Comments on: Classics: Pretty, but largely unnecessary http://www.teleread.com/public-domain/classics-pretty-but-largely-unnecessary/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: HeavyG http://www.teleread.com/public-domain/classics-pretty-but-largely-unnecessary/comment-page-1/#comment-1064175 HeavyG Sun, 24 May 2009 21:10:16 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/24/classics-pretty-but-largely-unnecessary/#comment-1064175 Certainly value is in the eye of the beholder but I thought that even at the $2.99 price that "Classics" was a good deal. Sure I could spend my time grabbing the texts from Project Gutenberg and using some other reader and hope that the formatting was ok. But I was glad to spend a whopping $3 and get a few old books I last read 40+ years ago. I liked the slightly sepia toned appearance and the formatting is nicely done. The page turning graphic is a nice touch and although I thought I would find it annoying after the "gimmick" wore off that hasn't been the case. I see that the creators of "Classics" have sold over 100,000 copies so there a few other folks that also like the effort that has gone into providing "tweaked" versions of a few old classics. Certainly value is in the eye of the beholder but I thought that even at the $2.99 price that “Classics” was a good deal.

Sure I could spend my time grabbing the texts from Project Gutenberg and using some other reader and hope that the formatting was ok. But I was glad to spend a whopping $3 and get a few old books I last read 40+ years ago. I liked the slightly sepia toned appearance and the formatting is nicely done. The page turning graphic is a nice touch and although I thought I would find it annoying after the “gimmick” wore off that hasn’t been the case.

I see that the creators of “Classics” have sold over 100,000 copies so there a few other folks that also like the effort that has gone into providing “tweaked” versions of a few old classics.

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