I know a lot of people got new e-book readers for Christmas. I know you are out there, wondering about different things.

Don't just lurk....sign in on our "introduce yourself" page, (here ya go!)

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=49

Click on the "new thread' at the top, and tell us where you are, what your device is, and what you like to read.

Then get ready for an enjoyable experience. I must warn 'newbies', tho.........this site is addictive! No one is too stupid, no question is too basic. (ask me how I know)

Don't forget all the books lovingly formatted by our members, free for the downloading!

I even came out without getting an e-book device for Christmas... I still like my Loox and I'll be making sure my second (I realized this morning my first was my Franklin Ebookman!) is exactly what I want before I buy one. Which is naturally also a good reason to start reading this forum :book2:

I promise we only bite a little :)

I must admit, since Christmas Day (when I discovered the Hawai'i Public Library Ebook checkout and finally figured out how to use it), I have read no fewer than 12 library books on my reader. :bookworm: I wish my library had a bigger selection of ePDF though, as I am not quite ready to figure out how to covert overdrive wma (?) for my use. Seriously, for me, figuring out how to read ePDF was a *huge* accomplishment. :thumbsup: I love just about any kind of fiction and various types of nonfiction when I'm feeling the need to better myself :rofl:



Don't forget all the books lovingly formatted by our members, free for the downloading!

Where are these books of which you speak? Hmm... seems like I need to do some more exploring! :2thumbsup

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Where are these books of which you speak? Hmm... seems like I need to do some more exploring! :2thumbsup

Look up... no... a little more.. there... no... down a smidge... there - just there - that's it! Where it says E-Books - click on it, pick your format and browse away :)

Look up... no... a little more.. there... no... down a smidge... there - just there - that's it! Where it says E-Books - click on it, pick your format and browse away :)

In the top-most (probably) blue bar on this page. I know, it took me EONS to notice it, too!!

wow, thanks!! looks like I'm going to have to bite the bullet and figure out the mobi reader thing..... My next big tech challenge!

You aren't necesarily restricted to ebook libraries in your area, Grace.
Here's a link from our wiki to lots of them:
http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/EBook_Lending_Libraries

I know a lot of people got new e-book readers for Christmas. I know you are out there, wondering about different things.

Don't just lurk....sign in on our "introduce yourself" page
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Yes, my preciouses...don't just lurk...come on in, the water's fine. You don't want to make me and my friends [thumbs direction over shoulder] come in and get you now, do you?

[Looks over shoulder]...Hey...they're gone...the squirrels have gone...hmm, so it looks like they've already given up waiting, and they're heading in. Brace yourselves, lurkers. Look for the "Introduce yourself" thread and run towards it...it's your only escape.

Cheers,
Chief Pirate Ninja Squirrel Coordinator ("The horror, the horror...")

Although, I must say that the additction to posting here is insidious. Not that I'm addicted, mind you. I can stop any time I want. Really. I'm just not in the mood to quit right now. DON"T TOUCH THAT COMPUTER!

$300, please, you can pay the laddy at the door. I only accept cash, these days.

Although, I must say that the additction to posting here is insidious. Not that I'm addicted, mind you. I can stop any time I want. Really. I'm just not in the mood to quit right now. DON"T TOUCH THAT COMPUTER!

$300, please, you can pay the laddy at the door. I only accept cash, these days.

Hey, was that a post? I like posts - just like fire hydrants.

Me? I never touch the stuff.

Yes, my preciouses...don't just lurk...come on in, the water's fine. You don't want to make me and my friends [thumbs direction over shoulder] come in and get you now, do you?

[Looks over shoulder]...Hey...they're gone...the squirrels have gone...hmm, so it looks like they've already given up waiting, and they're heading in. Brace yourselves, lurkers. Look for the "Introduce yourself" thread and run towards it...it's your only escape.

Cheers,
Chief Pirate Ninja Squirrel Coordinator ("The horror, the horror...")

Well, if that didn't scare them away, nothing will...

'sigh. People, you are supposed to wait until AFTER they join (when its too late....) to start in on the craziness.

These posts might make them think we aren't a serious site.

