7000 books ! A new milestone for the MR Library !

zelda_pinwheel · 12-10-2008, 09:06 AM

Truly impressive : only 7 months after we reached 5000 books, our amazing MobileRead book creators have sailed past the 7000 mark ! Yes, only a year and half after the first upload, MobileRead now boasts 7000 books for your reading pleasure, completely free to download, lovingly hand-formatted by our own members, in practically every ebook format.

I'm particularly thrilled to see that our perennial stars like Patricia, RWood, Madam Broshkina, nrapallo, vivaldirules, HarryT and Dr. Drib (to name just a few !), whose dedication has not flagged, have been joined by more recent arrivals like mtravellerh, Jellby (specialising in hand-coded, beautiful epub format books !), crutledge, ravenne, and many others, full of enthusiasm for book creation.

We've all enjoyed the wonderful books they've created for us, with such care and attention to detail. The ebook uploads forum is a rich and unique ressource for e-readers everywhere. Let's take a moment to thank them all and celebrate the truly impressive feat !

Thank you, everyone ! I think a celebration is in order !

A few key dates to put things in perspective :

December 10, 2008: 7,000 uploads
May 16, 2008: 5,000 uploads
Feb 19, 2008: 4,000 uploads
Jan 08, 2008: 3,000 uploads
Nov 02, 2007: 2,000 uploads
Sep 04, 2007: 1,000 uploads
Mar 27, 2007: First upload

desertgrandma · 12-10-2008, 10:00 AM

Wonderful job, everyone.

I'll bring the Marmite to the party. No, really, my treat!

Dr. Drib · 12-10-2008, 10:06 AM

I would like to say "Thank-you" to all the newer members first mentioned by zelda_pinwheel:

mtravellerh
Jellby
ravenne
crutledge

and to the many others who have contributed the time and attention to detail that make MobileRead's books a joy to download.

Thank you.

(Please PM me for missing names of newer contributors and I'll add to this list.)

Don

NOTE: Thanks to nrapallo for mentioning the latest addition.

pshrynk · 12-10-2008, 10:06 AM

A great achievement! Congrats to everyone who worked nights and weekends to put forth this labor of love!

(And let's not forget that Harv and Vera (and Vivaldi, Lefty, and Hugo, of course) were responsible for ten of that 7000!)

zelda_pinwheel · 12-10-2008, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

A great achievement! Congrats to everyone who worked nights and weekends to put forth this labor of love!

(And let's not forget that Harv and Vera (and Vivaldi, Lefty, and Hugo, of course) were responsible for ten of that 7000!)

those ten are ten of my favorites as well.

Jellby · 12-10-2008, 11:29 AM

I want to join the rest in the "thanks" and in the "congratulations". Finding this community has given me some thrust, and has made me forget my work (but don't say anyone

).

As for the comment:

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

Jellby (specialising in hand-coded, beautiful epub format books !)

well, I would't say that yet... I've only published one of them (though I have two more in the back chamber). I'm waiting to see if I can have the details cleared up.

pilotbob · 12-10-2008, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

Thank you, everyone ! I think a celebration is in order !

Let's get this party started!!!

arty2:

...to all uploaders!

BOb

zelda_pinwheel · 12-10-2008, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jellby

I want to join the rest in the "thanks" and in the "congratulations". Finding this community has given me some thrust, and has made me forget my work (but don't say anyone

).

huh. i'm sure nobody else has felt that effect. i certainly haven't. nope. not at all. never.

Quote:

As for the comment:

well, I would't say that yet... I've only published one of them (though I have two more in the back chamber). I'm waiting to see if I can have the details cleared up.

still, you are off to an auspicious start, and i think it's an effort worth taking notice of ! i personally appreciate it very much, and i can't wait to see what you will do next ! (it helps that we clearly have the same taste in books.

)

vivaldirules · 12-10-2008, 12:08 PM

Thank you, uploaders. It's so nice when you hear about a book that's reportedly interesting, you search the library, and there it is!

mtravellerh · 12-10-2008, 12:14 PM

Hey, that's great. Really a reason to rejoice. Congratulations to everybody! Patricia made more than 2000 of those! Patricia, you're the best!

Patricia · 12-10-2008, 02:13 PM

You are too kind, mtravellerh.

ravenne · 12-10-2008, 02:19 PM

7.000 books - wow, that´s great!!!

(but you really need not to mention me here, I´ve only done three books so far and hey - they´re in German

)

I want to thank all uploaders for the great work, but also send some special thanks to HarryT for his tutorials on ebook creation.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 12-10-2008, 02:36 PM

You guys are awesome!

zelda_pinwheel · 12-10-2008, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Thank you, uploaders. It's so nice when you hear about a book that's reportedly interesting, you search the library, and there it is!

and thank you too, vr ! a lot of those books are there thanks to you !

