A good primer on ashtanga but please, please fix typos in the Kindle edition
931384
I read this as part of my yoga teacher training program curriculum. I have a lot of respect for Birch and her experience. Her axioms are insightful and eye-opening to how chronic athletic training causes imbalance in the body and how the heat and strength generated in regular ashtanga practice can help bring the body back into balance, restore flexibility and build strength.

What I do not understand are the copious and chronic typographical errors throughout the kindle edition. It seemed to me that the text was automatically transcribed without an editor to even look over it (!?) It was distracting at best and at worst unprofessional. Please fix it!
4083114
The authors story is very motivating, and the book achieves its purpose of introducing a wider notion of yoga to a new audience. The book would benefit from better editing for consistency and to  eliminate some errors that undermine it and misinform the novice. For example, ama in Sanskrit means toxic buildup, not fire. Agni is the word for fire. Asteya means non-stealing, not non-attachment. Her references to various popular styles of yoga lean heavily on the received wisdom of each school instead of a genuine assessment of each from the perspective of an experienced teacher. Overall its a good introduction to the practice of yoga, but as the author herself advocates on your path, it seems prudent to practice discernment with what you read and do further research to clarify what the book sometimes muddles.
3941668
I downloaded this book onto my kindle. It is good information and has got me thinking about being more proactive with my investing. The only thing that really bothers me is the poor editing. I don't know if the hardcover version has such bad editing but the Kindle version is a mess of missing words in a sentence, the wrong word completely, or misspelled words. The early going was rough but the content kept me going but I am only in chapter 2 so if it continues I may not have the patience to continue with it.

This happens quite a bit with Kindle books and this is the only place I know to let Amazon know how I feel.
4434346
The content is good, but the formatting in the Kindle edition is *really* shoddy: deeply nested LINQ expressions in Times New Roman with all indentation removed. Trying to decipher the formatting is distracting from understanding the otherwise excellent content.
4878744
The content of the book itself, like all of Sorabji's works, deserve 5+ stars.  The rating is brought down by the poor format of the Kindle edition.

The primary problem is the handling of footnotes.  Each footnote is a hyperlink, which jumps to a page at the end of the book.  But there is no link there to take you back to your spot in the text.  On the Kindle, that's not a big deal, you just hit the "back" button.  But on the Fire, there is no easy way to get back to where you were; when reading on my Fire, I had to (try and) remember to drop a bookmark before jumping to a note.

That would be manageable; but what eventually made me return the kindle book was when I discovered that some footnotes had not been formatted as hyperlinks in the text, so there was really no way to get to the footnote text at all!  That's a serious problem for an academic book; I'll get the print edition instead.

This isn't really so hard, but publishers have to sort this out, particularly for academic texts.  If your text has footnotes, FORMAT THEM PROPERLY.  By which I mean, that when you read the text on the Kindle, it pops up a mini-window with footnote text (which, on the Fire, is interpreted as a jump to the correct note, which always has a return link on it).  A press like Chicago should be able to manage this!
271126
The words of the book are wonderful and nothing can take away from that but are you aware of the many typos, etc in this edition?
2860204
Each volume of Churchill's History of the Second World War is a gem in its own right. Their Finest Hour is no exception. Unfortunately, the Kindle edition is riddled with typos. I'm surprised a book of this quality got such shabby treatment in eBook form. Perhaps future Kindle editions will be more carefully prepared. Five star book, one star format: three star average.
3542836
A Study in Consciousness is the most comprehensive exploration of consciousness that I have read to date. Overall this book is enjoyable to read and will provide much to consider for the student of consciousness.

Concerning the Kindle version - There are several typos which detract from the overall experience. For example, Logos is sometimes written as Locos. But there are a few other obvious typos as well. In my opinion it is still worth owning an electronic copy of this book, but hopefully the publisher will take note and make the necessary corrections.
1790333
The Uplift books are great - on paper. The Kindle Editions have a shameful number of typos. I suspect they were turned into Kindle editions with OCR and nobody even looked at them before they were posted for sale. Brightness Reef is particularly bad, with typos on every page. Some of the sentences are so battered that a person who never read the paper copies would have trouble figuring out what they said. Also - No table of contents! Ridiculous.
1730529
This book is enjoyable but the Kindle version is so riddled with typos that it is sometimes a frustrating experience to read. Amazon should do better, especially for the relatively high price for this Kindle edition.
2379875
Enjoyed this book and learning of the author's journey through yoga. Some of grammar in my kindle downloaded version bothered me, like misspellings and oddly formatted text. Maybe it's just the kindle version? I skimmed a few parts, a little redundant at times but overall a fun read and also an easy to read reference for yoga terminology and stories.
327193
The Kindle version has lots of typos. Overall each story is well-told with great lessons. The author implies in the beginning that he will reveal some common traits among all these Entrepreneurs, but he never did tie the stories together. I am actually OK with that because it left me to my own interpretations. As a collection of stories, if you get past the typos, it a good read. Lots of people profiled that I had never heard of.
3185578
Excellent information and very helpful in solving some problems I was having. The typos in the Kindle version are awful and very distracting. I assume the print edition is better.
4592103
Excellent book - one of best railway travel books. However the kindle edition is riddled with typos and formatting issues. Weird, because you'd think the text would have been in digital format to print the books (which are typo free) and the kindle edition copied from that.
4223765
FYI: I purchased the physical paper cards, not the kindle version.

I just completed my CWCN certification Sept 2012. They were very helpful in reviewing pertinent information.  The cards seem to be based on Bryant's text, and provide an excellent summary of this information.

However, I was disappointed by the number of typos (incorrect verb tenses, words spelled incorrectly - including names of medications, etc).  In one instance, the word "NOT" was omitted --- which is kinda important, given the context.

I would've given this product 5 stars if the publisher had taken the time to proof-read the product before distribution.
4912210
The kindle edition has several typos that does affect one's understanding of the book. For some reason "nave" was a difficult word to produce in the kindle version.
4308020
My review is quite short: The book is great (I'm about 20% of the way through), but the Kindle version is riddled with typos. Words are strung together without spaces in between, punctuation marks are missing, there are line breaks in weird places. It's driving my bonkers! Rather get the paperback.