04:56 PM by Nate the great in Miscellaneous | Announcements

It is my pleasure to announce that members of MobileRead have now uploaded a total of 14,000 ebooks.

We shall celebrate in the manner of my people. Bring forth the finest cheese puffs and potato chips in the land. From my special reserve, I give you my best barrel of root beer. Eat, drink, and be merry! Let the games commence! A prize to the first to slay the grue!

A few key dates to put things in perspective :

• March 3, 2009: 10,000 uploads
• December 10, 2008: 7,000 uploads
• May 16, 2008: 5,000 uploads
• Feb 19, 2008: 4,000 uploads
• Jan 08, 2008: 3,000 uploads
• Nov 02, 2007: 2,000 uploads
• Sep 04, 2007: 1,000 uploads
• Mar 27, 2007: First upload

06:53 PM by Nate the great in E-Book General | News

There is an interesting article on Wired.com:

OLED displays are not just for consumer electronics. With a dash of creativity, they can be modeled into a nice dress. English fashion designer Gareth Pugh put together an outfit made of flexible OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) displays. OLEDs are gaining popularity because they are more energy efficient than traditional LED screens.

U.K. based company PolyPhotonix made the OLED display used in the dress that was shown earlier this week at a conference to promote plastic electronics. Plastic electronics technology allows circuits to be printed onto any surface and over large areas and is seen as a a low-cost alternative to conventional silicon-based electronics.

from:
Wired via Teleread

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I can't wait for this to be practical technology. "No, ma'am, I wasn't staring at your cleavage. I was reading your dress."

04:50 PM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Announcements

Many of you've requested this and my apologies for taking so long: the ability to ignore selected threads from showing on your forum listings as well as from searches. We wanted to make sure to implement it in such a way that it scales well without causing potential server hiccups. That's often more difficult than it sounds.

Why would you want to ignore a thread? Perhaps because it deals with a kind of discussion you don't feel very comfortable with. Or, because it's a kind of thread that always shows up on your screen again - maybe it's a very active one that gets constantly bumped - despite the fact that you aren't really interested in it.

To ignore a thread, use the "Thread Tools" menu as depicted in the screenshot.

And as you can always ignore threads, you can also selectively "unignore" them again, using your User Control Panel.

One caveat: In a forum, when a post is being made in thread that is on your ignore list, the forum icon could indicate that there's a new, unread post, but obviously you won't see it. This is not really a biggie, but I thought to let you know. We may look into this sometime later.

Feedback always appreciated!

01:52 PM by zelda_pinwheel in Miscellaneous | Announcements

Well, the ebook world has been jumping lately with all kinds of exciting news ! So it's the perfect time to get together and discuss it all in person over a nice glass of hot wine to fight off the winter chill ! Come join us this saturday for an evening of lively discussion and good food (and hot wine. or christmas beer. or hot chocolate. or your drink of choice), and special bonus, the return of the prodigal Alfy. Please leave a note here to let us know you are coming !

Here are all the details. /!\ PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION !

When : Saturday, 19 December starting at 6pm

Where : bar La Sardine, place Ste. Marthe (room behind the bar)

google map

more infos

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Hé ben, ça bouge dans tous les sens ces temps-ci dans le monde des ebooks ! C'est donc le moment idéal pour se retrouver et discuter de tout ça en personne, avec un 'tit vin chaud (ou thé, ou chocolat, ou Leffe de Noël...) pour chasser le froid hivernal ! Retrouvez-nous ce samedi pour une soirée comme on sait les faire ; des discussions passionnantes, des boissons chaudes (ou froides, pour les réchauffés), de la bonne cuisine, et en prime, le retour de l'Alfy prodigue !

Merci de nous confirmer votre présence ici.

Voici tous les détails. /!\ ATTENTION, CHANGEMENT DE LIEU !

Quand : samedi le 19 décembre, à partir de 18h
Où : salle du fond au bar La Sardine, place Ste. Marthe,

plan google

plus d'infos

08:52 PM by Nate the great in E-Book General | News

There's an interesting article in today's NYTimes on this topic. From the article:

On Friday, Markus Dohle, chief executive of Random House, sent a letter to dozens of literary agents, writing that the company’s older agreements gave it “the exclusive right to publish in electronic book publishing formats.”

Backlist titles, which continue to be reprinted long after their initial release, are crucial to publishing houses because of their promise of lucrative revenue year after year. But authors and agents are particularly concerned that traditional publishers are not offering sufficient royalties on e-book editions, which they point out are cheaper for publishers to produce. Some are considering taking their digital rights elsewhere, which could deal a financial blow to the hobbled publishing industry.

from:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/bu...er=rss&emc=rss

11:46 AM by pilotbob in E-Book General | News

Jim Chapman, Mobileread member and programmer extraordinaire has released version 1.0 of Freda.

Freda is eBook reader software for Windows Mobile devices. It displays DRM free ePub and well as HTML and Txt ebook formats.

From Jim's announcement:

It's here: version 1.0 of Freda is now released.

Main new features:

• CSS Style sheets are recognised, with some limitations
• Controls/gestures can be customised
• Line spacing, indent and justification can be customised
• ... and a bunch of other features and fixes

See the freda home page for more details, and for alternative download locations.

Ongoing discussion about Freda with Jim and other members can be found here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61539

08:29 AM by AprilHare in Miscellaneous | Lounge

Just had to share this

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 and Commentary

• FBReader 0.12.0 released
• Epub coming to the Sony Store on 11 December
• Foxit Opens the eSlick Ebook Store
• Simon & Schuster is delaying ebooks by four months
• PRS-900 manual is online
• Cool-er 3G ebook reader announced by Interread
• Txtr iPhone app - Adobe DRM, over the air downloads, and more
• HarperCollins joins S&S, Hatchette plan to encourage piracy
• Sungale Cyberus review
• Pixel Qi will be at CES in January
• "E-book access not so equal" from the Daily Illini
• Rumor: Asus Eee Pad
• Aiptek Ebook reader
• New firmware for the PRS 505 - Sudoku, clock, and more
• Kobo: Is Shortcovers launching their own e-reader?

E-Book General - Deals, Freebies, and Resources

• Fictionwise: eSlick Reader for $259 with $100 for eBooks

E-Book Software - OpenInkpot

• OpenInkpot 0.2