:rofl:

One of us! One of us! Gooble gobble, gooble gobble! One of us! One of us!

hey, that always freaked me out mildly. Bonus points if you know the reference.

One of us! One of us! Gooble gobble, gooble gobble! One of us! One of us!

hey, that always freaked me out mildly. Bonus points if you know the reference.

"Freaks" A 30's movie that was seriously freaky.......couldn't get away with that today.......

These posts might make them think we aren't a serious site. :rofl:
Wait a minute!!!

This is a serious site???

And to think I've been fooled all these months.

'sigh. People, you are supposed to wait until AFTER they join (when its too late....) to start in on the craziness.
...

Are we crazy...or just a new and better form of "sane"? Hmm, that's got you thinking, hasn't it? [Quick! While she's thinking...someone go rifle through her purse for the boiled lollies!]

Wait a minute!!!

This is a serious site???

And to think I've been fooled all these months.

I've been fooled for years...no, wait, I mean "I've been a fool for years".

Cheers,
Marc (Admire my tricorn-hat-with-bells-on. Jingly-ingly, isn't it?)

All Right!!! Thats it!!!

(goes to closet, gets out whip, handcuffs, a long, electric prod, and various cages with assorted small animals.........)

You just think I"m senile.

Keep running, montsnmags, it'll be just that much worse when I catch you!

All Right!!! Thats it!!!

(goes to closet, gets out whip, handcuffs, a long, electric prod, and various cages with assorted small animals.........)

You just think I"m senile.

Keep running, montsnmags, it'll be just that much worse when I catch you!

You know, I read that completely wrong.

All Right!!! Thats it!!!

(goes to closet, gets out whip, handcuffs, a long, electric prod, and various cages with assorted small animals.........)

You just think I"m senile.

Keep running, montsnmags, it'll be just that much worse when I catch you!

Hell, with all that paraphernalia, who's running?! I'm slipping into something a little more comfortable.

Cheers,
Marc (If you can't beat them, make sure you agree on a "safe word")

You know, I read that completely wrong.

:eek:

tsk tsk tsk.......you youngsters! :D

:eek:

tsk tsk tsk.......you youngsters! :D

The internets, they corrupts us.

Well, at least we're not giving the lurkers any false impressions :D

All Right!!! Thats it!!!

(goes to closet, gets out whip, handcuffs, a long, electric prod, and various cages with assorted small animals.........)

You just think I"m senile.

Keep running, montsnmags, it'll be just that much worse when I catch you!
Ummm... I doubt he'll run from that!:eek:

Um, mind if I watch?

Hell, with all that paraphernalia, who's running?! I'm slipping into something a little more comfortable.


The Pacific?

Ummm... I doubt he'll run from that!:eek:

I feel "to" is probably more appropriate than from, and that the negative be dropped.

Recommendation to DG: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.

Um, mind if I watch?

Us? No.

I suspect you mind might mind though. Well, briefly, before the images cause it to cease normal operations.... Hmm..... Have you peeped before?

Says the man wearing the flame pink suspenders...

The Pacific?

Recommendation to DG: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.




HA! It would take more than a harmless little monkey to make me afraid!

Ummm... I doubt he'll run from that!:eek:


I know. I keep forgetting whom I'm dealing with...:p

Um, mind if I watch?


Baaaad doggie!! :D

Says the man wearing the flame pink suspenders...

They are not flame pink. They are tropical cerise. But they had an "accident" whilst out on a date with Hugo that has still not been explained to me. :angry:

They are not flame pink. They are tropical cerise. But they had an "accident" whilst out on a date with Hugo that has still not been explained to me. :angry:


:jealousy: is a very noble vice ...

I really hate to interrupt the fascinating conversation currently being read, BUT back to the original point!

Lurkers? Jump in any time! :p

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2023/2395317013_21dbf289af_o.jpg

hey !! when did canines develop flight ???

hey !! when did canines develop flight ???

Shortly after they developed tennis balls and started throwing them into ponds and streams. We don't understand why they throw them there so we feel compelled to save them.

'sigh.

'sigh.

Pardon me.

Yes, lurkers, come and jump in any time!

