06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

There's been a whole heck of a lot of stuff happening this week. Purvey the below for your pleasure.

E-Book General - News

• Mobile Winter Contest Closes on Monday 7th January

12:53 PM by pdurrant in E-Book General | News

Today, Saturday 5th January, the last episode in MobileRead's Winter Contest was posted.

Members now have two days to read or re-read the murder mystery story by Agatha Chicken, and work out who was responsible for the deaths of so many of the moderating team.

For full details, see the Announcement and episodes thread.

The following prizes are up for grabs:

• Three (3) Amazon Paperwhite
  Valued at USD 139. This is the WiFi edition and without "Special Offers".
  
• Three (3) Kobo Glo
  Valued at USD 129.99. Prize provided by Kobo.
  
• Two (2) Onyx Boox i62HD
  Valued at EUR 169. Prize provided by eReader-Store.
  
• One (1) Onyx Boox M92 Black
  Valued at EUR 349. Prize provided by eReader-Store.
  
• One (1) PocketBook Touch
  Valued at EUR 139. Prize provided by PocketBook.
  
• Three (3) WaterField Kindle Paperwhite Slip Cases
  Valued at USD 27. Prize provided by WaterField Designs.

06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

Just in case you've missed anything, here is the list of our frontpage news this week.

E-Book General - General Discussions

• A Further Word about the Prizes

11:21 AM by WT Sharpe in E-Book General | General Discussions

Here's some more information (see the first reply to this thread) about those wonderful prizes we'll be giving away in a few days. It's still not too late! The deadline to send us the solution is January 7th 2013, at 11:59 PM EST (see this thread for details).

06:09 AM by Nyssa in E-Book General | Reading Recommendations

Welcome to the 2013 Reading Challenge List Thread

This thread is for you to keep a running tally for your chosen challenge.
I would request that you please state your goals at the top of your post (i.e. in the title line), and then start your list in the body of your post.

[Please Remember: No discussion posts in this thread. Please use the other thread for that. Non-List posts will be deleted or moved to the other thread]

Post #2 will be dedicated to a Table of Contents for all participants in this thread.
Names will be added, to this TOC, in alphabetical order with a link to that individual’s post number from this thread.

Discussions & Ideas can be found here: 2013 Annual Reading Challenge Discussion Thread

To Discuss a particular book please participate in the Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading? thread and share your thoughts about the book with others.

06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

It's time again for our roundup on all the stuff we posted on our frontpage this past week.

Miscellaneous - Announcements

• Coming to MobileRead VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY Soon!
• MobileRead Winter Contest - A Mystery and many E-Book Readers!

01:06 PM by pdurrant in Miscellaneous | Announcements

Announcing MobileRead's Winter† Murder Mystery Extravaganza!

MobileRead is proud to announce a Twelve Days of Christmas Murder Mystery.

[EDIT: The contest is now over. If you would like to read the story (with solution!), an ebook of all the episides and some extras is available in the Patricia Clark Memorial Library in Kindle/Mobi and ePub formats.]]

Have the MobileRead moderators been naughty or nice?
What will Santa bring them in their stockings this year?
The moderators are all getting together on Christmas Eve for a celebration.
But it seems that one moderator is being very naughty indeed.....

Who's behind the dastardly deeds?
Who will still be standing when the dust settles?
Will your favourite moderator live to to see 2013?

Follow along here with a new episode every Day of Christmas.

The following prizes are up for grabs:

• Three (3) Amazon Paperwhite
  Valued at USD 139. This is the WiFi edition and without "Special Offers".
  
• Three (3) Kobo Glo
  Valued at USD 129.99. Prize provided by Kobo.
  
• Two (2) Onyx Boox i62HD
  Valued at EUR 169. Prize provided by eReader-Store.
  
• One (1) Onyx Boox M92 Black
  Valued at EUR 349. Prize provided by eReader-Store.
  
• One (1) PocketBook Touch
  Valued at EUR 139. Prize provided by PocketBook.
  
• Three (3) WaterField Kindle Paperwhite Slip Cases
  Valued at USD 27. Prize provided by WaterField Designs.

How it works

Super Star Crime Writer Agatha Chicken will post one episode in this thread for each of the Twelve Days of Christmas.

Read the episodes as they appear over the twelve days of Christmas.
Match your wits with Agatha Chicken's world-famous detective Hercule Poulet as you try to determine which one of the moderators is the fiendish devil behind it all.

If you follow the story attentively until the last episode, you might be able to identify the murderer. Discover the murderer's name and email it to us at wintercontest@mobileread.com before the end of Monday, January 7th 2013 to be in with a chance of winning. Make sure you include your MobileRead username in your entry.

Those entries with the correct name will be entered in a random drawing for one of the thirteen fabulous prizes listed above.

As this thread will be for the story only, we started a separate discussion thread.

Please go there to post comments, theories, questions etc. on the contest. Thank you!

Down to the details:

• You may enter only once.
• The contest begins today, December 25th 2012, and ends on January 7th 2013, at 11:59 PM EST.
• Deadline to send us the solution (name of the murderer) is January 7th 2013, at 11:59 PM EST.
• You must send the solution including your MobileRead username to wintercontest@mobileread.com. Submissions to other mail addresses, and submissions by private message or visitor message can not be considered.
• From the eligible entries, the winners will be randomly drawn for prizes consisting of 10 e-reader devices and 3 e-book reader cases.
• If you are chosen, you will be notified via private message. Winners must respond within four days after being notified. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
• General rules can be found here.

Big kudos goes to...

We're hugely thankful to the fine folks from eReader-Store, Kobo, PocketBook and WaterField Designs for providing the prizes. You're great!

Good luck everyone and have fun!

(As usual, if you like us, love us, tweet about us, or mention us on Facebook - it's always much appreciated!!)

† Summer Murder Mystery for those of you in the Southern Hemisphere.

MobileRead team members are not eligible to participate.

11:19 AM by WT Sharpe in Miscellaneous | Announcements

Life seem a little dull now?

Looking for new challenges?

Itching for an escape from the visiting relatives?

Still no NHL games to view?

Well ..... we've got just what you're looking for!
[Even if you didn't know you were looking for anything!]

But we can't tell you what it is ..... yet .... because ....

Spoiler:

IT'S A MYSTERY!

Sharpen up those brain cells! Put down that egg nog! Get ready to solve the year's most baffling puzzle! And win stuff! Really neat stuff!

Stay tuned to this channel for the arrival of ..............