What a disappointment... who on earth could be responsible for the idea of providing Dracula and Crime and Punishment as demonstration works? Anything less suitable to show off an e-reading device I can't imagine. Short stories by one or more well-known authors, or a well-known (but shortish) novel would have been ideal. (Some of the Saki short stories, perhaps, or the Dickens Uncommercial Traveller essays, or possibly even something by Edgar Wallace.)
In the absence of anything such, can anyone recommend a well-produced Mobipocket book (free or commercial)? Something that shows off the reader to an advantage? I've waded through some dozen free books from their site, but seen nothing that makes me want to give away a Mobipocket book as a present.
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