
Food for thought.
I'm
not proposing this be the way to re-organize the forum, but, in case this "strikes" a chord with a lot of people, I put this out there to think about.
How about collapsing the E-Books Formats and E-Book Uploads forums into each respective E-Book Devices parent forum, as follows:
Code:
Sony E-Book Devices
* Sony PRS-700
* Sony PRS-505/500 ( merge "Troubleshooting" )
* Accessories
* Developer Corner
* E-Book Formats (merge "Content" )
. * ePub
. * PDF
. * LRF
* E-Book Uploads
. * ePub
. * PDF
. * LRF
iRex E-Book Devices
* iRex Digital Reader
* iRex iLiad ( merge "Troubleshooting" )
* Accessories
* Software Releases
* Developer Corner
* E-Book Formats (merge "Content" )
. * Mobi/PRC
* E-Book Uploads
. * Mobi/PRC
Amazon E-Book Devices
* Amazon Kindle ( merge "Troubleshooting" )
* Accessories
* Developer Corner
* E-Book Formats (merge "Content" )
. * Mobi/PRC
* E-Book Uploads
. * Mobi/PRC
Bookeen E-Book Devices
* Bookeen Cybook Gen 3 ( merge "Troubleshooting" )
* Accessories
* Developer Corner
* E-Book Formats (merge "Content" )
. * Mobi/PRC
* E-Book Uploads
. * Mobi/PRC
eBookwise E-Book Devices
* eBookwise 1150/REB 1200
* Accessories
* Developer Corner
* E-Book Formats
. * IMP
* E-Book Uploads
. * IMP
Jinke E-Book Devices
* OEM/HanLin eBook/BeBook ereaderV3/Walkbook/EZReader
* Accessories
* Developer Corner
* E-Book Formats
. * Mobi/PRC
* E-Book Uploads
. * Mobi/PRC
Other E-Book Devices
* Which one should I buy?
* Apple iPhone
* PDA/PPC Devices
* eREAD STAReBOOK
* Polymer Vision Readius
* Legacy Devices
* Others
* E-Book Formats
. * Other Formats
* E-Book Uploads
. * Other Books
Then collapse the Formats/Uploads remaining subforums into the E-Book General and E-Book Software like:
E-Book General
* E-Book Formats - General/Help
* E-Book Uploads - General/Help
E-Book Software
* E-Book Formats - Workshop
The reasoning here is that most will come to mobileread.com with a Vendor's device specific need, so each major device should have it's own parent forum. Then should that device's ebooks be sought, in that device's forum would be the E-Books Upload forum as well as the major E-Book Formats it supports.
Obviously, the Mobi/PRC Uploads section would be the same for the iRex/Amazon/Bookeen Devices and just be links to the same sub-forum.
In the end, there would be only these main top-level forums (obviously with their subforums):
Code:
E-Book General
E-Book Software
Sony E-Book Devices
iRex E-Book Devices
Amazon E-Book Devices
Bookeen E-Book Devices
eBookwise E-Book Devices
Jinke E-Book Devices
Other E-Book Devices
Non-English Discussions
Miscellaneous
A different view of what's needed or
heresy