MobileRead Membership Reaches 30,000

RWood · 02-23-2009, 09:51 AM

Late last week MobileRead membership topped 30,000. (30,071 as this is being written.)

This represents a tremendous surge in the past two and one-half years since the announcement of the Sony Reader. Since then we have gained membership with every new e-ink reader released.

The release of the Kindle and the Kindle2 by Amazon brought their own surges. We are just at the start of the Kindle2 surge. Alex's breaking of the Kindle2 pre-release photos, our expanded Kindle coverage through dedicated forums, and the win a Kindle contest have all contributed to this growth.

We welcome the new members and invite them to explore the rest of MobileRead including the Wiki, the free ebook download section, the other device sections, the historic archive, and the Lounge.

daffy4u · 02-23-2009, 09:54 AM

Woo Hoo!

GeoffC · 02-23-2009, 09:56 AM

Especially the Lounge, where the company is zany, the Karma great and the furniture is delicately designed ....

HarryT · 02-23-2009, 10:06 AM

It would be interesting to know how many "active" members we have. All that number means is that 30,000 people have joined since MR started up (which, in itself, is a great achievement, of course!), not that those people are still active users.

TadW · 02-23-2009, 10:11 AM

E-Books are going mainstream. This community is the proof.

GeoffC · 02-23-2009, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

It would be interesting to know how many "active" members we have. All that number means is that 30,000 people have joined since MR started up (which, in itself, is a great achievement, of course!), not that those people are still active users.

Isn't there an "active members" list somewhere, for a day/week/month or am I confusing this place with another?

lilac_jive · 02-23-2009, 10:39 AM

Hooray! Dang that's a lot of members.

zelda_pinwheel · 02-23-2009, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TadW

E-Books are going mainstream. This community is the proof.

i agree ! and it's great news.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 02-23-2009, 12:09 PM

Congratulations to MobileRead! Without the excellent work of its admins and mods, this site wouldn't be what it is today: The preeminent e-book forum.

GeoffC · 02-23-2009, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

Congratulations to MobileRead! Without the excellent work of its admins and mods, this site wouldn't be what it is today: The preeminent e-book forum.

But not forgetting the many authors - too ....

pshrynk · 02-23-2009, 12:12 PM

This is the best forum I've ever been a part of. Welcome to all new comers, too!

GeoffC · 02-23-2009, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

This is the best forum I've ever been a part of. Welcome to all new comers, too!

It's contributors like Pshrynk who make it so brilliant ....

Mr. Goodbar · 02-23-2009, 01:40 PM

This is certainly one of the most civilized forums I've seen. It's great to be able to have differing views discussed rationally without devolving into name calling and worse. Kudos to the mods for contributing to this.

GeoffC · 02-23-2009, 01:46 PM

Debates are encouraged, some do get heated - but thankfully they do remain civilized...
Spam is, also, not allowed to breed....

pshrynk · 02-23-2009, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Debates are encouraged, some do get heated - but thankfully they do remain civilized...
Spam is, also, not allowed to breed....

D'you know how hard it is to actually breed spam beasts in captivity?

02-23-2009, 09:51 AM	#1
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	MobileRead Membership Reaches 30,000 Late last week MobileRead membership topped 30,000. (30,071 as this is being written.) This represents a tremendous surge in the past two and one-half years since the announcement of the Sony Reader. Since then we have gained membership with every new e-ink reader released. The release of the Kindle and the Kindle2 by Amazon brought their own surges. We are just at the start of the Kindle2 surge. Alex's breaking of the Kindle2 pre-release photos, our expanded Kindle coverage through dedicated forums, and the win a Kindle contest have all contributed to this growth. We welcome the new members and invite them to explore the rest of MobileRead including the Wiki, the free ebook download section, the other device sections, the historic archive, and the Lounge.

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02-23-2009, 09:54 AM	#2
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	Woo Hoo!

02-23-2009, 09:56 AM	#3
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Especially the Lounge, where the company is zany, the Karma great and the furniture is delicately designed ....

02-23-2009, 10:06 AM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It would be interesting to know how many "active" members we have. All that number means is that 30,000 people have joined since MR started up (which, in itself, is a great achievement, of course!), not that those people are still active users.

02-23-2009, 10:11 AM	#5
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	E-Books are going mainstream. This community is the proof.

02-23-2009, 10:39 AM	#7
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	Hooray! Dang that's a lot of members.

02-23-2009, 12:09 PM	#9
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	Congratulations to MobileRead! Without the excellent work of its admins and mods, this site wouldn't be what it is today: The preeminent e-book forum.

02-23-2009, 12:12 PM	#11
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	This is the best forum I've ever been a part of. Welcome to all new comers, too!

02-23-2009, 01:40 PM	#13
Mr. Goodbar Wizard Posts: 1,005 Karma: 98078 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Mini 4	This is certainly one of the most civilized forums I've seen. It's great to be able to have differing views discussed rationally without devolving into name calling and worse. Kudos to the mods for contributing to this.

02-23-2009, 01:46 PM	#14
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Debates are encouraged, some do get heated - but thankfully they do remain civilized... Spam is, also, not allowed to breed....