MobileRead Free Ebook Section Reaches 8,000 - Page 3

astra · 01-11-2009, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

(shudder) Oh, the humanity of it all!

Well, here is a concise version of my to-read list:

Mary Stewart - Merlin Trilogy
Andzhej Sapkovskij - The Witcher
Bernard Cornwell - Warlord Trilogy
Lord Dunsany - The King of Elfland's Daughter
C. S. Friedman - Coldfire Trilogy
Robin Hobb - The Farseer Trilogy
Robin Hobb - The Tawny Man
Robin Hobb - The Soldier Son
Richard Morgan - Takeshi Kovacs
Nik Perumov - 2 whole series
Terry Pratchett - Nation
Salman Rushdie - The Satanic Verses
Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon
Neal Stephenson - The Baroque Cycle
S.M. Stirling - The Peshawar Lancers
Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn Trilogy
Robert A. Heinlein – The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Robert A. Heinlein - The Puppet Masters

Any of them are available in the upload section on the forum?

lilac_jive · 01-11-2009, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astra

Well, here is a concise version of my to-read list:

Mary Stewart - Merlin Trilogy
Andzhej Sapkovskij - The Witcher
Bernard Cornwell - Warlord Trilogy
Lord Dunsany - The King of Elfland's Daughter
C. S. Friedman - Coldfire Trilogy
Robin Hobb - The Farseer Trilogy
Robin Hobb - The Tawny Man
Robin Hobb - The Soldier Son
Richard Morgan - Takeshi Kovacs
Nik Perumov - 2 whole series
Terry Pratchett - Nation
Salman Rushdie - The Satanic Verses
Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon
Neal Stephenson - The Baroque Cycle
S.M. Stirling - The Peshawar Lancers
Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn Trilogy
Robert A. Heinlein – The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Robert A. Heinlein - The Puppet Masters

Any of them are available in the upload section on the forum?

I read Brandon Sanderson's Elantris and loved it. I need to try his mistborn trilogy.

Patricia · 01-11-2009, 04:54 PM

I think of the book posting as co-operative, rather than competititive. I've posted quite a lot recently because things have been quiet round here at home. But I'm expecting a busy spell soon, so there may be fewer.
I would recommend having a go at book conversion as something more people might try: you get to inprove your computer skills.
Also you find yourself looking at favourite books in new ways: I hadn't paid much attention to punctuation and italicisation until I started converting books. Now I'm beginning to realise that different authors have very different and personal quirks in these areas.
You can also save space. I release my paper copies into the wild once I've converted them. (Well, they go to a homeless peoples' shelter, the local hospital, or a charity shop.)
I've also saved a small fortune by drastically reducing my Amazon habit.
But, best of all, I've met some nice people here on the forum.

ProDigit · 01-11-2009, 06:52 PM

I do have to agree with patricia that perhaps when starting out the ebooks are formatted different,then a recent one.
A user gains knowledge over time,and perhaps I have downloaded just some bad formatted books.

I myself have learned lots over time;and spend nearly 4 hours making an ebook look good!

If I'd upload some of the books I've downloaded from the Forum here, I can only say that the book either needs to be re-done, or is awaiting a second version.
All of the issues come from lrf files I've downloaded from here, though I don't remember the user(s) uploading them.

About the 'race', that was more meant as a funny remark, after seeing the "Uploaders Hall of Fame", @ https://www.mobileread.com/forums/ebo...&sort=dateline

Patricia supposedly uploaded 100 times the amount of ebooks I uploaded; and that's something!

Greg Anos · 01-11-2009, 07:13 PM

The book count is skewed in the opposite direction by the omnibus editions here. One omnibus "book" may contain 5 or even 10 titles that are full 60K word books in their own right. Look at Burrough's Mars stories, The collected works of H.P.Lovecraft, Sherlock Holmes omnibuses, Raffles, H Rider Haggard, Burton's Thousand and One Nights, ect.....

zelda_pinwheel · 01-11-2009, 07:16 PM

actually i wouldn't even dare try to estimate the unique titles here. RSE is right, there are the ombnibus editions which skew in one direction, and then there are the different formats, which skew in the opposite direction. especially since i believe at first there was *only* the lrf format, so that one has a very big headstart, and others were added progressively. i think the most recent one to get its own subforum is the imp format. and next will be the epub format. and not everyone learns to make all formats, some people make only one format. so the distribution is rather erratic i think.

