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Lauren Ford asked this question about The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women:
I'm trying to decide whether to buy the Kindle edition or the hardback edition of this book. The deciding factor is if the Kindle edition includes photos, like I believe the hardcover edition does. Can someone tell me this?
Yaaresse You've probably already decided, but in case someone else needs to know, the photos are in the back of the Kindle edition. There are 35 photos in the …moreYou've probably already decided, but in case someone else needs to know, the photos are in the back of the Kindle edition. There are 35 photos in the Kindle edition. Most are very small and somewhat grainy, so you'll have to tap each on and enlarge it to really see much. (One of the few annoying flaws of e-books.) About a dozen are of some of the women from the book and often have one picture of them very young (teens) and one as an adult. There are maybe four that show sarcoma or other conditions and appear to be from medical journals. Five are of the professionals (lawyers and doctors). The rest are either candid shots from company outings, from the court proceedings, or from newspaper articles. All are well described in the text.

So I guess the answer depends on how important the pictures are to you. They're probably bigger and clearer in the print edition, but if easy access to footnotes are more important to you, you might want to go with the Kindle edition. because there are a LOT of footnotes. (less)
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