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Yeah, I was looking forward to reading The Beekeeper's Apprentice on the Kindle, but I'll read it on paper instead. I'll probably skip some of John Hart's free books - when I tried to convert the PDF, it made a complete mess. Sure, I could have done a few hours work cleaning it up (every line seemed to have at least one word with extra spaces added, somtimes every single word had that happen), but why bother. I have lots more to read. None of it by John Hart, since I won't buy any others until I get that free one read, to decide if I like his books. So, the PDF has had the exact opposite of it's desired effect, blocking me from reading any of his books (and definitely not enticing me to buy the book on paper ... I just happened to have a paper copy of B.A. that I had not read yet).
On the other hand, at least their PDF's can be read offline. Perhaps they'll work on the DX (or another large format ereader) in the future. Some other authors put their books up as online reads only, forcing you to read at your desk only, or when online (not an option, frankly, for everyone, at least not all the time; hard as it is to believe, some of us use computers in areas where there is no internet access or don't want to read a book while tied to the network/phone cable).
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