Gutenberg also gives away Mobipocket-formatted books (which are one of the Kindle's native formats).

But those sites don't have literary fiction in any quantity... come on, the inventory's tiny.

What on earth are you talking about?

Where are you buying books overseas? Only WH Smith and Waterstones have epub books overseas, neither has more than maybe 12,000 titles, and the collapse of the dollar means that books priced in pounds are far more expensive for readers here.

Your comment is entirely nonsensical. It's almost as though you were a planted commenter for Adobe, the provider of DRM for Sony's openwashed reader.

Funny thing, I just took the train past B'More, and I noticed that they've really spruced up the city beyond the tunnel--area that looked like a post-WWII bombing zone. Lots of new/renovated townhomes, a hospital, etc.

Even had a billboard up, "Welcome To Our New East Side," that only train riders (including wealthy/powerful Acela-people) could see.

... of course, ya go near the tunnels, where the factories were and people are driving faster... it's a different story.

/but yeah, population went from 1 million to 600k, and biggest driver for a lot of neighborhood "revivals" was speculators from DC, not to mention having a mayor under indictment, some zones can be meadowed.

//Mostly I take the $25 bus to NY, but it was Memorial Day weekend, lines were long, and I was very hung-over. Probably 10 years since I'd been on the train.

How can you not have at least a grudging admiration for a man of such staggering imagination?

What? Dude's on a boat, with a bunch of other dudes, for months. He starts seeing breasts everywhere. This is a mental leap for you?