Quote:

Originally Posted by ravenne

7.000 books - wow, that´s great!!!

(but you really need not to mention me here, I´ve only done three books so far and hey - they´re in German

)

once upon a time, patricia also had only uploaded three books so far, and look at her now.

everyone has to start at the beginning. and i'm sure the german speaking members are really happy to have some books in deutsch to read !

mtravellerh · 12-10-2008, 03:15 PM

I would also like to give a special mention to crutledge here. He has been very busy lately and is on third position as far as the sheer number of books this month goes.

I think he has been learning really fast and doing really good books now. (Now if he could make the difference between ndashes and mdashes. he would be nearly perfect

).

He has uploaded nearly 100 books this month.

12-10-2008, 09:06 AM	#1
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	7000 books ! A new milestone for the MR Library ! Truly impressive : only 7 months after we reached 5000 books, our amazing MobileRead book creators have sailed past the 7000 mark ! Yes, only a year and half after the first upload, MobileRead now boasts 7000 books for your reading pleasure, completely free to download, lovingly hand-formatted by our own members, in practically every ebook format. I'm particularly thrilled to see that our perennial stars like Patricia, RWood, Madam Broshkina, nrapallo, vivaldirules, HarryT and Dr. Drib (to name just a few !), whose dedication has not flagged, have been joined by more recent arrivals like mtravellerh, Jellby (specialising in hand-coded, beautiful epub format books !), crutledge, ravenne, and many others, full of enthusiasm for book creation. We've all enjoyed the wonderful books they've created for us, with such care and attention to detail. The ebook uploads forum is a rich and unique ressource for e-readers everywhere. Let's take a moment to thank them all and celebrate the truly impressive feat ! Thank you, everyone ! I think a celebration is in order ! A few key dates to put things in perspective : December 10, 2008: 7,000 uploads May 16, 2008: 5,000 uploads Feb 19, 2008: 4,000 uploads Jan 08, 2008: 3,000 uploads Nov 02, 2007: 2,000 uploads Sep 04, 2007: 1,000 uploads Mar 27, 2007: First upload

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desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462841 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Wonderful job, everyone. I'll bring the Marmite to the party. No, really, my treat!

12-10-2008, 10:06 AM	#3
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 44,737 Karma: 55645321 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One	I would like to say "Thank-you" to all the newer members first mentioned by zelda_pinwheel: mtravellerh Jellby ravenne crutledge and to the many others who have contributed the time and attention to detail that make MobileRead's books a joy to download. Thank you. (Please PM me for missing names of newer contributors and I'll add to this list.) Don NOTE: Thanks to nrapallo for mentioning the latest addition.

12-10-2008, 10:06 AM	#4
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	A great achievement! Congrats to everyone who worked nights and weekends to put forth this labor of love! (And let's not forget that Harv and Vera (and Vivaldi, Lefty, and Hugo, of course) were responsible for ten of that 7000!)

12-10-2008, 12:08 PM	#9
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Thank you, uploaders. It's so nice when you hear about a book that's reportedly interesting, you search the library, and there it is!

12-10-2008, 12:14 PM	#10
mtravellerh book creator Posts: 9,635 Karma: 3856660 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Luxembourg Device: PB360°	Hey, that's great. Really a reason to rejoice. Congratulations to everybody! Patricia made more than 2000 of those! Patricia, you're the best!

12-10-2008, 02:13 PM	#11
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	You are too kind, mtravellerh.

12-10-2008, 02:19 PM	#12
ravenne Wizard Posts: 4,917 Karma: 1840619 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Munich, Germany Device: Kindle PW, PocketBook 360°, Cybook Gen3, iPad mini	7.000 books - wow, that´s great!!! (but you really need not to mention me here, I´ve only done three books so far and hey - they´re in German ) I want to thank all uploaders for the great work, but also send some special thanks to HarryT for his tutorials on ebook creation.

12-10-2008, 02:36 PM	#13
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	You guys are awesome!

12-10-2008, 03:15 PM	#15
mtravellerh book creator Posts: 9,635 Karma: 3856660 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Luxembourg Device: PB360°	I would also like to give a special mention to crutledge here. He has been very busy lately and is on third position as far as the sheer number of books this month goes. I think he has been learning really fast and doing really good books now. (Now if he could make the difference between ndashes and mdashes. he would be nearly perfect ). He has uploaded nearly 100 books this month.

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