MobileRead November 2011 Mobile Read Book Club Vote

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by carbonize

Dammit having to choose between Hyperion and Ender's Game is hard. But then you cannot really read Hyperion without also reading fall of Hyperion.

I recently finished Hyperion and found it to be very good. I do have the next book in the series. But be aware that there are a lot of OCR mistakes in Hyperion.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

That's very odd. I know the links were working, because that's where I bought mine, but now not only do the links not take you to A Canticle For Leibowitz, but the site's search engine show no entry for the book.

Most peculiar.

Not really that odd. eBookMall has changed their site. They no longer sell Mobipocket format eBooks. Just ePub & PDF. So unless Mobipocket sells A Canticle For Leibowitz, there's no place to actually get it legally.

[Kevin8or]

JSWolf! You're back!

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Kevin8or

JSWolf! You're back!

Yes, I am. I was on a 14 night cruise to the Caribbean. Very enjoyable. While on the cruise, we booked another 14 night trans-Atlantic cruise (for 2012) also at the end of October.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Not really that odd. eBookMall has changed their site. They no longer sell Mobipocket format eBooks. Just ePub & PDF. So unless Mobipocket sells A Canticle For Leibowitz, there's no place to actually get it legally.

There was a PDF link on the site also, and it no longer works. Both worked when the Poll went up.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

There was a PDF link on the site also, and it no longer works. Both worked when the Poll went up.

No idea why the PDF is gone. But the Mobipocket is gone because eBookMall no longer sells Mobipocket.

[WT Sharpe]

They must have stopped right after I bought mine, because it's in .prc format, and I suspect a few other members could say the same.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

They must have stopped right after I bought mine, because it's in .prc format, and I suspect a few other members could say the same.

Looks like Mobipocket (other then for Kindles) is a dead format. Makes sense for eBook stores to stop selling it given Amazon's announcement.

[keeska]

Thank you for the replies.

It appears that I am too late after all. Perhaps someone will figure out how to setup a used ebook store.

Maybe I'll have better luck next month.

Enjoy your read everyone.

[Kevin8or]

Originally Posted by keeska

Perhaps someone will figure out how to setup a used ebook store.

A nice thought. Unfortuately, we don't purchase e-books, we purchase only a non-transferrable license to read them. I expect e-books to decimate the used book market. Oh, used books won't disappear, but the size of the inventory will be a shadow of its former self. It's one of the reasons my older sister hates e-books. "Evil," she says. "Perhaps," I reply, "but oh so convenient."

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by keeska

Thank you for the replies.

It appears that I am too late after all. Perhaps someone will figure out how to setup a used ebook store.

Maybe I'll have better luck next month.

Enjoy your read everyone.

We'll be looking for you. The nominations for December's book start in one week. The category is Classics.

[jgaiser]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Looks like Mobipocket (other then for Kindles) is a dead format. Makes sense for eBook stores to stop selling it given Amazon's announcement.

Do You Ever Give UP..? Mobi *isn't* a dead format. Just ask the thousands of Kindle users who daily read books in mobi format.

We get it. You don't like Amazon and you don't like Kindles. Give it a #$%# rest.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jgaiser

Do You Ever Give UP..? Mobi *isn't* a dead format. Just ask the thousands of Kindle users who daily read books in mobi format.

We get it. You don't like Amazon and you don't like Kindles. Give it a #$%# rest.

Clueless much? Read what I posted and you will see what I said (I hope). That makes your reply WRONG and a big FAIL!

[jgaiser]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Clueless much? Read what I posted and you will see what I said (I hope). That makes your reply WRONG and a big FAIL!

Whatever. I'm done with your idiocy. Goodbye.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jgaiser

Do You Ever Give UP..? Mobi *isn't* a dead format. Just ask the thousands of Kindle users who daily read books in mobi format.

We get it. You don't like Amazon and you don't like Kindles. Give it a #$%# rest.

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Looks like Mobipocket (other then for Kindles) is a dead format. Makes sense for eBook stores to stop selling it given Amazon's announcement.

Did you actually read the part that says (other then for Kindles)? This has nothing to do with liking Kindles or not liking Kindles. The reality is that Mobipocket as a format for purchase is dead. Sure, when the DRM is stripped from an AZW you get a Mobipocket file. But the issue is that Amazon is killing off Mobipocket (with the standard Mobipocket DRM). So basically, what we will have will be ePub, AZW, & KF8.