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If there's a CDROM given out with the first printing of the hardcover, it's usually available for download at the Webscriptions site for people who bought the ebook 1-2 months after the month in which the book was published.
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I talked to somebody at Baen webscriptions and she said, "The eBooks on the CD are created by the manufacturer. The eBooks on WebScriptions are created by the Baen eBooks Web Team." So they aren't the same versions. I haven't bought any of them yet, but she confirmed for me that Memory does have paragraph indents.
Miles in Love is the only one on the CD that's formatted properly. The others are all pretty annoying. |
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That's very interesting. I bought the entire series recently from webscriptions. The mobi formatted books are exquisite - the epubs ... not so much (font's too faint on my nook and I still see question marks between some paragraphs in Cryoburn). I actually deleted all the epubs and converted all the mobis to epub thru Calibre (much improved font weights). I'll have to check the CD to compare the quality. I found this strange as I remember vaguely that Baen uses Calibre too for the conversion (probably saw the Calibre stamp inside an epub once - I don't recall exactly). In any case, ![]() Generally speaking, I've obtained several ebooks (early Honorverse for instance) from BaenCDs and have never had a problem with formatting - they're always quite beautiful. Wonder why Bujold has been singled out for digital punishment like this ![]() |
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Comment: Just looked at prc files (I dislike prc files) and you are correct. Really ugly formatting. I'd recommend using Calibre to convert the epub files. Think you'll be happier. Last edited by jgaiser; 10-22-2010 at 04:28 PM. Reason: Added additional comment |
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Just finished Cryoburn, superb as always.
I do hope we see more books in the series Last edited by sabredog; 10-22-2010 at 11:05 PM. |
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I checked the epub of Cryoburn, but I don't think I checked any of the other epubs. I'll have to do that.
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I bought two of the omnibus books on the Baen site in prc format, and I would certainly not call the formatting "exquisite".
I'm not very demanding with formatting so it didn't much bother me, except for the fact that the three separate books in the file are not even separated by a page break. You finish one book and the next book starts just like a new chapter. I thought that was a bit too much. Maybe I'll try downloading and converting the ePub version to see if it's better. |
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Just download the epub, pop it into Calibre, quick check of metadata and convert to mobi. Works great for me. ![]() |
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Since this is an e-book forum, I want to mention that her latest novel, Cyroburn is out in hardcover - and it includes a CD with most all of her earlier novels, along with many of her many lectures and articles. These books are in several different e-book formats.
I already had them all in dead tree books, but have loaded them into various readers on my iPad for me to try those readers out. |
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Just because you darn people have got me sort of hooked on Ms. Bujold...
MetaFilter, a website I follow about as religiously as i follow MobileRead, has an interesting posting about the recent release of "Cyroburn" and the subsequent release of the Vorkosigan CD. Some interesting and funny comments. |
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<edit> Scratch that. I just got the companion CD from Baen as a download so Cryoburn and Memory are now in my Baen shopping cart. Last edited by FatDog; 10-31-2010 at 10:41 AM. |
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I'd suggest converting the ePub file if you get a ".prc" file. Note that this applies only to Baen. Generally speaking, ".prc" and ".mobi" files are completely interchangeable extensions. |
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