Request: Brazilian Forum

zamana · 01-21-2013, 06:16 PM

Hi!

Following the examples of the German, the French and the Spanish forums (or, in Latin: fora), I would like to propose the creation of the Brazilian Forum.

In the end of 2012 Amazon started its operations in Brazil (http://amazon.com.br) with its Kindle, and Livraria Cultura started to sell the Kobo Reader.

This way I think we are starting an e-book culture and maybe lots of Brazilian (and maybe other people who lives in countries where Portuguese is the official idiom) will benefit to use this very good forum to discuss specific issues.

Thanks for your interest.
Best regards.

Pablo · 01-21-2013, 07:57 PM

+1 for the forum in Portuguese... or maybe we could have a Spanish/Portuguese joint forum, as both languages are so close...

zamana · 01-21-2013, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pablo

+1 for the forum in Portuguese... or maybe we could have a Spanish/Portuguese joint forum, as both languages are so close...

Hi!

Thanks for the message.

I agree with a Portuguese forum, but join with the Spanish forum isn't a good idea.

Spanish "seems" close to Portuguese, but it's a bit different language, and most Brazilians can understand/read/write English, but not Spanish... It can be weird but it's true.

z1984z · 01-24-2013, 06:03 AM

+1 for Portuguese forum.. Like Zamana said, it´s a bad idea to merge Portuguese and Spanish in one forum.

TGS · 01-24-2013, 09:26 AM

I don't have any need for a Brazilian (oooh, err missus), but if the Portuguese speakers would find it useful that seems to be enough reason to at least consider it - but who is going to do the work associated with it?

K. Molen · 01-24-2013, 11:25 AM

Sure, why not? Except I wouldn't name if after a country and instead name it after a language. Just to be more inclusive.

susan_cassidy · 01-24-2013, 11:58 AM

I thought that Brazilian Portuguese was very different from Portuguese Portuguese, so maybe a just Portuguese form isn't such a good idea.

JSWolf · 01-24-2013, 03:22 PM

I have no use for foreign language forums. Just English. The problem is that when a foreign language forum is added, they messages get stuck in the new messages list and then we have to go to options and set the new forum to be ignored. Now, I'd be all for this new forum you want if there was a way to automatically have any foreign language forums ignored. But for now, I say no.

GlenBarrington · 01-24-2013, 10:31 PM

I voted yes, but as much as I'd like to, I don't speak or read Portuguese. However, this site has other non English language forums that don't seem to get in my way so I don't see why a Portuguese language, or Brazilian forum would cause me to suffer in any way.

In a perfect world, if we really want ebook publishing to take off, we need to encourage ebook publishing to flourish globally, even in non English speaking countries, so a Portuguese language or possibly Brazilian forum should be encouraged.

But the world is not perfect, so I would say it should probably be a rather hard-headed business decision on the part of those who have to pay the Mobileread.com bills. Do the research, and if it will pay it's own way, or accrues benefits in some other way, I say go for it.

Sydney's Mom · 01-28-2013, 02:20 PM

I'm in favor of anything where people discuss reading and books.

xendula · 01-28-2013, 05:21 PM

I voted yes, since there is a German, French and Spanish forum already, so if we have ours, you should have yours, especially since Amazon just started selling kindle in Brazil and will probably get into Portugal soon as well.
I would, however, sugest to call it Portuguese forum, so that it will encompass all continents.

zamana · 01-28-2013, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xendula

I voted yes, since there is a German, French and Spanish forum already, so if we have ours, you should have yours, especially since Amazon just started selling kindle in Brazil and will probably get into Portugal soon as well.
I would, however, sugest to call it Portuguese forum, so that it will encompass all continents.

Yes, you're right. A Portuguese forum would be more comprehensive than a Brazilian one.

Thanks for your vote!

Regards.

banjobama · 01-28-2013, 06:37 PM

I voted yes because why not?

Namekuseijin · 01-28-2013, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zamana

Hi!

Thanks for the message.

I agree with a Portuguese forum, but join with the Spanish forum isn't a good idea.

Spanish "seems" close to Portuguese, but it's a bit different language, and most Brazilians can understand/read/write English, but not Spanish... It can be weird but it's true.

conversa fiada, coisa de burguês colonizado

castelhano e português são línguas irmãs perfeitamente inteligíveis. bem mais que as outras latinas... por sinal, tenho lido Don Quixote pelo original.

and yes, should be portuguese, not brazilian

BTW, there's a desperate need to get Brazilian classics from literature into sites like Gutenberg -- something the portuguese are way ahead of us. there's dominiopublico, but it's all damned PDFs...

what do you say? Gutenberg advocates are kinda picky, but we could well enough take those PDFs, convert to epub and post here at MR...

Namekuseijin · 01-28-2013, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

I thought that Brazilian Portuguese was very different from Portuguese Portuguese, so maybe a just Portuguese form isn't such a good idea.

not more than US vs UK english. mostly, it's the pronunciation... the portuguese are a lot more formal too, and likewise I guess how americans feel about british.

