tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post7732955647150375876..comments2024-03-28T01:22:23.240-06:00Comments on The Quivering Pen: Loading the KindleDavid Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06013514596973186440noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-87339144935332309262010-12-23T14:03:27.589-07:002010-12-23T14:03:27.589-07:00Elizabeth and Ron,
Thanks for the encouragement on...Elizabeth and Ron,<br />Thanks for the encouragement on the Bower books. I have several other books by her in my hardcover vintage collection, but not "Chip of the Flying U," surprisingly. I'll hunt that one down. And, yes, it's a pity the illustrations couldn't be included in the digital downloads. I especially miss them in the Dickens novels.David Abramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013514596973186440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-31118685777303079832010-12-23T13:59:41.643-07:002010-12-23T13:59:41.643-07:00I've been enjoying the public domain fiction a...I've been enjoying the public domain fiction available online, too. I've read through almost all the available hard copies of early westerns in the libraries, and the rest are going to be digital. <br /><br />I don't mind that they're reset in a new font and the pagination and page layout are lost, but I miss the original illustrations. They lose a lot in "translation."<br /><br />Of your list, you should enjoy the B. M. Bower books. I've only read CHIP OF THE FLYING U, but that was enough for me to put her in my top-10 list for the year.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407679229975998493.post-6289228771867275112010-12-23T13:00:22.028-07:002010-12-23T13:00:22.028-07:00I know exactly what you mean. It's great the a...I know exactly what you mean. It's great the amount of hard-to-find books there are available online, but if I had the choice I'd still pick the kind you can hold in your hand.<br /><br />I read Anna Katherine Green's <i>The Leavenworth Case</i> recently and was really disappointed to find out that my local library didn't have any more of her books. Project Gutenberg has loads, but reading off the computer screen is hard on the eyes (especially in Courier font!).<br /><br />I've read <i>The Red House Mystery</i>...and B.M. Bower and Max Brand are my two favorite Western authors. Bower's <i>The Happy Family</i> is I think the third book featuring characters introduced in her debut novel, <i>Chip of the Flying U</i>.Elisabeth Grace Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073159989691222645noreply@blogger.com