Just wanted to say...

Gideon · 05-25-2008, 09:32 PM

Thanks to everyone who encodes books here at MobileRead. They are, consistently, the single best ebooks I ever come across as far as quality and usability (Feedbooks come in a close second!) even before the books actually from Amazon and other companies. You guys make reading a pleasure and I just wanted to say thanks. RWood and Patricia, in particular, I find I have a lot of your work here.. from Chekhov to William James.

Kudos! And Kudos again!

Patricia · 05-25-2008, 11:24 PM

Thank you Gideon; it is nice to know that someone likes the books.
I enjoy transcribing them, and having a less cluttered house: I give the paper copies to charity once I've converted the book.

Ervserver · 05-25-2008, 11:33 PM

I agree...I've enjoyed many books from this site

zelda_pinwheel · 05-26-2008, 07:56 AM

absolutely ; brilliant efforts. thank you to all (especially Patricia).

MickeyC · 05-26-2008, 08:31 AM

Absolutely concur. One day I asked Particia if she knew of a source where I could get 'Under Milk Wood' by Dylan Thomas as I looked all over for it. Cripes, before I could log off, she'd found and posted it. She is the eBook Goddess!

RWood · 05-26-2008, 09:44 AM

Thank you Gideon. I echo Patricia's thoughts that it is nice to hear from those reading the books we post. A lot are done for our own enjoyment (and to clear some space from the overcrowded bookshelves around here.) Duplicates have been given away.

Thank you.

pilotbob · 05-26-2008, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patricia

I enjoy transcribing them, and having a less cluttered house: I give the paper copies to charity once I've converted the book.

So you are converting paper books to ebooks? How pray tell do you do that. Would love to see a desicription of the process you use and tools.

I assume you don't type them in by hand and use some scanning/ocr technique.

BOb

Patricia · 05-26-2008, 01:49 PM

Oh no. I just try and find an online version, convert it, check it, then dispose of my paper copy.
I have worked from the scans in The Internet Archive when I've been unable to find anything better. But they have a lot of problema and one can easily spend a whole day (or more) reinstating the missing italics, emdashes etc -- not to mention correcting the OCR errors.

pilotbob · 05-26-2008, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patricia

Oh no. I just try and find an online version, convert it, check it, then dispose of my paper copy.

I wish I could find [freee] ebook versions of the books I have. Also most of them are still under copyright. I guess I could try to find them on the darknet and feel morrally ok that I already own it. But, that would be sort of giving approval to those copyright violators out there.

Alas, I am resorting to cataloging all the books I have in LibraryThing, packing them up in boxes and donating them to the county library system. Yes, I am keeping a few favorites. (We should add a librarything link to the Mobileread profile.)

BOb

05-25-2008, 09:32 PM	#1
Gideon Wearer of Pants Posts: 1,050 Karma: 7634 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norman, OK Device: Amazon Kindle DX / iPhone	Just wanted to say... Thanks to everyone who encodes books here at MobileRead. They are, consistently, the single best ebooks I ever come across as far as quality and usability (Feedbooks come in a close second!) even before the books actually from Amazon and other companies. You guys make reading a pleasure and I just wanted to say thanks. RWood and Patricia, in particular, I find I have a lot of your work here.. from Chekhov to William James. Kudos! And Kudos again!

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Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	Thank you Gideon; it is nice to know that someone likes the books. I enjoy transcribing them, and having a less cluttered house: I give the paper copies to charity once I've converted the book.

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Ervserver Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 1008294 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch	I agree...I've enjoyed many books from this site

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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?	absolutely ; brilliant efforts. thank you to all (especially Patricia).

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MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,732 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Absolutely concur. One day I asked Particia if she knew of a source where I could get 'Under Milk Wood' by Dylan Thomas as I looked all over for it. Cripes, before I could log off, she'd found and posted it. She is the eBook Goddess!

05-26-2008, 09:44 AM	#6
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Thank you Gideon. I echo Patricia's thoughts that it is nice to hear from those reading the books we post. A lot are done for our own enjoyment (and to clear some space from the overcrowded bookshelves around here.) Duplicates have been given away. Thank you.

05-26-2008, 01:49 PM	#8
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	Oh no. I just try and find an online version, convert it, check it, then dispose of my paper copy. I have worked from the scans in The Internet Archive when I've been unable to find anything better. But they have a lot of problema and one can easily spend a whole day (or more) reinstating the missing italics, emdashes etc -- not to mention correcting the OCR errors.

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