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A week or so ago, I downloaded "The Rest is Noise" by Alex Ross, a newly published book on Twentieth Century classical music. $24, though $19-something at Amazon. I'm only part way through, but already it's disconcerting to see Leo Janáček repeatedly referred to as Leos? and his opera Jenůfa rendered repeatedly as Jen ů fa, with the "ů" in a different font. Not a very professional-looking product, though the book is published by Farrar, Straus & Geroux.
Also, the links provided are only one-way. You can get from the TOC to a chapter, but you can't return to the TOC. You have to go through the menu if you want to look at the TOC again, which is a real pain.
Doubt that I'll be going to the Sony Bookstore for anything more than throw-away stuff anytime soon.
Jim
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