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Rodale’s Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Green Resource for Every Gardener
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Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening has been the go-to resource for gardeners for more than 50 years—and the best tool novices can buy to start applying organic methods to their fruit and vegetable crop... More >>
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5 Comments
July 12th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Disclaimer: I have used this ebook only on my iPhone.
Both the TOC (table of contents) function and the organization of the book is very problematic, the content is quite trivial — far from encyclopedic, the overall user experience is maddeningly glacial.
Rating: 1 / 5
July 12th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
Every gardener should own this book, because, in the end, every gardener should grow organically. It’s the ultimate source and resource.
Rating: 5 / 5
July 12th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
A great reference. Avoid the Kindle Edition, however, which has navigation suitable for a page turning novel not a reference book.
Example:
TOC – no A-Z link on each page of the TOC to navigate quickly from the TOCs A’s for Artichoke to the P’s for Peat. The reader has to page through screen after screen after screen of TOC to get to the Ps.
TOC links seem to be tied to hard copy page numbers, not Kindle place markers. So links always land a screen or two before or after the entry you seek.
Appendix and additional material referenced in the text are not included in the Kindle Edition.
Many reference links inside the text or at foot/end notes for a chapter do not link to the information indicated or are not linked at all.
A lot of reference opportunities are lost because there are no links around in the text.
re the 9.99 Boycott – I think reference books fall into different category because it would take two or three times as long to set up this book properly with regards to navigation and the e-book conversion hack should be compensated for taking the time to do the job properly.
However, as it stands this book in Kindle Ed. is a waste of money due to poor navigation.
Rating: 3 / 5
July 12th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Getting around in the Kindle Edition of this book is next to impossible. I feel that I completely wasted my money. I won’t buy another Kindle reference book unless its downloadable in a format, such as PDF, that I can search for material. The purpose of the Kindle purchase was to eliminate the lugging of multiple books out to my garden this spring. Now I find it is best suited for “brain candy” books LOL. If I am doing something wrong, I don’t know what it is and would welcome input.
Rating: 2 / 5
July 13th, 2010 at 1:17 am
I found the earlier edition of this book to be the most thorough of the gardening books I have collected. It goes into greater depth. For example, it was one of the few general gardening books (as opposed to one on just berries) which mentioned the existence of June-bearing and everbearing strawberry plants, and the advantages and disadvantage of each. I look forward to getting this updated edition.
Rating: 5 / 5