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01-21-2013, 06:16 PM	#1
zamana Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 52534 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: São Paulo / Brazil Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle PaperWhite	Request: Brazilian Forum Hi! Following the examples of the German, the French and the Spanish forums (or, in Latin: fora), I would like to propose the creation of the Brazilian Forum. In the end of 2012 Amazon started its operations in Brazil (http://amazon.com.br) with its Kindle, and Livraria Cultura started to sell the Kobo Reader. This way I think we are starting an e-book culture and maybe lots of Brazilian (and maybe other people who lives in countries where Portuguese is the official idiom) will benefit to use this very good forum to discuss specific issues. Thanks for your interest. Best regards.

01-21-2013, 07:57 PM	#2
Pablo Guru Posts: 627 Karma: 1901287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Rosario, Argentina Device: SONY PRS-505, PRS-T2	+1 for the forum in Portuguese... or maybe we could have a Spanish/Portuguese joint forum, as both languages are so close... __________________ My Quick and Dirty ePub Tutorial (version 3 covering Sigil 0.7.1 now available, in pdf and ePub format) Bridging the gap between BookDesigner and Sigil: Try HTML02HTML

01-24-2013, 09:26 AM	#5
TGS Country Member Posts: 8,794 Karma: 5843307 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Liseuse: Irex DR800. PRS 505 in the house, and the missus has an iPad.	I don't have any need for a Brazilian (oooh, err missus), but if the Portuguese speakers would find it useful that seems to be enough reason to at least consider it - but who is going to do the work associated with it? __________________ Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions. Blaise Pascal

01-24-2013, 03:22 PM	#8
JSWolf Mobile Reader Geek Posts: 34,207 Karma: 13801264 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Sony Reader PRS-650, iPad	I have no use for foreign language forums. Just English. The problem is that when a foreign language forum is added, they messages get stuck in the new messages list and then we have to go to options and set the new forum to be ignored. Now, I'd be all for this new forum you want if there was a way to automatically have any foreign language forums ignored. But for now, I say no. __________________ Jon 2013 Reading List

01-24-2013, 06:03 AM	#4
z1984z Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 4388 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Sao Paulo - SP Device: Kobo Glo	+1 for Portuguese forum.. Like Zamana said, it´s a bad idea to merge Portuguese and Spanish in one forum.

01-24-2013, 11:25 AM	#6
K. Molen Addict Posts: 203 Karma: 3251710 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Toronto, ON Device: Kindle 3, Motorola Milestone, iPad 3, Nexus 10	Sure, why not? Except I wouldn't name if after a country and instead name it after a language. Just to be more inclusive.

01-24-2013, 11:58 AM	#7
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 1,416 Karma: 1040308 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	I thought that Brazilian Portuguese was very different from Portuguese Portuguese, so maybe a just Portuguese form isn't such a good idea.

01-24-2013, 10:31 PM	#9
GlenBarrington Cheese Whiz Posts: 908 Karma: 2714433 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Springfield, Illinois Device: Droid Bionic, 1st Gen Kindle Fire. All Sony's Retired	In truth, I don't much care either way. . . I voted yes, but as much as I'd like to, I don't speak or read Portuguese. However, this site has other non English language forums that don't seem to get in my way so I don't see why a Portuguese language, or Brazilian forum would cause me to suffer in any way. In a perfect world, if we really want ebook publishing to take off, we need to encourage ebook publishing to flourish globally, even in non English speaking countries, so a Portuguese language or possibly Brazilian forum should be encouraged. But the world is not perfect, so I would say it should probably be a rather hard-headed business decision on the part of those who have to pay the Mobileread.com bills. Do the research, and if it will pay it's own way, or accrues benefits in some other way, I say go for it. __________________ I like soup. . .

01-28-2013, 02:20 PM	#10
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,179 Karma: 3646739 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicago Device: Kindle 4 (7th Kindle), Fire HD and Samsung Tab 10.1.2	I'm in favor of anything where people discuss reading and books. __________________ Let's both use dropbox for our ebooks. Sign-up with this link, and we both get space in the cloud! And Dropbox just doubled what we both get! Thanks, Debra https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NT...rrals_twitter9 I love my Kindles, thanks to MobileRead, I Heart Cabbages and Calibre!

01-28-2013, 05:21 PM	#11
xendula eBookworm Posts: 1,576 Karma: 2692000 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany / USA Device: Kindle 4B/K~ iPad3 ~ Nexus 7 ~ Kindle Paperwhite	I voted yes, since there is a German, French and Spanish forum already, so if we have ours, you should have yours, especially since Amazon just started selling kindle in Brazil and will probably get into Portugal soon as well. I would, however, sugest to call it Portuguese forum, so that it will encompass all continents. __________________ They must have used multicolor LED's and finally realized it. ~ S. attempting to explain the colorful blobs on Kindle Paperwhite screens.

01-28-2013, 06:37 PM	#13
banjobama buttermilk biscuits! Posts: 962 Karma: 5039283 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Seattle, WA Device: Sony Reader PRS-650, Nook Color	I voted yes because why not? __________________

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