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Type of bind: Kindle Edition
Format: Kindle Book
Label: B&R Samizdat Express
Manufacturer: B&R Samizdat Express
Printing Date: December 21, 2007
Publishing house: B&R Samizdat Express
Sale Popularity Level: 33521
Studio: B&R Samizdat Express
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Editor's Notes and Comments:
Product Description:
According to Wikipedia --
'The First Folio is the term applied by modern scholars to the very first published collection of William Shakespeare's plays; its actual title is Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. ...
'Printed in folio format ..., it was prepared by Shakespeare's colleagues John Heminges and Henry Condell in 1623, about seven years after Shakespeare's death. Although eighteen of Shakespeare's plays had been published in quarto prior to 1623, the First Folio is the only reliable text for about twenty of the plays, and a valuable source text even for many of those previously published.' In response to customer requests, I just added an active/linked table of contents. If you bought this before you should be able to download the new version from Amazon at no extra cost. (The file number is the same).
User popularity level:
Rated by buyers 
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I got my Kindle 2 weeks ago and am still learning its uses and limitations. I'm in the process of building my e-library. For me, getting all these Shakespeare plays for 99 cents is fantastic. I read the prior negative review and publisher's comment. My thoughts:
* The active table of contents does help - so the review was correct but now that this has an active TOC, the review is obsolete. FYI, Kindle functions (such as bookmarking) can also help you navigate the great but lengthy content here.
* I'm surprised/ impressed that the publisher responded to the request - either it's a true mom and pop publisher or the publisher really cares/ reads reviews and responds for even 99 cent products.
* Some of the line breaks appear to come in odd places, but I've found that to be the case for other Kindle books I got which had active TOC. For me, this was not a problem.
Overall, I rate this at 5 stars because of the value for dollar. Can you get the content free elsewhere? Sure - at any public library. But the chance to have all of these plays at my fingertips for 99 cents - great convenience and fantastic value. More broadly, this is an example of the value of the Kindle and ebooks - it allows great works to be accessible and convenient at ridiculously cheap prices (avoiding the physical costs of paper, printing, distribution). Of course, the Kindle remains pricey, but that's another story.
Rated by buyers 
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In response to an earlier review, the publisher has added a table of contents that gets one to each of the plays. There is no further subdivision in the TOC, but it seems to be a reasonably formatted version of the First Folio.
Rated by buyers 
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Worthless for the Kindle. No table of contents - no way to navigate other than searching or progressing through the book a page at a time. Complete waste of money.
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