09:08 AM by Daithi in E-Book General | News

The news is now reporting that Steve Jobs has died.

Sad news. Condolences to his family and friends.

12:31 PM by pilotbob in Miscellaneous | Announcements

Well, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. We have added a new forum section for the Nook Color as a subsection to the Barnes & Noble NOOK section.

Recent updates to this device have graduated it from a simple eReader to a general purpose Android tablet. Since this device is now quite different in features and usage from the eInk devices it now warrants its own separate section rather than only having a pre-fix.

All of the threads with the "Color" prefix have been moved to the new Nook Color section and the "Color" prefix has been dropped from availability in the parent forum.

If you find any other Nook Color specific threads you think should be in this section, please "report" the thread and ask us to move it.

Enjoy the discussions... and make sure to Color in the lines, or not.

Mobileread Moderation Team

01:01 PM by pilotbob in Miscellaneous | Announcements

We have added a new forum section for the Kindle Fire as a subsection to the Kindle section. Since this device is quite different in features and usage from the eInk Kindle devices it warranted it's own separate section rather than only having a pre-fix.

We discussed whether this should be in the Android section or the Kindle section and decided it was more an Amazon device than an Android device and most people would look for information in that area.

If you find any Kindle Fire specific threads you think should be in this section, please "report" the thread and ask us to move it.

Enjoy the discussions... and don't get burned.

Mobileread Moderation Team

07:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

Is it really Sunday again? Hoorah! Time to dig in to another digest of MobileRead delectables

E-Book General - News

• Amazon Announces 4 New Kindle devices...

Miscellaneous - Announcements

• New feature: Hide voting results until poll is closed

01:18 PM by pilotbob in E-Book General | News

Not only were the rumors true about the Kindle tablet release with the name Kindle Fire but 3 new unexpected eInk devices sans keyboard and 2 of them adding touch screens are up for pre-order at amazon right now:

http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Touch-W...pf_rd_i=507846

Kindle $79 (kso price)
A 6 inch eInk device with no keyboard or touch screen.

Kindle Touch $99 (kso price)
A 6 inch eInk device with no keyboard and even less buttons than the above model.

Kindle Touch 3G $149 (kso price)
...same as the Kindle Touch but with 3G wireless support in addition to the WiFi.

Kindle Fire $199
Full Color 7" Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi. This one has an LCD screen and Amazon enhanced Andriod OS. Look like no 3G on this model.

The previous Kindle 3 models now look to be called the Kindle Keyboard and Kindle Keyboard 3G.

The prices listed above are for the "special offer" models. The non-special order models are an extra $30 for the base Kindle and $40 for the Touch models.

The devices will be shipped in November. I hope they made millions of these. A $79 Kindle is going to sell like crazy.

Discuss!

BOb

09:33 AM by Smashwords in E-Book General | General Discussions

Most of us utilize multiple methods of ebook discovery. If you had to choose a single method you rely upon the most, what is it?

Answer the poll, then please elaborate in you comments.

04:05 PM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Announcements

Sometimes it may be useful to prevent voting results from showing while a poll is in progress. For instance, when you run a contest and you want to avoid any influence on judgement.

So here is how it works:

The new feature is available when you create a new thread with a poll, or (you may have to ask a team member to do that for you) when you modify an existing poll. At the bottom of the poll setup page, there is an option to "Hide results", which can be switched on/off. When it's switched on, the results will be available for public viewing only after the poll has been closed or has expired. Note that the poll starter as well as team member can always access the voting results.

See screenshots for a visual guide.

07:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review

If you've been a bit too busy to keep up, here are a few of our favorite stories from the past week.

E-Book General - News

• Kindle Library Loans Goes Live Today, 21 Sep 2011

E-Book General - Reading Recommendations

• October 2011 Book Club Nominations
• October 2011 Mobile Read Book Club Vote