WHY DO YOU POST AT MOBILEREAD?

[Ea]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

We can't escape - the mods have sealed the tunnel up, that's after filling it with sand, setting man-traps and locking the door with six padlocks - and they've also taken the only crowbar in the place.

We need... MacGyver! or Indiana Jones! Or both! Somebody fetch them quick!

Originally Posted by recluse

It's not so bad.

Most of the people here are almost his intellectual equals.

My! What an intelligent dog you must have. Be careful that he doesn't try to usurp you.

[Maggie Leung]

Originally Posted by Ea

We need... MacGyver! or Indiana Jones! Or both! Somebody fetch them quick!

My! What an intelligent dog you must have. Be careful that he doesn't try to usurp you.

The dog might already be the alpha. Maybe the dog refused to listen, lol.

[Sydney's Mom]

I have gotten so much help here - I absolutely love my kindle, and that is due to the patience of MobileRead members answering my questions. Because MobileRead draws people who read I find the conversations to be more cogent and interesting.

[GeoffC]

[recluse]

The dog's smart enough to know when I'm joking.

That puts him way ahead of the curve.

And he can't usurp me.
He's under 2' tall.

[Elfwreck]

Originally Posted by neilmarr

*The folks here are readers and/or writers. My clan.

*I come here to learn from experts and 'amateurs' (I use that word in its original sense -- passionate lovers of an ideal).

*I come here to contribute what little I can.

*I come here for members' generosity of thought and advice, for their differing insights, for their wit and intelligence ... yep, for the virtual friendship, too. That is very high on my list of 'Whys'.

Mmm, some of all of those. Plus, I can chatter about OCR software idiosyncrasies and PDF formatting and the weirdness of copyright law without being shushed for being to technical and without needing to be a lawyer to be taken seriously. (Lawyers have more accurate understandings of the law, generally. But my understanding is still relevant--those laws affect me; if I can't understand them, I can't follow them. And I'm not buying the corporate attitude of "we'll tell you how it's legal to use our products.")

I love the acceptance for all kinds of ebook reading devices, all kinds of formats. Yeah, we get into big "X will be the ultimate everybody format someday" discussions, but there's no (well, little) disparagement of people who choose other formats... if you prefer .rb, there's support for making them & people will help you find resources for your reader.

I love the endless copyright/piracy debates. And the endless typography debates. I like recurring topics that get revisted every time a new bit of software comes out, or every time a new legal ruling comes down. I like that people are willing to repeat their views a thousand times to newcomers who haven't spent the last ten years figuring out how ebooks worked.

I like that even people who intensely disagree on a lot of issues can agree on other aspects of ebooks; that we don't get "cliques" as much as "overlapping factions." The ePub fanatics don't all agree on downloading; the torrent users don't all agree that typography is pointless; the Kindle users don't all agree about DRM.

[Ea]

Originally Posted by recluse

.. He's under 2' tall.

And?? When did size matter?

Originally Posted by Elfwreck

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I like that even people who intensely disagree on a lot of issues can agree on other aspects of ebooks; that we don't get "cliques" as much as "overlapping factions." The ePub fanatics don't all agree on downloading; the torrent users don't all agree that typography is pointless; the Kindle users don't all agree about DRM.

Absolutely. This is one of the best things about being here. Great debates.

[Pookeysgirl]

I came here because I needed help, and I stay because I've learned so much from everybody here that I'm able to help others. Though I'm still getting help for myself, since I always seem to find a way to get myself into trouble with my reader

[jgaiser]

Originally Posted by Ea

And?? When did size matter?

That's what she said...

[Greg Anos]

I'm not as active as I had been (a job with heavy overtime, and a decision to standardize all my ebooks into epub format will do that to you.) but...

What other community lets itself, shucks, encourages itself to be self lampooned! Harv and Vera, Hugo and Lefty, Red and the gang, Rock Lobster, Adrian's Bar...

Amateur? You betcha! But everybody has fun with it. And that's what makes this a must be place, because we live, and laugh, and love.

(Me and my liseuse are just good friends....)

[SameOldStory]

Originally Posted by recluse

I post here because I'm not allowed to talk to the dog anymore.

You can talk to my (Toms) dog if you want. But if you don't have him back by 9 you're in big trouble bub.

[BearMountainBooks]

I came here because I heard that it was an international community of e-readers. Being a writer, I thought hanging out here would be a good idea. I think the very first post I read was about "why only Kindle format..." At that point, my ebook was only on Kindle. Aha! Learned something the first day.

Starting browsing and reading and kept right on learning. The readers and posters here have a broad experience level in computers, readers, world events and so on. I guess I found the place interesting enough to stay.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by happy_terd

Where else can I see my buddy GeoffC???

On WetCanvas

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Where else could I find people of all different nationalities and backgrounds willing to take me in?

And your dog's antics!

[kennyc]

I'm only here for the karma ....um....errrr.....beer.....um....pirated books....uh wait, what was the question?