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India 's diversity is apparent in its architecture, landscapes, festivals and handicrafts. And spirituality the beating heart of India pulsates from the mountains of Ladakh to the shores of tropical Kerala. Sarina Singh, Lonely Planet Writer
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Inside This Book
17 authors
83 weeks of research
132 ancient temples
196 maps
Inspirational photos
Clear, easy-to-use maps
Delhi pull-out map
3D plans of iconic sights
Comprehensive planning tools
In-depth background
Our Promise
You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet writers visit the places we write about, each and every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage, and you can rely on us to tell it like we see it.
Inside This Book
17 authors
83 weeks of research
132 ancient temples
196 maps
Inspirational photos
Clear, easy-to-use maps
Delhi pull-out map
3D plans of iconic sights
Comprehensive planning tools
In-depth background
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19 人中、19人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Fantastically inept job of formatting for Kindle
2012/3/2
形式:Kindle版|Amazonが確認した購入
One of the reasons I bought a Kindle was because I take a three week trip every year and have grown tired of lugging around 10 lbs. of books. I like to take long distance trains, and I like to read on the train.
Theoretically the Kindle should be ideal for travel guides. Light, searchable, what could go wrong? Apparently, quite a lot.
In sum, here are the problems with the Kindle version of this travel guide:
1. Maps are unreadable. Either they are condensed onto one page (with miniscule type that is unreadable with a magnifying glass. I actually took a magnifying glass and tried to read it. I couldn't) or split haphazardly where one map is on several pages.
2. Lists are unreadable. Apparently, no one paid attention to formatting the page margins of, say, the list of trains that leave Delhi. The name of the train is listed, as is the fare, but then it cuts off, literally in mid-word. It costs 200 rupees to go to Udai...> Where exactly? I think it means Udaipur, but I can't be sure. Also, I have no idea how long it takes to get to Udai.... This is true for every single such list in the book.
3. The table of contents doesn't really work. Links are nonintuitive and don't really work. In some sections links work differently than the analagous links in other sections.
4. In fact, searching the book is pretty much useless. If you enter Pushkar, it gives you a list of every time the word "Pushkar" appears in the book. Introduction, side notes, glossary, it doesn't care. It also gives you a tiny snippet of text, but not enough to identify if clicking on that will take you to the section on Pushkar, where you can find a hotel, or the index, or some inane note in the beginning in a section about agricultural fairs in India where Pushkar gets mentioned.
All in all, the job of taking this from the print to the Kindle format seems to have been done haphazardly, by separate teams of IT people that apparently never talked to each other, nor compared notes. Additionally, and this I find really unbelievable, apparently no one at LP actually proofread this book. The map and list problems aren't minor. They jump out at you about five minutes after you start reading the book, and they persist.
So, after dropping twenty bucks or so on this thing, I actually had to go and spend more money to pick up the print copy. So I paid for the book, twice.
As far as content goes, it's pretty decent. LP standard, which is better than most. But as far as buying the Kindle edition goes, I cannot recommend against it strongly enough.
Theoretically the Kindle should be ideal for travel guides. Light, searchable, what could go wrong? Apparently, quite a lot.
In sum, here are the problems with the Kindle version of this travel guide:
1. Maps are unreadable. Either they are condensed onto one page (with miniscule type that is unreadable with a magnifying glass. I actually took a magnifying glass and tried to read it. I couldn't) or split haphazardly where one map is on several pages.
2. Lists are unreadable. Apparently, no one paid attention to formatting the page margins of, say, the list of trains that leave Delhi. The name of the train is listed, as is the fare, but then it cuts off, literally in mid-word. It costs 200 rupees to go to Udai...> Where exactly? I think it means Udaipur, but I can't be sure. Also, I have no idea how long it takes to get to Udai.... This is true for every single such list in the book.
3. The table of contents doesn't really work. Links are nonintuitive and don't really work. In some sections links work differently than the analagous links in other sections.
4. In fact, searching the book is pretty much useless. If you enter Pushkar, it gives you a list of every time the word "Pushkar" appears in the book. Introduction, side notes, glossary, it doesn't care. It also gives you a tiny snippet of text, but not enough to identify if clicking on that will take you to the section on Pushkar, where you can find a hotel, or the index, or some inane note in the beginning in a section about agricultural fairs in India where Pushkar gets mentioned.
All in all, the job of taking this from the print to the Kindle format seems to have been done haphazardly, by separate teams of IT people that apparently never talked to each other, nor compared notes. Additionally, and this I find really unbelievable, apparently no one at LP actually proofread this book. The map and list problems aren't minor. They jump out at you about five minutes after you start reading the book, and they persist.
So, after dropping twenty bucks or so on this thing, I actually had to go and spend more money to pick up the print copy. So I paid for the book, twice.
As far as content goes, it's pretty decent. LP standard, which is better than most. But as far as buying the Kindle edition goes, I cannot recommend against it strongly enough.
18 人中、18人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Overall a good reorganization from the 13th edition
2011/11/4
形式:ペーパーバック|Amazonが確認した購入
I used the 14th Edition of Lonely Planet India to get around in India (of course) for four weeks in October 2011. Overall, I liked how LP reorganized and reordered the info in the book. I thought the manner in which they listed sights, hotels, and restaurants, etc. was better than their previous method, having used past LP's to travel elsewhere. I also found the information in the book to be accurate and agreed with most of their descriptions of hotels and places to eat.
The one point that I did not like in this edition was that LP seems to have lessened the geographic size of the maps in the book, and also eliminated some helpful maps that were in the 13th edition (e.g. various maps of the Darjeeling area). So instead of a map showing a larger portion of a city or several different areas of a city, you now get a map showing only the city center/one area but with more detail. In prior versions of the India guide, LP's maps covered larger and more diverse areas. Some people may like the extra detail of the smaller maps, but I personally liked the broader map coverage of past editions.
The one point that I did not like in this edition was that LP seems to have lessened the geographic size of the maps in the book, and also eliminated some helpful maps that were in the 13th edition (e.g. various maps of the Darjeeling area). So instead of a map showing a larger portion of a city or several different areas of a city, you now get a map showing only the city center/one area but with more detail. In prior versions of the India guide, LP's maps covered larger and more diverse areas. Some people may like the extra detail of the smaller maps, but I personally liked the broader map coverage of past editions.
16 人中、13人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Kindle version /vs/ heavy hard copy book---is it worth it?
2011/11/24
形式:Kindle版
I am planning a 6 week trip to India and because I am a devoted Lonely Planet user, I purchased the Kindle version of Lonely Planet India. (I like to travel with Kindle instead of lots of heavy books.) After going in circles trying to do my pre-trip research on the Kindle version, I gave up and am now ordering the hard copy to "shlep" with me. I don't know if the versions are actually different or if it is the way I use a reference book. Will report back after I return.
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