DaleDe · 01-11-2009, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astra

8000 books is a total number of all formats correct?
Does it mean it is safe to assume there are about 2000 titles?

It would depend on the format but LRF has the most. 3469 uploads
IMP has 1906 and Mobi has 2501 the rest are misc.

Dale

mjh215 · 01-11-2009, 07:26 PM

We'll just agree then that it is 'More then you could fit in your handbag' if they were pbooks.

-MJ

montsnmags · 01-11-2009, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mjh215

We'll just agree then that it is 'More then you could fit in your handbag' if they were pbooks.

-MJ

I prefer the term, "man-bag", thank-you very much, MJ.

I am completely and utterly stoked by the efforts put in by our uploaders, be they of the passion and dedication and effort of the 3 to 5 top uploaders, or the simple generosity of someone who has formatted an obscure PD book for their own pleasure but then seen fit to share the results knowing that it's a big world (wide web) out there with enough space for many tastes (Plus there's the few original works created by MR members

).

As such, the number of ebooks I have bought can be counted as four, and two of those are dictionaries (okay, technically, one novel is over six ebooks). Everything else on my Iliad's CF card is from MobileRead, my most reliable source for PD ebooks.

Thank-you all for that. 8,000 is a celebratory mile-marker, but also every single ebook you dedicate yourself to and upload is a celebration in itself.

Cheers,
Marc

Seabound · 01-11-2009, 09:48 PM

We can easily estimate the minimum number of unique title uploads, assuming that each thread is a book upload. As of a few moments ago, the number of uploads for each format (not counting the sticky threads) is:

LRF: 3487
PRC: 2508
IMP: 1910
Others: 192

Since there are only a few duplicated titles, we can estimate that the minimum number of unique titles that have been uploaded is about 3500, easily.

mtravellerh · 01-12-2009, 02:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProDigit

I do have to agree with patricia that perhaps when starting out the ebooks are formatted different,then a recent one.
A user gains knowledge over time,and perhaps I have downloaded just some bad formatted books.

I myself have learned lots over time;and spend nearly 4 hours making an ebook look good!

If I'd upload some of the books I've downloaded from the Forum here, I can only say that the book either needs to be re-done, or is awaiting a second version.
All of the issues come from lrf files I've downloaded from here, though I don't remember the user(s) uploading them.

About the 'race', that was more meant as a funny remark, after seeing the "Uploaders Hall of Fame", @ https://www.mobileread.com/forums/ebo...&sort=dateline

Patricia supposedly uploaded 100 times the amount of ebooks I uploaded; and that's something!

@ bad (sic!) formatted books: Well, if you have founded qualms, tell the uploader. Everybody will at least explain why there are problems or fix them if feasible.
@don't remember: The book will still be online. Search it by title, then you see the assembler. Easy!
@race: I still think that we do not need that "Hall of Fame". Oh, and it wasn't funny (at all)
@Patricia: She did not only upload more than 100 times the amount of ebooks that you did, but she is also a beacon of quality in our community.

Seabound · 01-12-2009, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astra

I don't know about others, but my gut feelings tell me that Patricia is very diligent/good quality ebooks producer.

P.S. I have not read a single book from the forum so far.

I'll vouch for Patricia's work.

Sweetpea · 01-12-2009, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astra

Well, here is a concise version of my to-read list:

Mary Stewart - Merlin Trilogy

Any of them are available in the upload section on the forum?

Ohhhh, loved those books! I got them in my bookcase (the physical one!) as fast as I could when I finally found them...

Might I suggest Stephen R. Lawhead and his Pendragon Cycle too?

pshrynk · 01-12-2009, 09:23 AM

I must add my appreciation of the uploaders. Especially Patricia, who, after much pestering on my part, did the entire Thousand Nights and a Night, Sir Richard Burton Translation. Which should boost the story count by a thousand, according to current thought.

Also, who knew Zuni pottery was so fascinating?

