Review: A keeper, I hope
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2013
This is a wonderful collection of 4 of Nora's best books.  For my own pleasure and convenience, it was among my first book additions to my new Kindle.  I have three of these books already in paperback, and one I had borrowed from the library.  I am aware that, by making such purchases, I am making a commitment to both the Kindle and to Amazon.  It may be that in the future, Amazon may update or revise the Kindle in such a way that the books that I buy today will no longer be readable on a future KINDLE VERSION 10!  Digital companies are engaged in such plots and plans all the time (witness what Windows is doing at this moment with Windows 8.  How long will it take before a new version will no longer read or write to Windows XP?). I would be terribly disappointed if Amazon did such a terrible thing, but I wouldn't punish the authors whose books I have bought.  The point is that these are underhanded and treacherous CORPORATE decisions, and we consumers should not confuse a product with a person.  I am referring to those readers who are giving Nora Roberts a low rating for this wonderful collection because of the publishers decision to charge an admittedly exorbitant price. When, on the Kindle, you push the BUY button, there is a statement which says that the price has been set by Penguin, the publisher, not Amazon, not Nora.  A rating should reflect the quality of the item purchased and not the store, the shipper, or any other extraneous matter.  My five stars mean that I highly recommend this book and this author, but neither commend nor recommend Penguin Publishers.