Tolkien on the Kindle - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***Mister Underhill*** · 01-03-2011, 02:28 PM

Searchable text would definitely be a boon for us Tolkien nuts, Esty.

It looks like I will have to be the trailblazer here and report back. The interesting thing is that I'm already in the midst of my first re-read of LotR in years. I just hit "The Breaking of the Fellowship" last night. And coincidentally I'm planning a trip out of town on the eighth, so having LotR electronically available will work out nicely.

I've downloaded the available samples for LotR, UT, Sil, and TH. The early pages of UT are probably the most diacritical heavy of the lot, and they look pretty squared away in the samples, so fingers crossed they've done a good job on the conversions.

I'll pick up LotR in the next day or two and report how it turns out.

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01-03-2011, 02:28 PM	#14
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,744	Searchable text would definitely be a boon for us Tolkien nuts, Esty. It looks like I will have to be the trailblazer here and report back. The interesting thing is that I'm already in the midst of my first re-read of LotR in years. I just hit "The Breaking of the Fellowship" last night. And coincidentally I'm planning a trip out of town on the eighth, so having LotR electronically available will work out nicely. I've downloaded the available samples for LotR, UT, Sil, and TH. The early pages of UT are probably the most diacritical heavy of the lot, and they look pretty squared away in the samples, so fingers crossed they've done a good job on the conversions. I'll pick up LotR in the next day or two and report how it turns out.