Sat April 23 2011
MobileRead Week in Review: 04/16 - 04/23
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07:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review It was the week that was. Here's what MobileRead's been talking about since last Sunday: E-Book General - News E-Book General - General Discussions E-Book General - Reading Recommendations |
Fri April 22 2011
May 2011 Mobile Read Book Club Vote
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12:08 PM by pilotbob in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs
As usual I will not vote unless the poll ends in a tie. Select from the following books. 1984 by George Orwell [siraks, Pablo, voodooblues] Spoiler:
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde [arkietech, Nyssa, caleb72] Spoiler:
Call of the Wild by Jack London [voodooblues, John F, edbro] Spoiler:
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy [DixieGal, beppe, jkeene] Spoiler:
Joan of Arc (The full tiltle is Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc) by Mark Twain [Ron., DixieGal, issybird] Spoiler:
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells [JSWolf, Nyssa, siraks] Spoiler:
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (warning it's pretty long) [AnemicOak, obs20, Piper_] Spoiler:
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey [GA Russell, DixieGal, JSWolf] Spoiler:
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton [AnemicOak, DixieGal, lila55] Spoiler:
The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith [Ea, beppe, lila55] Spoiler:
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Wed April 20 2011
Amazon to launch Library Lending
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12:55 PM by Loosheesh in E-Book General | News "Customers will be able to borrow Kindle books from over 11,000 local libraries to read on Kindle and free Kindle reading apps, Whispersyncing of notes, highlights and last page read to work for Kindle library books..." Click for more: Amazon to Launch Library Lending for Kindle Books |
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May 2011 Book Club Nominations
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10:39 AM by pilotbob in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs
The nominations will run through April 28 or until 10 books have made the list. Book selection category for May per the "official" club opening thread is: May 2011
How Does This Work? How Does a Book Get Selected? How Many Nominations Can I Make? How Do I Nominate a Book? How Do I Know What Has Been Nominated? When is the Poll? The floor is open to nominations. There are now 10 fully nominated books - nominations closed. Official choices each with three nominations: 1984 by George Orwell [siraks, Pablo, voodooblues] Spoiler:
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde [arkietech, Nyssa, caleb72] Spoiler:
Call of the Wild by Jack London [voodooblues, John F, edbro] Spoiler:
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy [DixieGal, beppe, jkeene] Spoiler:
Joan of Arc (The full tiltle is Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc) by Mark Twain [Ron., DixieGal, issybird] Spoiler:
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells [JSWolf, Nyssa, siraks] Spoiler:
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (warning it's pretty long) [AnemicOak, obs20, Piper_] Spoiler:
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey [GA Russell, DixieGal, JSWolf] Spoiler:
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton [AnemicOak, DixieGal, lila55] Spoiler:
The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith [Ea, beppe, lila55] Spoiler:
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Discussion: Hal Spacejock 01 (spoilers)
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10:35 AM by pilotbob in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs Mobile Read Book Club April Discussion. Hey space cadets. Strap on your ship and blast off into the thread. Wait, don't probe me navcom! Did you love this book? Hate it? Did you laugh out loud? BOb |
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Sun April 17 2011
The MobileRead wiki is now 5 years old
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10:22 PM by DaleDe in E-Book General | General Discussions
This year we have broadened the scope of the wiki to appeal to the influx of new tablet and eReading devices. There is now info on video capabilities for example and several comparison tables. Many new devices have been added and if you don't see yours please add it yourself. I would like to focus a bit on the multi-language feature. We don't have very good support of multi-languages but they are very popular with users. It would be nice to have a few more pages. We have 4 German pages in the top 100 and the top one has 81,888 views. It contains all of the German language eBooks posted here at MobileRead in a sortable table taking care of a deficiency in our current database. It was a lot of work to build and maintain. I am sure there are 81 thousand happy users. We only have a total of 13 information pages in German. We have 2 French pages in the top 100 and the top up has 33,578 views. Lots of interest but we only have 9 information pages in French. We have 1 Spanish page in the top 100 with 26,734 views. We only have a total of 2 information pages. We also have 2 Russian pages and one Dutch. Help your fellow citizens who's language skills are not as good as your own. Dale |
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Sat April 02 2011
MobileRead Week in Review: 03/26 - 04/02
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07:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Once again, our weekly roundup of highlights from the past seven days of MobileRead: E-Book General - News |
Tue March 29 2011
A Sad Announcement - RWood
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07:13 PM by Bob Russell in E-Book General | News It is with heavy hearts that we bring to you the news of the passing of another member of our MobileRead family. Much esteemed and respected Member and Moderator RWood died recently at the age of 60. He is survived by his best friend and beloved wife Janet, who shared over 30 years of marriage with him. He often spoke of what a joy and a strength Janet was to him. Wood (which is the name he went by) is known for his herculean work on the complete and hand-formatted "Harvard Classics" series of ebooks in our own library. More notably, Wood was even more known for his gentle, upbeat and encouraging manner within this community. He has been a pillar of strength for MobileRead at large, and to the moderation team. His absence has already been noted and felt amongst us. His death leaves a emptiness that will be long felt. In his early years, Wood moved a lot due to his father's career. His father was a pioneer in the computer industry, and worked on mainframes for some of the top names such as IBM, Burroughs, Honeywell. Following in his footsteps, Wood was quite accomplished and experienced after an impressive history of computer systems work. He was well-educated, including MA and MBA degrees from Harvard Business School. Most recently, he had been the Managing Director of a consulting firm and has acted as the program manager for a number of significant government programs. Wood’s hobbies included stamp collecting and watching old TV shows and movies. He enjoyed his pet rabbits, including some who were potty trained and one that was not happy when he left, and would try to pee on his shirts whenever he was going out of town. And, of course, he found joy in his work preparing the Harvard Classics books that now remain as part of his legacy. In lieu of flowers or family gifts, please send donations to the American Red Cross. Wood has worked as a consultant there (for example, supervising a program to maintain the integrity of donated blood), and he was very proud of the work done by that organization. |
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