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SteveK · 12-07-2011, 10:12 PM

The files are certainly very large - the Mark Twain in mobi format is over 100MB for example, but it has over 3,000 illustrations! I agree that the volumes are the most comprehensive collections you're likely to find, not to mention that they are usually well-formatted. Some volumes have as many as five or six biographies about the author, although obviously extra material varies from one volume to the next. Yes, they're all public domain, but I figure it's worth a few dollars to have so many works by and about an author in a single volume.

I do know that Delphi went through a great deal of trial and error to publish these books in the epub format, as they had sent me several earlier versions over the past several months compiled using various programs, which did not work on my Sony PRS-300 reader. When they finally found a program that worked, they still weren't happy with the results, so their search continued. Obviously now they've found something they're happy with, but it was definitely a long process of experimenting with and learning to use different programs to make epub available. It certainly wasn't a "meat grinder" conversion!

These books are worth every penny of the purchase price, even without the current discount.

Enjoy!
SteveK

12-07-2011, 10:12 PM	#5
SteveK Addict Posts: 272 Karma: 1017902 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Kindle PW, PW2, Kindle3, Kobo Glo, tablets, phone	The files are certainly very large - the Mark Twain in mobi format is over 100MB for example, but it has over 3,000 illustrations! I agree that the volumes are the most comprehensive collections you're likely to find, not to mention that they are usually well-formatted. Some volumes have as many as five or six biographies about the author, although obviously extra material varies from one volume to the next. Yes, they're all public domain, but I figure it's worth a few dollars to have so many works by and about an author in a single volume. I do know that Delphi went through a great deal of trial and error to publish these books in the epub format, as they had sent me several earlier versions over the past several months compiled using various programs, which did not work on my Sony PRS-300 reader. When they finally found a program that worked, they still weren't happy with the results, so their search continued. Obviously now they've found something they're happy with, but it was definitely a long process of experimenting with and learning to use different programs to make epub available. It certainly wasn't a "meat grinder" conversion! These books are worth every penny of the purchase price, even without the current discount. Enjoy! SteveK Last edited by SteveK; 12-07-2011 at 10:26 PM.