Wanna Free Ebook? Our MR Uploaders!

[vivaldirules]

Okay, this is probably in the wrong place - I'm not asking for help. But after a tiny frustration in trying to conveniently find all the people who have taken the time and effort to upload ebooks and list them in a convenient way, I've manually compiled the list so we could all see who these 99 fine people are (not just the top 5 posters) and what they've done. If I have made a mistake and left someone out or miscounted, my apologies to you.

Thanks to all of you! And please make more!!

What?! You haven't contributed yet? No time like the present to start.

[vivaldirules]

Sorry, here it is as an RTF file, too. By the way, you knew that our five top uploaders are Patricia, RWood, Madam Broshkina, HarryT, and Dr. Drib. But did you know that the next five top uploaders are Nate the great, JSWolf, Stanart, BenG, and nrapallo each of whom have posted over 100 books? Half of our uploaders have posted only one or two books but these include many books that have been downloaded hundreds of times each.

[zelda_pinwheel]

what a nice thing to do, vr. all uploaders should be appreciated.

and i'm not just saying that because i've contributed 14 books (fourteen ! yep, all that. count'em. you're impressed now, aren't you. hopefully 15 soon.).

[nrapallo]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Sorry, here it is as an RTF file, too. By the way, you knew that our five top uploaders are Patricia, RWood, Madam Broshkina, HarryT, and Dr. Drib. But did you know that the next five top uploaders are Nate the great, JSWolf, Stanart, BenG, and nrapallo each of whom have posted over 100 books?

Thanks for your compilation skills and hard work creating this list!

Half of our uploaders have posted only one or two books but these include many books that have been downloaded hundreds of times each.

BTW can you compile this list by the (sum of the) most downloaded by uploader? i.e. the downloaded sum total of all ebooks posted by uploader.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by nrapallo

BTW can you compile this list by the (sum of the) most downloaded by uploader? i.e. the downloaded sum total of all ebooks posted by uploader.

you don't ask for much do you... actually though, more seriously, wouldn't that be really difficult and possibly pointless, since those numbers must change every minute or so ?

[vivaldirules]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

you don't ask for much do you... actually though, more seriously, wouldn't that be really difficult and possibly pointless, since those numbers must change every minute or so ?

Actually, you can't see a list by the number of downloads, can you? Only by the number of times the posts have been opened. To see the number of downloads, you'd have to open all 5000+ posts individually.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Actually, you can't see a list by the number of downloads, can you? Only by the number of times the posts have been opened. To see the number of downloads, you'd have to open all 5000+ posts individually.

yes, i think that's right. that's what i meant when i said it would be really difficult.

[nrapallo]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Actually, you can't see a list by the number of downloads, can you? Only by the number of times the posts have been opened. To see the number of downloads, you'd have to open all 5000+ posts individually.

OK request withdrawn, unless the moderators have access to this info and can produce a listing!

[vivaldirules]

In case you're curious, we've averaged over 15 new ebooks per day at MobileRead since last fall. That compares with about 100 new ebooks per day at Sony and about 190 at Amazon for the Kindle. But ours are FREE (and legal) and hand-made by volunteers. Just in case you're curious.

[DixieGal]

I'm getting my nerve up to try to do one. It's sort of intimidating.

[vivaldirules]

Relax, DixieGal. It's as easy or as hard as you want to make it. If you download a text from Gutenberg and just strip our the legaleze at the beginning and end, it can take as little as 5 minutes once you've set up the tool you want to use. If you add a nice Table of Contents or illustrations or fix some formatting issues, it can take longer. I've spent up to 8 hours on one but that's only because I had the time to spend and felt that it would be useful to do so and I rather enjoyed doing it, too. Usually, it's an hour or two for me. Don't do more than you want to because it's always possible to turn an effort into a chore that's unpleasant.

[vivaldirules]

Which are the most popular titles in our ebook section? I don't know but here are several that have been downloaded more than 400 times each. There may be others. There are very many that have been downloaded 100 times or more.

