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Interestingly, no Kindle version of The Power Broker is available, although there were reports in 2021 that one was purchasable on Amazon for a very short time [1]. I really dislike handling large books, especially if I'm reading in a casual setting. Because of this, I decided to start reading The Years of Lyndon Johnson series instead, which do have Kindle versions.

[1] https://www.curbed.com/2021/07/power-broker-caro-ebook-knopf...

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If you like audio books, I'd definitely recommend listening to his books. I find these epic length books much easier to get through in audio form.

The high point of my reading life was listening to the audio Caro books. In a book review, George Will somewhat derogatorily called the Caro style "incantatory", with Caro's relentless repetition of metaphors such as the "dam" of Southern Democrats holding back Civil Rights, and phrases such as the "three R's" of Roosevelt, Rayburn, Russell. But it is this incantatory style that makes the writing spring to life in audio. And, yes, you can make your way through them while doing laundry or driving to work.

Agree. The Audible versions of The Power Broker and the LBJ books have excellent narration.

Yes, I had the exact same reaction and actually donated a print version of the book to the Internet Archive so they might create a digital ebook. It never materialized and I ended up reading the print version, and found it well worth the physical effort.

One strategy I’ve seen employee is to tear the book into three parts.

I have an epub if you want it.

If it's the epub passed around different corners of the web, then it's not worth sharing. The formatting is garbage. One is better off reading the book in print.

I read the book on my kindle using it, format seemed fine to me.

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