Multiple kindle versions: which do you select???

[Donna]

I just bought from Amazon. I hadn't read it in years and wanted it for my "classics" collection.

My question: I was faced with multiple (double digits) versions of the book. Some were free, some were 99 cents, etc. When you are faced with picking a kindle version to buy, how do YOU decide?

[Ralph Gallagher]

First of all, if I'm buying a classic, I don't buy it. All classics are available for free in ebook formats. If Amazon doesn't have a free one listed, I'll snag it from Project Gutenburg. But I'm totally not giving some random guy money because he can take a file from Project Gutenburg and make it available on the Kindle.

[Sandy]

If I'm getting a classic I get the free version.

[Donna]

Actually, there were multiple FREE versions ... that's why I was having a problem deciding.

[Cathy]

I will pony up $1 for a well-formatted, clean version of a classic with a working table of contents, if the alternative is a free version full of typos and gobbledygook. I've gotten some spanking clean free classics, though -- I guess because Project Gutenberg is having volunteers scrub their files now?

[Jeff]

I haven't read any free books yet, but I have grabbed a bunch (now sitting in collections :) ). I've had the same question before and I decided to go with the free version and try it. If it turns out to be horribly formatted then I might go back and pick up a cheap edition.

[stormhawk]

I typically go for the free one. I don't have any expectation that the versions that I would pay a dollar or two for are any better.

[Shirley]

I go for the free books also sometimes they are free one week and not free the next week so I download them for later.

[Shirley]

Bright of the Sky by Kay Kenyon is free and it's brilliant - Well, just by virtue of not being about the spirit or the flesh. It's Science Fiction and Book 1 of the 'Entire and the Rose' series. Rated 4.5 stars on 27 reviews.

Bright of the Sky, Kay Kenyon's seventh novel, took critics by surprise.

Compared to works by Frank Herbert and Philip Jose Farmer, this impressive first installment in a planned four-part series won them over with its riveting plot, vividly imagined alternate universe, and exotic alien denizens.

Titus Quinn is a charming anti-hero, fully fleshed-out and likable; Kenyon's secondary characters are also convincing and memorable. One critic felt that some narrative jumps were confusing, and the Washington Post compared Kenyon's early chapters on 23rd-century Earth to "a kind of retro (1950s) view of the future," but these were considered minor complaints.

With elegant prose and a solid grounding in real-life physics, Kenyon has conjured a spellbinding, action-packed planetary romance.

[D.]

Yes - I go for the free. And, as Shirley stated I will check the freebies, at least, weekly.