Review: A fine, workmanlike job
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2013
I am not going to review Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz series, I assume you know whether or not you want to read it. This review concerns the quality of this edition.The most impressive thing is the illustrations, which add quite a lot to the story, especially in terms of character and period feel. I viewed them on the cheapest Kindle and a brand new iPad, and they look great in spare low-resolution black-and-white and brilliant high-resolution color. I even put them on a large screen PC monitor, and could spot no flaws.The second most impressive thing is the quality of the transcriptions. You will not find typos or awkwardly set lines, whether you make the font big or small, and over a range of devices I found. They include the original introductions, which I had not been familiar with, and also contents for each book.For $0.99 the above is far more than your money's worth, so the remainder of the review is not complaints, just information. It would be handier to have each book as a separate file, to make it easier to read them out of order, or to find something in one book. It would also make it faster to load and search. On the downside, it would make it harder to search for something if you couldn't remember the book.There are no hyperlinks, no explanatory comments, no index and no custom definitions; just the original books. None of those are essential, of course, and I don't know of any edition that has them (there may well be one, of course, but it probably costs a lot more).So if you want to read the Wizard of Oz, especially the entire series in order, this is an excellent choice.