this book a 4/5 on paper form, a 3/5 in Kindle form.

I'd only take off one star in the paper form because it felt like the humour was better at the start of the book and as you got further in they stopped trying to keep it light (and it gets a little dry in places). But still better than any other baby book I know of.
472612
This is a classic book on managing change, one of the best ever written.

As such, the book is easily a 5 star. The Kindle version, however, leaves much to be desired, especially the diagrams. Connor uses these visual aids to explain complex concepts in the book, but in the Kindle version the diagrams are compressed, low resolution, and downright difficult to read!

Unfortunately, the downloadable sample version has no diagrams so I had no idea they were such poor quality until after I had purchased the Kindle version.

I was so disappointed with the Kindle version, that I returned it for a refund.

This is probably Random House's fault, but it's a shame that such a valuable and classic book was given such a poor quality eBook implementation -- yes, other eBook formats have the same diagram problems.
32983
I have only recently started reading this book on my Kindle. The book has great information on our studies of space stations and the developement of Skylab. My problem is the version downloaded to my Kindle looks terrible with sentences broken up a lot of typos that should be corrected. This can make this book difficult to read. If you can get past the typeing problems it's a great book.
2086084
This is a wonderful book and should be available to anyone who wants to read it. However, the paperback version of the book is bulky and the print is too small.  Everyone who loves this book: Please petition the publisher for a Kindle version!
4936488
Hello!  Silvanus Thompson wrote an excellent book.  I can see why this is a classic.  He does a really good job of explaining calculus in a language that is both simple and understandable.  However, I do have an issue with this edition.  It is in deplorable shape concerning the format of the text -- pages are out of order, words are missing, and sometimes the text encroaches on the inner margin so far that it is hard to read (you have to open the book really wide).

Overall, I give Silvanus Thompson an 'A+' for making a hard topic easy but, unfortunately, the formatting of the text gets a 'D'.  It is readable and you can guess the words that are missing, but it's sheer laziness on the part of the publisher.

I didn't buy this book for a calculus class but just to gain a better understanding of calculus concepts on my own -- it hit the nail on the head!  I highly recommend 'Calculus Made Easy' by Silvanus Thompson for learning calculus on your own.
4701557
This is a great book!!  Unfortunately, I have a copy of the 2013 Gresham Publishing edition, which is probably the sloppiest, most carelessly printed book I've ever read.  Hopefully this publisher has done a better job with it, starting with not having a computer spell-check being the only "proof reading" done before printing.
1534535
It is an excellent and brave book a great research, wrote for a very open mind author. Are you tired about propaganda, Hollywood movies and Cowboys and Indians old movies?... then you will enjoy this book.

I think the Kindle edition should be revised. I think there are several typos that belong just to the Kindle edition. I've seen this happen in another books too.