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Kingpatzer
Jun 20, 2012
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Gah, how I hate hearing artists don't have rights to their own creations. Everyone loses in such cases. Oh well.

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CM danheisman
Jun 21, 2012
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#22

Happy to say "A Guide to Chess Improvement" with lots of original material, still getting all "5-stars" reviews from at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Chess-Improvement-Best-Novice/dp/1857446496/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340284911&sr=8-1&keywords=a+guide+to+chess+improvement+the+best+of+novice+nook:)

This 381 page book includes a much updated "An Improvement Plan", plus "only-for-the-book" columns "Ask the Right Questions","The Three Types of Chess Vision","Is It Safe? Quiz", and 30+ updated columns Smile

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Bronco
Jun 21, 2012
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#23

Dan,

Any idea if / when your books make it to e+chess and smartchess! apps?

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fburton
Jun 21, 2012
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#24

I would buy Mr Heisman's books all over again (well, some of them at least) if they appeared in electronic form.

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Bronco
Jun 21, 2012
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#25

Fburton.

They are . Check amazon for kindle and iBook for iPhone and iPad . Most of them can be found at those sites.

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fburton
Jun 21, 2012
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#26

Ah, okay. What I really meant by "in electronic form" is compatible with an app that can present the positions and moves on a chess board - e.g. the ones you mentioned in your previous post. For me there is no particular advantage of 'mere' (i.e. static) iBooks over the paper equivalents.

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CM danheisman
Jun 30, 2012
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#27

Thansk. Yes, some of my publishers are moving toward the "smart-apps" chess books that include built-in move trackers with boards, but which ones are planning this for which of my books I don't know (obviously my two e-books which use ChessBase have had something like this for a decade even if they are not Kindle). I have several publishers and you would have to ask each one about the books they represent. We authors just get swept along (especially when retrofitting older books).

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NajdorfDefense
Jul 1, 2012
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#28

Bought the book, look fwd to reading it Dan! Gotta finish Nunn's Chess Games Move by Move first though...

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CM danheisman
Jul 2, 2012
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#29

Thanks. As I note in my book Nunn's Understanding Chess Move by Move is a pretty advanced book. I don't recommend it to students til they get to about 1800 USCF/FIDE. My complete list of recommended instructive anthologies at http://danheisman.home.comcast.net/~danheisman/Events_Books/General_Book_Guide.htm#anthologies