Greg Anos · 01-12-2009, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

I must add my appreciation of the uploaders. Especially Patricia, who, after much pestering on my part, did the entire Thousand Nights and a Night, Sir Richard Burton Translation. Which should boost the story count by a thousand, according to current thought.

Also, who knew Zuni pottery was so fascinating?

Or at least 10, as the original was printed in 10 volumes...

01-11-2009, 06:52 PM	#34
ProDigit Karmaniac Posts: 2,553 Karma: 11499146 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Miami FL Device: PRS-505, Jetbook, + Mini, +Color, Astak Ez Reader Pro, PPW1, Aura H2O	I do have to agree with patricia that perhaps when starting out the ebooks are formatted different,then a recent one. A user gains knowledge over time,and perhaps I have downloaded just some bad formatted books. I myself have learned lots over time;and spend nearly 4 hours making an ebook look good! If I'd upload some of the books I've downloaded from the Forum here, I can only say that the book either needs to be re-done, or is awaiting a second version. All of the issues come from lrf files I've downloaded from here, though I don't remember the user(s) uploading them. About the 'race', that was more meant as a funny remark, after seeing the "Uploaders Hall of Fame", @ https://www.mobileread.com/forums/ebo...&sort=dateline Patricia supposedly uploaded 100 times the amount of ebooks I uploaded; and that's something! Last edited by ProDigit; 01-11-2009 at 06:56 PM.

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01-11-2009, 04:54 PM	#33
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I think of the book posting as co-operative, rather than competititive. I've posted quite a lot recently because things have been quiet round here at home. But I'm expecting a busy spell soon, so there may be fewer. I would recommend having a go at book conversion as something more people might try: you get to inprove your computer skills. Also you find yourself looking at favourite books in new ways: I hadn't paid much attention to punctuation and italicisation until I started converting books. Now I'm beginning to realise that different authors have very different and personal quirks in these areas. You can also save space. I release my paper copies into the wild once I've converted them. (Well, they go to a homeless peoples' shelter, the local hospital, or a charity shop.) I've also saved a small fortune by drastically reducing my Amazon habit. But, best of all, I've met some nice people here on the forum.

01-11-2009, 07:13 PM	#35
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,248 Karma: 35000000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	The book count is skewed in the opposite direction by the omnibus editions here. One omnibus "book" may contain 5 or even 10 titles that are full 60K word books in their own right. Look at Burrough's Mars stories, The collected works of H.P.Lovecraft, Sherlock Holmes omnibuses, Raffles, H Rider Haggard, Burton's Thousand and One Nights, ect.....

01-11-2009, 07:16 PM	#36
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	actually i wouldn't even dare try to estimate the unique titles here. RSE is right, there are the ombnibus editions which skew in one direction, and then there are the different formats, which skew in the opposite direction. especially since i believe at first there was only the lrf format, so that one has a very big headstart, and others were added progressively. i think the most recent one to get its own subforum is the imp format. and next will be the epub format. and not everyone learns to make all formats, some people make only one format. so the distribution is rather erratic i think.

01-11-2009, 07:26 PM	#38
mjh215 Guru Posts: 988 Karma: 12653 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: None of your business	We'll just agree then that it is 'More then you could fit in your handbag' if they were pbooks. -MJ

01-11-2009, 09:48 PM	#40
Seabound Steerage Class Posts: 711 Karma: 505995 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest, USA Device: Won't fit here anymore, see sig for a list of liseuses.	We can easily estimate the minimum number of unique title uploads, assuming that each thread is a book upload. As of a few moments ago, the number of uploads for each format (not counting the sticky threads) is: LRF: 3487 PRC: 2508 IMP: 1910 Others: 192 Since there are only a few duplicated titles, we can estimate that the minimum number of unique titles that have been uploaded is about 3500, easily.

01-12-2009, 09:23 AM	#44
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!	I must add my appreciation of the uploaders. Especially Patricia, who, after much pestering on my part, did the entire Thousand Nights and a Night, Sir Richard Burton Translation. Which should boost the story count by a thousand, according to current thought. Also, who knew Zuni pottery was so fascinating?

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