The Birds Of America Volume 2 John James Audubon Books
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
The Birds Of America Volume 2 John James Audubon Books
For an Audubon fan, it is hard to believe everyone doesn't like his work as much as you do. But it's true: there has always been and there always will be something to criticize about Audubon and his watercolors and the various formats and media on which his works are reproduced. Some of the people in the 1800's who subscribed to Audubon's Birds of America, cancelled their subscriptions because they were disappointed with what they received. And those were the double-elephant folio recipients!I can't answer for those people. And after reading the complaints about the Kindle version of Birds of America, I can't answer for those people, either! A diehard fan like myself is nearly blind to the imperfections of media on which Audubon's Birds of America has been offered, at various costs and compromises. I consider the source and appreciate it all. Maybe I shouldn't even write a review.
The real question here is, "What do you expect from the Kindle version of Birds of America?" You already know how big the screen size is. You already know the limitations of Kindle navigation. If you have a black-and-white Kindle, you already know when you download this work, it's going to be in black and white on your device (but you can still use the Kindle Apps and PC versions and see these pictures in color). There is nothing here that you don't already know before you purchase it.
So how do I answer for you? All I can say is: $5.98. Total price for both volumes.
If you are stalling on a purchase of Birds of America for that ridiculously low price, why are you even reading these reviews? For whatever reason, it is obviously not worth it for you unless you can get it for free. That's fine. In case you haven't heard, or somehow don't know, Quagmire, you can view and/or download full-size (50 to 100MB) JPEG's of all 435 plates from the internet.
However, downloading 435 large images or using the very slow and painful "zoomify" tools to enlarge and pan each image in a web browser is not something you're going to want to do on your tiny mobile device. For one thing, iOS devices don't permit the use of Flashplayer, so zoomify is out of the question. And you certainly won't fit the entire collection of 435 full-size pictures of Birds of America on your iPhone if you have less than a 32GB model (and even then you won't have any room left for your music and other stuff). Not to mention the data usage limitations of some smartphone plans.
No. If you have any gripe about the Kindle folio of Birds of America, you have your expectations set impossibly too high, my friend! But for any of my brethren who are diehard John J. Audubon fans and are reading the reviews just to find out if the Kindle form of this monumental work is practicable, then I can assure you: yes! On your iOS or Android phone or tablet, you'll view and swipe through these reasonably-sized (think "small," smartphone/10-inch-tablet sized) images in color, just like you would expect. Fast and comfortably. No "zoomify and pan" garbage. No glitch and lag. The navigation is just what you'd expect of any other Kindle book, except in this case, since this is mostly a photo album, the table of contents is much more useful than normal. Use the table of contents to scroll to the plate you want to look at and click the link. Click the back button to return to the table of contents or swipe onto another plate.
Sorry if this review makes you feel left out if you're not a John J. Audubon fanatic. That is really where this line in the sand has been drawn. If you love the work of Audubon, there's no arm-twisting necessary. You'll want to buy this Kindle version for the usual convenience of carrying your favorite books around without adding any more weight or bulk to what you are already carrying. And if you don't love the work of Audubon, you will not like it in a box or with a fox.
On the other hand, if you're unsure but decide to purchase the Kindle version on a lark and afterward you find that you don't really like it, you can at least console yourself by the admission that you didn't spend any more money than you did for a value meal at McDonald's. And you probably complained about that, too.
So I ask again, "What were you expecting?"
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The Birds Of America Volume 2 John James Audubon Books Reviews
This was not the book I was really looking for, but it has some very nice art work in it.
There should be a book with colored pictures on my paper white. I will not order similar books again.
One needs to purchase Vol 1 and 2 for the complete set of Audubon prints. This is not a bird guide but a means of viewing the art work appearing in the original Audubon Elephant Portfolio. The colors are much more vivid than those of the originals and the birds are exactly as they appear in Audubon's work. Certainly the originals have faded over the past 175 or so years since they were released. Although I have several books presenting the work of Audubon, this is the most pleasing source for simply viewing and appreciating the art for me. If both volumes are available for purchase, I highly recommend purchasing both at the same time. At the time of my purchase only one of the volumes was available and I had to wait a year or so to have the complete set. I highly recommend volumes 1 and 2 to anyone who has an interest and appreciation of Audubon's Birds. See my review of vol 1 also.
For an Audubon fan, it is hard to believe everyone doesn't like his work as much as you do. But it's true there has always been and there always will be something to criticize about Audubon and his watercolors and the various formats and media on which his works are reproduced. Some of the people in the 1800's who subscribed to Audubon's Birds of America, cancelled their subscriptions because they were disappointed with what they received. And those were the double-elephant folio recipients!
I can't answer for those people. And after reading the complaints about the version of Birds of America, I can't answer for those people, either! A diehard fan like myself is nearly blind to the imperfections of media on which Audubon's Birds of America has been offered, at various costs and compromises. I consider the source and appreciate it all. Maybe I shouldn't even write a review.
The real question here is, "What do you expect from the version of Birds of America?" You already know how big the screen size is. You already know the limitations of navigation. If you have a black-and-white , you already know when you download this work, it's going to be in black and white on your device (but you can still use the Apps and PC versions and see these pictures in color). There is nothing here that you don't already know before you purchase it.
So how do I answer for you? All I can say is $5.98. Total price for both volumes.
If you are stalling on a purchase of Birds of America for that ridiculously low price, why are you even reading these reviews? For whatever reason, it is obviously not worth it for you unless you can get it for free. That's fine. In case you haven't heard, or somehow don't know, Quagmire, you can view and/or download full-size (50 to 100MB) JPEG's of all 435 plates from the internet.
However, downloading 435 large images or using the very slow and painful "zoomify" tools to enlarge and pan each image in a web browser is not something you're going to want to do on your tiny mobile device. For one thing, iOS devices don't permit the use of Flashplayer, so zoomify is out of the question. And you certainly won't fit the entire collection of 435 full-size pictures of Birds of America on your iPhone if you have less than a 32GB model (and even then you won't have any room left for your music and other stuff). Not to mention the data usage limitations of some smartphone plans.
No. If you have any gripe about the folio of Birds of America, you have your expectations set impossibly too high, my friend! But for any of my brethren who are diehard John J. Audubon fans and are reading the reviews just to find out if the form of this monumental work is practicable, then I can assure you yes! On your iOS or Android phone or tablet, you'll view and swipe through these reasonably-sized (think "small," smartphone/10-inch-tablet sized) images in color, just like you would expect. Fast and comfortably. No "zoomify and pan" garbage. No glitch and lag. The navigation is just what you'd expect of any other book, except in this case, since this is mostly a photo album, the table of contents is much more useful than normal. Use the table of contents to scroll to the plate you want to look at and click the link. Click the back button to return to the table of contents or swipe onto another plate.
Sorry if this review makes you feel left out if you're not a John J. Audubon fanatic. That is really where this line in the sand has been drawn. If you love the work of Audubon, there's no arm-twisting necessary. You'll want to buy this version for the usual convenience of carrying your favorite books around without adding any more weight or bulk to what you are already carrying. And if you don't love the work of Audubon, you will not like it in a box or with a fox.
On the other hand, if you're unsure but decide to purchase the version on a lark and afterward you find that you don't really like it, you can at least console yourself by the admission that you didn't spend any more money than you did for a value meal at McDonald's. And you probably complained about that, too.
So I ask again, "What were you expecting?"
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