06:54 PM by poohbear_nc in Miscellaneous | Announcements

MobileRead, in its untiring efforts to bring you less spam and faster punishments, has added a new face, errrr ..., a new rodent .... to our Moderation Team! Please join us in welcoming pdurrant to the Green Team! Paul has been around the forums quite a while, and many of you have already met him in various threads. We think he will be a great addition to the team, and we encourage all of you to overwhelm him with unanswerable questions welcome him to his new thankless place in our community!

[memo to self: remove the mouse traps from the Moderators Locker Room]
[*SNAP*]
[Errrr .... anyone got a new mouse?]

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

Been so busy reading e-books that you haven't had time to keep up on the week's news? Here's some of what you've been missing:

E-Book General - News

• Steve Jobs has died

Miscellaneous - Announcements

• New Kindle Fire Forum Section
• New Nook Color Forum Section

08:08 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.

11:31 AM 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

12:01 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

06:00 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

12:18 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

08:33 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.