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Diane Chen's avatar

Very interesting! I love etymology and often look up words to see when they originated.

That said, I have to complain about some of your books not being available on Kindle anymore, such as In Plain Sight and Longbourn Quarantine. I realize they are available as Audible books, but you should understand that not everyone can make use of Audible recordings. I am unable to listen to a story and maintain my concentration; I can't help but look around, and soon my attention is distracted and suddenly I'm not listening anymore. I've been this way all my life - remember Books On Tape? Yeah, that didn't work on long drives in the 80s, so not much hope for Audible books, even at home.

I hope you will reconsider and make all your books available on Kindle.

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Don Jacobson's avatar

I am in the process of regaining the publishing rights to my books. Part of that process requires the previous publisher to “depublish” the books. Lessers and Betters should be available next week, the others over the next several months.

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Diane Chen's avatar

Oh, I'm SO happy to hear that! I'll pick them up at another Kindle rewards promotion. ;-)

Thanks for the quick reply!

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Joan Brand's avatar

Don, I appreciate the history lesson on various words. I have often wondered when certain words originated in the English language. I laughed when you mentioned Chaucher. If I had to read him now, I would fail miserably! Your use of the local dialog in the excerpt was very creative. It took two readings before I was able to figure "translate" it!

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