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I need the technical info! Still! 52 36.88%
I just finished the last book in a series, and I'm in that depressed phase until I come up with the next set. 10 7.09%
I'm obsessed with eBook readers. No, really. And my friends are tired of hearing about them. 81 57.45%
For the company. 67 47.52%
Other (specify)... 33 23.40%
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Old 02-06-2010, 01:05 AM   #46
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Old 02-06-2010, 01:19 AM   #47
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'Website addiction'
Yes there is something compulsive about coming to Mobileread, waiting for a hit of ebook info, looking for something to read that tempts and tantalizes
Oh, and Zelda. Definitely Zelda.




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Old 02-06-2010, 01:31 AM   #48
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Click image for larger version Name: ghostwoman.gif Views: 188 Size: 75.8 KB ID: 45096 hmmmm . . .


You're pretty hot yourself, big boy.
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Old 02-06-2010, 01:43 AM   #49
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Old 02-06-2010, 01:16 PM   #50
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I learn something new everytime I visit. Also, I have been introduced to so many wonderful new books and authors that I never would have heard about. Thanks to MR, my to be read list is now impossible to finish unless I live to be 300.
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Old 02-06-2010, 01:30 PM   #51
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It's simple. I'm addicted to MobileRead. The people here are great, write great comments...it's just the right mix of technical infos and discussion and interaction with authors, readers and developers for me. This community never sleeps and - most important - the fun never stops at MR.
I second that.
& you can double the pleasure w/ the apéros
(now the question was "why do you keep coming back?" right? Not "What are you grateful for?")
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Old 02-06-2010, 02:37 PM   #52
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Old 02-06-2010, 04:18 PM   #53
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I did kinda like your comment/image for the publishers though.
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Old 02-06-2010, 06:43 PM   #54
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I second that.
& you can double the pleasure w/ the apéros
(now the question was "why do you keep coming back?" right? Not "What are you grateful for?")
Thirded
Plus I come here because of llamas, the blue fish, bacon, donuts, and to punish avatar thieves And because Marc and Slite frequently make my day in the weather thread: Marc because he spreads some summer feeling and Slite because it's always good to know someone is freezing even more than yourself.
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Old 02-06-2010, 07:39 PM   #55
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I comz for avatars of Zelda and nothing else. Not one thing more. Occasionally, I come by for a doughnut. I comze for avatars of Zelda and doughnuts and absolutely nothing else. Nada. But once in a while I comz for happy llamas. I comz for avatars of Zelda, occasionally a doughnut or three, and happy llamas. Not single nuther thing. Oh, wait....
maybe you should come in again.

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Where else can I hear endless theft/not-theft debates about copyright infringement? Also, my friends are tired of hearing me rant about page sizes of PDFs.
oh my god. i actually recently got into an actual live-action near-shouting argument with a friend in a café over whether or not pdf is a good format for ebooks. i think i need serious professional help.

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hm. i thought he was channelling something else entirely.



but i can understand if you weren't expecting that.

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I learn something new everytime I visit. Also, I have been introduced to so many wonderful new books and authors that I never would have heard about. Thanks to MR, my to be read list is now impossible to finish unless I live to be 300.
*sigh* i suffer from a similar problem. life is hard. so very very hard.

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Plus I come here because of llamas, the blue fish, bacon, donuts, and to punish avatar thieves And because Marc and Slite frequently make my day in the weather thread: Marc because he spreads some summer feeling and Slite because it's always good to know someone is freezing even more than yourself.
i'd like to amend my list to say i also come here for ravenne's avatar-thief punishments.
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Old 02-06-2010, 07:47 PM   #56
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Old 02-06-2010, 07:48 PM   #57
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Because anytime I read a question that asks "What is the best eReader for PDF files?" an angel gets his or her wings.
we must be single-handedly responsible for most of the flock ! good to know all those questions are serving a good cause.
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Old 02-06-2010, 09:00 PM   #58
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Old 02-06-2010, 09:02 PM   #59
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Old 02-06-2010, 11:58 PM   #60
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Because anytime I read a question that asks "What is the best eReader for PDF files?" an angel gets his or her wings.

I thought that Red got zapped by Mindy....
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