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Old 12-19-2008, 02:45 PM   #43
nrapallo
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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

Last edited by nrapallo; 12-20-2008 at 07:58 AM. Reason: added summary of what top-level forums would look like
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