Great book, but the copy Amazon uses is CENSORED
594501
Great book, but the copy Amazon uses is CENSORED! Half the words are missing because they are either cursing or slang. I can't believe they would publish this book so badly presented.
2671913
No spoilers within

This is an absolutely incredible book. One of my favorite of all time. The two star review is NOT pertaining to Mr. Hemingway's work or this book.

Scribner / Macmillan / Simon & Schuster should be ashamed of reissuing this master piece riddled with spelling errors. The book was originally published in 1940 and this version was issued again in 2003.

I would strongly recommend reading this book, just not this issuance. In my opinion reading the final pages and noticing errors really took me out of the conclusion to an excellent love / war story.

To the individuals reviewing the books less than 3 stars because it is censored: I believe Mr. Hemingway did this himself. I would love to wrong, and if I am I would greatly appreciate someone responding to this review with a link or ISBNs of a version which does not use language like obscenity or un-printable.
335938
We absolutely love this book. It's a wonderful story with the most beautiful illustrations I have ever seen. They are clever and inspired. But this edition Amazon sells is missing about 1/2 of the spreads that are found in the original. Perhaps this is a ploy by the Little Golden Books to get you to buy their collection of 10 stories.
1781931
First , I love this book and have read it several times. I wanted to have it in my permanent Kindle library but when I bought it from Amazon the book cover was correct but the novel contents were of another novel entirely. Amazon customer service asked me to inform you of this ERROR as the problem lies within the publishers submittal not Amazon's. Hope this can be fixed soon as I still want it in my library.
2443395
I've been a great fan of Tom Clancy, and due to some downsizing, decided to move some of my favorites onto my Kindle to make space on my bookshelf for some other things.  What a mistake.  Executive Orders is an excellent book - an exciting page turner - but the Kindle edition is absolutely terrible.  In some places, the typographic errors ( changing "e" for "c" and vice versa, missing spaces, missing or deleted emphasis, etc.) were so bad that the book was nearly unreadable.  Stick with the print version.  I gave it three stars because I didn't want to take away from a great book, so 5 stars for the book, and 1 star for the Kindle edition (ASIN B001QEAQP8).
3336458
I first purchased this novel when it came out in hardback, and got Lois to sign it. It is an excellent read. Nominated for the Hugo and Nebula award.

Regrettably the electronic version I recently purchased through Amazon did not allow me to change the font character, although it did let me change the font size. There was no ready way to complain to Amazon about this, but they sent me an email asking for feedback on the book and here it is. This is not available for purchase through Baen Books eBooks website, which is a shame. I've never had this problem with files from Baen, and I've been purchasing electronic books from them since 1999.
473600
This is a great book, but the Kindle edition doesn't have the pictures from the hardcover. Photographs are essential for this book, because the presentation is very important for amuse-bouches. I had to return the Kindle edition for refund and order the hardcover one.
654410
I'd actually give it a 4.5 stars if possible. The book itself is wonderful; I always enjoy Grace Livingston Hill's books.  My problem is with the actual digital book. It'd be nice if whoever publishes digital books took as much care as print publishers do, to make sure it's free of typos. The main male character spent time in "Prance" during the war, and there are several instances of strange AE characters in the midst of sentences, as well as a few ^ marks scattered throughout.  And words that may have been mis-scanned, such as "dung" instead of "clung".

It's annoying to pay good money for a book and have the story flow interrupted by such mistakes. Books that I get from Project Gutenberg for free, usually have less mistakes.
534322
This amazing book contains my favorite rendition of Thor. The art by Simonson is breathtaking. This tome is very heavy, and you should be warned that if you order it from Amazon you will receive a damaged copy. Amazon's packaging practices are notorious. The book will ship to you in a box without ANY protection. You'll be lucky to find one deflated air cushion inside. The corners of the book will be dinged/crushed, and there might be damage to the spine and dustjacket. Someone at Amazon decided that it's better to save on some packing materials than to have satisfied customers. Until Amazon changes their policy (and I doubt they will anytime soon, considering they've been badly packaging books for the better part of a decade now) I would advise you to get this magnificent book elsewhere.
4742886
This is a wonderful book, but beware, it is abridged.  It is not the same as the original How Little Porcupine Played Christmas.  Some key parts are missing.  I can't imagine why they'd change it, but it is changed.  If you can find it, get the original.  If you can't, this is still a great book.
2783618
I purchased the hardcover edition for my 2 year old daughter.  The Illustrations are absoulutely beautiful.  The only problem I have with it is that it is not the original poem by Moore.  It has been censored, yes, censored.  The 2 lines "The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath." have been removed!  I understand that smoking is no longer a "PC" thing in this day and age, but when you are purchasing a classic poem, one you remember from your childhood, you expect to get the actual poem.  I was disappointed that this fact had not been noted in the product description.  I guess it's a little 1984ish to me, to start censoring a book and not inform the consumer.
1354711
Classic book, but I did not realize that is was a censored version, so it looses a star.
1877921
I love this book. The nutritional information is to the point, the recipes are delicious and healthy, the meal ideas are good, and it's fun to read. I don't eat vegan all the time, but with this book I thoroughly enjoy it.

But the Kindle transcription is awful. Typos throughout, starting in the table of contents. Seriously, Amazon, it looks like you scanned the text, ran OCR, and shipped it out without a second glance. ("Searlet Barley," anyone? How about "Quinos Puttanesea?" Those are both on the second screen of the table of contents.) If you can't get an electronic copy from the publisher, could you please use my $10 to hire some proofreaders?

There are lots of sub-recipes for sauces and so forth, and lots of recommendations for side dishes. All of them are referenced by page number, which of course is useless on the Kindle; hyperlinks could make it really easy to go back and forth, but there are none once you're past the table of contents. You can search for the other recipe... as long as it doesn't have an OCR error in the title. Otherwise you just go back to the table of contents and flip through until you find what you want. Then you use the same clunky tools to go back to the main recipe. Forget about flipping back and forth; it's easier to just write down one of the recipes on a piece of paper.  Kindle has a lot of potential for cookbooks, but it sure doesn't come through here.

Five stars for the book, one for the Kindle edition. Next time I'll just buy paper.
1912586
Fantastic book to learn how to edit early music, but terribly printed! I would really like to have a better reproduction of the examples. They are all unreadable, this making understanding this book quite difficult. See image attached. Quite strange for an Oxford University Press edition... Amazon, is there enuthing you can do??????
2825920
Pieces of a Song is a wonderful book by a revered poet.  But as delivered from Amazon, the printed edition (sent by Amazon)  quality was shameful.  My copy (not the one Amazon delivered) has  the same cover, and after fifteen years the high quality paper has lost none of its newness.  The copy I bought from Amazon was for a friend.  I couldn't give it to her - she is also a poet - because the pages (of a supposedly new book) had yellowed and faded.  Amazon should stick to Kindle Books.
3776424
The Comic is fantastic - 4 Stars.
Sadly however, the Kindle Edition published by Amazon makes this almost unreadable and brings the review down to under a single star.
632338
The content and subject matter of this book is great, with one caveat. This version of the book on Amazon is incredibly poorly printed compared the the versions I have seen in stores. Type appearing at large sizes is ok, but the majority of the body copy is dismal. It's a great manual for type specimens in theory, but the quality of the printing nearly defeats the purpose of owning this book.