Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

As the author it would be immodest to comment on the outstanding quality of my book in its original form, but whatever process was used for converting from print to Kindle, it allows misprints to creep in. For example in the statement of the First Sylow Theorem in section 56, the exponent n on the p has been replaced by ". This makes the statement nonsense. The error is not in the print version. The problem of translation from print to Kindle becomes acute in the final chapter. In the print edition ideals of a ring are always in a fraktur font, but in the Kindle edition, they are given in ordinary letters, not even bold-face. This makes for much more difficult reading. In some equations extra symbols are introduced making complete hash of them. As a final insult the article reference numbers are omitted from the Index and the indentations for subentries removed, making it completely useless. Having textbooks on Kindle is a wonderful thing, but some proof-reading is necessary--especially for mathematics texts--along with a reasonable effort to reproduce the text accurately. It is not enough to run it through OCR and hope for the best. If Kindle is to have a chance in the textbook market--as it should--much greater care needs to be taken with technical books. This is a poor example of conversion to Kindle. BUY THE PRINT EDITION AND SKIP THE KINDLE VERSION.