Pardon me.

Yes, lurkers, come and jump in any time!

Actually, when I looked at the picture, I was just hoping it was a nice hot hot day and the water would feel wonderful to the puppy.....:)

It looks like the sort of nice warm day that would get me in the water. Much to the despair of the yeti (he disapproves of the fact that I'm still like a child when it comes to paddling - I must do it!)

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Lurkers? Jump in any time! :p

Ya wants me ta take a beater-squad in an' chase all tha little buggers out inta tha open, m'am? Tha cattle prods an' yabbie-pumps are all primed an' ready to "encourage delurk", m'am. Ya knows I'd do it for ya, m'am. M'am?

Cheers,
A harmless, little monkey:

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/funny-pictures-never-turn-your-back-on-monkeys.jpg (http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/12/27/funny-pictures-monkeys/)

Yes, please, my harmless little monkey man, git yor stick and beat 'em outta the bushes! :rofl:

Ya wants me ta take a beater-squad in an' chase all tha little buggers out inta tha open, m'am? Tha cattle prods an' yabbie-pumps are all primed an' ready to "encourage delurk", m'am. Ya knows I'd do it for ya, m'am. M'am?

Cheers,
A harmless, little monkey:

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/funny-pictures-never-turn-your-back-on-monkeys.jpg (http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/12/27/funny-pictures-monkeys/)

Bwahahha that one never fails to crack me up!

sorry, must have stumbled into the incorrect thread - I was once a Lurker and have come out of the closet (once more) ...

Wait a minute!!!

This is a serious site???

And to think I've been fooled all these months.
Hello, hello! Fellow bean counter. I thought I was alone here.

Tax time is coming.....Tax time is coming...... :(

sorry, must have stumbled into the incorrect thread - I was once a Lurker and have come out of the closet (once more) ...
I am also a Lurker who only pokes my head out now and then. I love to read the threads in the lounge but often find that the topic changes faster than I can read!

I am also a Lurker who only pokes my head out now and then. I love to read the threads in the lounge but often find that the topic changes faster than I can read!

Don't let that put you off! It certainly doesn't stop the rest of us ;)

Don't let that put you off! It certainly doesn't stop the rest of us ;)
I'll try to jump in more often :)

I am also a Lurker who only pokes my head out now and then. I love to read the threads in the lounge but often find that the topic changes faster than I can read!

Yes, we've tried to alleviate the consequences of the ever-changing weather via the lack of limits in the Corrupt-a-Topic (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=325873#post325873) thread, but its freedom can sometimes feel to much of a constraint ;)

Cheers,
Frank N. Stein unbound

I am also a Lurker who only pokes my head out now and then. I love to read the threads in the lounge but often find that the topic changes faster than I can read!

I'm with you there! I've not come across a forum before where topics changed topic so fast...

This has one good side effect though... Almost whatever you say is on-topic (at least somewhere in the topic) :p

I'm with you there! I've not come across a forum before where topics changed topic so fast...

This has one good side effect though... Almost whatever you say is on-topic (at least somewhere in the topic) :p


topically, of course....

wow, thanks!! looks like I'm going to have to bite the bullet and figure out the mobi reader thing..... My next big tech challenge!

On a serious note: you CAN just download the books from here, and put them on whatever type card your Sony uses ..... or use the sync cable to shove them over. I don't think you need to figure out the "mobi reader" thing. Sony people, am I lying?

On a serious note: you CAN just download the books from here, and put them on whatever type card your Sony uses ..... or use the sync cable to shove them over. I don't think you need to figure out the "mobi reader" thing. Sony people, am I lying?

That's roughly how I do it - download the lrf, shove onto the Sony (in my case I use Calibre to do it, but you don't have to!)

What is ePDF format. how is this different from normal PDF format.

What is ePDF format. how is this different from normal PDF format.

Not too sure there is a difference .... Plenty of references available for PDF, few for ePDF.....

so........i clicked here, thinking I was going to actually read something 'on topic'.........:rofl:

so........i clicked here, thinking I was going to actually read something 'on topic'.........:rofl:


Not much point , really , all the lurkers have been exposed ...