Downloads, Uploader, Title (format)
4359, Adam B., GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English (PRC)
2333, HarryT, Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Omnibus (LRF) - all 7 versions
819, HarryT, Charles Dickens' (who?) Oliver Twist (LRF) - all 6 versions
796, HarryT, Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Omnibus (PRC) - all 7 versions
766, HarryT, Charles Dickens' Bleak House (LRF) - all 6 versions
723, friendly, Shakespeare's Comedies (LRF)
670, Rwood, Harvard Classics Vol.22: Homer's Odyssey (LRF)
659, heathriel, Bible: King James Version (LRF)
656, HarryT, Dickens' Great Expectations (LRF) - all 8 versions
651, HarryT, Edgar Rice Burroughs' Complete Barsoom Series (LRF) - both versions
627, Rwood, Harvard Classics Vol.1: Franklin/Woolman/Penn (LRF)
611, JSWolf, H. P. Lovecraft's Collected Stories (LRF) - last 2 versions
531, HarryT, Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (LRF) - both versions
471, HarryT, H. Rider Haggard Anthology, Vol. 1 (LRF)
460, elf, Bible: World English Version (LRF)
456, jbenny, Webster's Dictionary (PRC)
438, Mmascaro, 2007 Calendar (LRF)
402, HarryT, Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar Series (LRF) - both versions

[Elsi]

Looking at the E-books forum topics sorted by date gives you some interesting insights.

1. the oldest topic threads (and presumably the earliest uploads) are these:
   • Calender 2007 for Sony Reader - LRF -MMascaro - 11-12-2006
   • Bible: World English Version - LRF - elf - 11-17-2006
   • Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Complete Sherlock Holmes. - LRF - HarryT - 03-27-2007
2. there are 434 topic threads (therefore 434 books) containing Sony format books before the earliest MobiPocket books show up
3. the earliest MobiPocket thread is:
   • Harvard Classics, Volume 16: Stories from the 1001 Nights - PRC - RWood - 06-22-2007
4. the earliest IMP thread is:
   • Lie & Bos, Hakon and Bert:Cascading Style Sheets, level 1. - IMP - DaleDe - 09-04-2007
5. only 1375 of the 5306 threads are missing the genre attribute

I'm a family genealogist. I like personal and community history. I like archives. Much of what has happened at MobileRead occurred long before I arrived in January 2008. It would be interesting to have a thread that summarizes significant events/threads in the history of MobileRead with links where possible. And since significant is in the eyes of the beholder, here are some suggestions on topics I would search out:

• The very first post in the forum
• The very first file uploaded
• Introduction threads of people who have since assumed some leadership roles
• The first hijacked thread

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Elsi

Looking at the E-books forum topics sorted by date gives you some interesting insights.

1. the oldest topic threads (and presumably the earliest uploads) are these:
   • Calender 2007 for Sony Reader - LRF -MMascaro - 11-12-2006
   • Bible: World English Version - LRF - elf - 11-17-2006
   • Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur: Complete Sherlock Holmes. - LRF - HarryT - 03-27-2007
2. there are 434 topic threads (therefore 434 books) containing Sony format books before the earliest MobiPocket books show up
3. the earliest MobiPocket thread is:
   • Harvard Classics, Volume 16: Stories from the 1001 Nights - PRC - RWood - 06-22-2007
4. the earliest IMP thread is:
   • Lie & Bos, Hakon and Bert:Cascading Style Sheets, level 1. - IMP - DaleDe - 09-04-2007
5. only 1375 of the 5306 threads are missing the genre attribute

I'm a family genealogist. I like personal and community history. I like archives. Much of what has happened at MobileRead occurred long before I arrived in January 2008. It would be interesting to have a thread that summarizes significant events/threads in the history of MobileRead with links where possible. And since significant is in the eyes of the beholder, here are some suggestions on topics I would search out:

• The very first post in the forum
• The very first file uploaded
• Introduction threads of people who have since assumed some leadership roles
• The first hijacked thread

that could be a very interesting thread ! and i imagine it would interest novices as well as nostalgic veterans.

maybe you could start the thread, with whatever significant events you've discovered (the info on uploaded files is a good start, i think), and then people could add to it with other significant events. like the milestones thread, but for the site itself rather than individual members, and (somewhat, at least) retrospective.

[nrapallo]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

maybe you could start the thread, with whatever significant events you've discovered (the info on uploaded files is a good start, i think), and then people could add to it with other significant events. like the milestones thread, but for the site itself rather than individual members, and (somewhat, at least) retrospective.

Ooh I like where this is going! It would be a biography of mobileread.com (or is it an autobiography if the members here write it?).

A timeline of the site's milestones. I'm a relative new-comer (joined the day after zelda_pinwheel!) so I would only have insights into the past 6 months or so.

As one thread this can get unwieldy. To do this in chronological order would be impossible, so I would propose a discussion/thoughts thread and then the actual biography write-up in ebook format or a new thread that could be edited to ensure it remained linear.

Any volunteers? long-time members? moderators?

EDIT: No wait! Stop the presses! This is great stuff for a community-contributed MR wiki entry. Who's that wiki-guy again .... oh yeah, Dale, any suggestions?

SUGGESTION: This wiki MobileRead has already been started and has a History section! It is seriously lacking, though!