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Bad choice for Kindle, Jan 16 2011
By KlamFan - Published on Amazon.com
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Always look forward to this reference and thought it would make a good addition to my Kindle. I can't recommend that and suggest you stay with the paper version. The Kindle version appears to be screen shots of all too many of the tables and charts making them virtually unreadably small, and changing font size has no effect on these 'pictures'. Very disappointed.
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Illegible dumps (tiny repros) ruin this Kindle edition, Jan 18 2011
By Dawdling Tourist - Published on Amazon.com
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Totally frustrating experience trying to read this ridiculous excuse for a Kindle edition! The clowns producing and selling us this garbage apparently have no shame in ripping people off, people who might want to actually *read* any of those many many tables and lists so common in an almanac!In fact, this is worse than a simple waste -- it's literally infuriating!
I should have read the other reviews before purchasing this sorry 'piece of work'!! So much of it is just a nasty bait-and-switch con that there really should be laws against allowing this kind of customer rip-off, since normal ethical practices are obviously not even considered by the crooks who stick us with this pile of illegible screen shots for so many of its pages of tables and lists.
I'd try to get my money back if I knew of a way to do that for a Kindle purchase (on Jan 17, 2011).
Shame on the crooked publishers pawning this garbage off as an actual book to read ...
Update on Thurs., Jan 20, 2011
Thanks to the kindness of Lady Galaxy for reminding me of the Amazon policy of being able to receive a refund for a Kindle book within a week of purchase (I'd never felt the need before), I requested and promptly received just that! I was also very pleased with the marvelously generous and pleasant Amazon support for the Kindle, getting immediate approval for a refund for this sorry production of a Kindle book -- no hassle at all ... and I remain a devoted Kindle user and happy customer once again! In fact I'm such a Kindle fan that I'm always recommending it to others ... and this experience only adds to the good reasons for doing so !!
26 of 30 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
An annual treat, Dec 5 2010
By Steven A. Peterson - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The World Almanac and Book of Facts (Paperback)
Each year, I look forward to the publication of this cornucopia of facts, factoids, and statistics. This year's annual publication meets my normal expectations.Just looking at the table of contents gives a sense of the scope of the 2011 volume. Special features and the year in review open the volume (e.g., Top Ten News Topics, Health Care Reform, Notable Quotes, and Historical anniversaries). The year in pictures is another feature, with a series of color photos commemorating events and people from 2010.
Then, the substantive material, with categories such as: Economy, business, and energy; Crime; Military affairs; Health and vital statistics; science and technology; consumer information; US facts and history; World maps and flags; US government; US Cities, states, and population; World history and culture; Sports. The volume concludes with a detailed index.
What of statistics? I'll simply report what pops up on a few pages that I select at random. On page 203, there is a listing of philosophers and religious figures from history (e.g., John Cotton, Karl Jaspers, Johann Fichte). Page 351 features information on small Solar System bodies, such as asteroids and comets; Page 453 summarizes important historical events in American History from 1936 (Jesse Owens winning four gold medals) to 1946 (a steel strike); Page 529 focuses on election results in the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections county-by-county in Georgia. Page 591 contains basic descriptive information on two American states--North Carolina and North Dakota. Page 749 has a more global coverage--with basic data about Armenia and Australia.
There are also rich data from the world of sports. Page 875, for instance, presents a discussion of Special Olympics and then records in outdoor track and field competition. The reader is reminded that Usain Bolt holds records in the 100 and 200 meter races; Hicham El Guerrouj has records in the 1500 meters, mile run, and 2000 meter run. Page 895? Super Bowl results (as a Chicago Bears' fan, it's nice to look at the results of Super Bowl XX!). Page 921? Major league leaders in runs batted in per year from 1907 through 1990.
So, once more, a cool resource and great fun!
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