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SensualPoet · 08-02-2010, 08:11 PM

Firstly (is that a word?), Neilmarr, thanks for asking! WHY DO YOU POST AT MOBILEREAD? (even if you shouted it in caps ...).

I come to learn and hang out with other folks who truly love to read and who care about the e-reader environment / ecosystem which makes it possible / will contribute to its future.

I come to share insights, longings, hopes and fears about e-reading, today and into the future, and hope to influence where our world is going: defined by consumer need ahead of gadget dazzle.

I come here to share my energy and ethusiasm for writers long passed from this earth whose words continue to inspire (and to that end I sometimes contribute custom PD e-books by Isham, Footner, Chandler).

I come here to discover new writers (to me) -- living and dead -- and share my discoveries with others (esp. see this thread, Any Crime Fiction Fans? https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48511).

I come here to share my expertise in business, tech and things consumer, adding context to sometimes complex or emotional "discussions".

I come here because it feels like "home": a like-minded out-cropping of folks of diverse backgrounds, geographies, demographics who happen to share a love of the uniquely human (as far as we know to date) passion for words and their power to create worlds and emotions in one's imagination out of all proportion to the physical page, electronic or otherwise.

I come here to inspire, to be inspired, and to celebrate my fellow authors, readers and the permanance of words (one nods to the Sumerian tale the Epic of Gilgamesh) as an expression of our collective humanity.

And, oh, heck: the jostling over opinion and fact and fiction about e-readers and e-books is endlessly entertaining and good clean FUN!

More succinctly as Rich_D says: Kindred spirits.

As jgaiser says: discovered it when I got my Kindle 2 (for me, Nov 21, 2009).

As foreverjuly says: I've been impressed by the community here.

Or lastblade: The alternative is unbearable.

And lastly because I have a special place in my heart for a tartan endowed man in a kilt who asks curiously open-ended questions. Thank you, Neilmarr.

08-02-2010, 08:11 PM	#55
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	Firstly (is that a word?), Neilmarr, thanks for asking! WHY DO YOU POST AT MOBILEREAD? (even if you shouted it in caps ...). I come to learn and hang out with other folks who truly love to read and who care about the e-reader environment / ecosystem which makes it possible / will contribute to its future. I come to share insights, longings, hopes and fears about e-reading, today and into the future, and hope to influence where our world is going: defined by consumer need ahead of gadget dazzle. I come here to share my energy and ethusiasm for writers long passed from this earth whose words continue to inspire (and to that end I sometimes contribute custom PD e-books by Isham, Footner, Chandler). I come here to discover new writers (to me) -- living and dead -- and share my discoveries with others (esp. see this thread, Any Crime Fiction Fans? https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48511). I come here to share my expertise in business, tech and things consumer, adding context to sometimes complex or emotional "discussions". I come here because it feels like "home": a like-minded out-cropping of folks of diverse backgrounds, geographies, demographics who happen to share a love of the uniquely human (as far as we know to date) passion for words and their power to create worlds and emotions in one's imagination out of all proportion to the physical page, electronic or otherwise. I come here to inspire, to be inspired, and to celebrate my fellow authors, readers and the permanance of words (one nods to the Sumerian tale the Epic of Gilgamesh) as an expression of our collective humanity. And, oh, heck: the jostling over opinion and fact and fiction about e-readers and e-books is endlessly entertaining and good clean FUN! More succinctly as Rich_D says: Kindred spirits. As jgaiser says: discovered it when I got my Kindle 2 (for me, Nov 21, 2009). As foreverjuly says: I've been impressed by the community here. Or lastblade: The alternative is unbearable. And lastly because I have a special place in my heart for a tartan endowed man in a kilt who asks curiously open-ended questions. Thank you, Neilmarr.