4,000 e-book uploads? Yup, 4,000 uploads!

Alexander Turcic · 02-19-2008, 11:12 AM

We can scarcely believe it ourselves, but this week we've past the 4,000 uploads mark in our e-book section! Big thanks to everyone out there who has been involved in the project and who has been so meticulously converting, formatting and sharing with us some of the most outstanding literary works of human history.

My utmost respect!

Feb 19, 2008: 4,000 uploads
Jan 08, 2008: 3,000 uploads
Nov 02, 2007: 2,000 uploads
Sep 04, 2007: 1,000 uploads

TadW · 02-19-2008, 01:03 PM

Another great milesone! Thank you! Thank you!

badgoodDeb · 02-19-2008, 05:07 PM

I want to reiterate the THANK YOU!!! for those who upload books here. So far, I'm only a "taker" and I *greatly* appreciate having so many books to choose from!!!

vivaldirules · 02-19-2008, 05:28 PM

Move over Sony and Amazon! Okay, not quite yet. But see the attached plot of total MR uploads over time since the first was posted on Nov. 12, 2006. Thank you all. I note that our five stars (Patricia, RWood, Madam Broshkina, HarryT, and Dr. Drib) are personally responsible for 3085 of them (over 76%).

Ervserver · 02-19-2008, 07:04 PM

a great library, thanks to all those who made it possible

allen.gotwald · 02-19-2008, 08:41 PM

This website is a treasure. The best ebook website on the net for 505 friendly bbeb format books and general info. Biggest fear? As ebooks become more popular the site will become gargantuan and lose the personal flavor I enjoy. There's a reason you've grown from 1k books to 4k books in a few months...demand! Consider by June you'll likely pass 8k and become THE definitive e-reader site for books.

DaleDe · 02-20-2008, 12:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allen.gotwald

This website is a treasure. The best ebook website on the net for 505 friendly bbeb format books and general info. Biggest fear? As ebooks become more popular the site will become gargantuan and lose the personal flavor I enjoy. There's a reason you've grown from 1k books to 4k books in a few months...demand! Consider by June you'll likely pass 8k and become THE definitive e-reader site for books.

It is not demand but dedication that gets eBooks made. Appreciation helps. Its kind of like the movie where the guy built a baseball field and in so doing it caused people to come to play. Providing an outlet for eBook exchange of books that folks want to make for themselves is contagious.

Dale

HarryT · 02-20-2008, 03:46 AM

The best way for people to say "thank you" is to upload a few books themselves. It's easy and fun to do. There are a number of tutorials on this site which explain exactly how to do it. It would be nice to see books from more people than the handful who are contributing them at present.

Oh, Why Not? · 02-20-2008, 01:24 PM

I keep getting more impressed with this site. However, I'm starting to be a little frustrated with so many titles--I know what a good many of them are as far as caregory; but so many I don't.

Is it time to start thinking in terms of adding a column to the Downloads/Uploads the gives a category or categories? Maybe tags of some sort? Say, up to three per book: Science Fiction, Mystery. Literature, Classic, Greek.

I wouldn't know how this could be done, or even if anyone else thinks this is important. But--4K books, and just getting started. Wow.

lhdz12@sbcglobal · 02-20-2008, 04:13 PM

Thanks for everyone's hard work on the uploads....I would love to upload most of my books unfortunately they are converted .lit books to .lrf which are still in copyright...I have a lot of John Grisham and James Patterson books I would love to share....
is there anyway we could sardine all 4,000 books onto a 4 gb card.....just kidding...

vivaldirules · 02-20-2008, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oh, Why Not?

I keep getting more impressed with this site. However, I'm starting to be a little frustrated with so many titles--I know what a good many of them are as far as caregory; but so many I don't.

Around Christmas time, BenG created a terrific list of the ebooks by genre and posted it in this thread:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ighlight=genre
I don't know if this is being updated but it would at least tell you about the books available up to that time.

Oh, Why Not? · 02-20-2008, 05:15 PM

Thank you vivaldirules. As usual I miss the important stuff.

vivaldirules · 02-20-2008, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oh, Why Not?

Thank you vivaldirules. As usual I miss the important stuff.

No problem. It's easy to miss since I don't think it's an "official" feature yet and so isn't posted in any obvious spot. I had completely forgotten about it until you mentioned the subject.

Alexander Turcic · 02-21-2008, 04:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oh, Why Not?

Is it time to start thinking in terms of adding a column to the Downloads/Uploads the gives a category or categories? Maybe tags of some sort? Say, up to three per book: Science Fiction, Mystery. Literature, Classic, Greek.

It's planned.

Oh, Why Not? · 02-21-2008, 10:02 AM

Great!

02-19-2008, 11:12 AM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	4,000 e-book uploads? Yup, 4,000 uploads! We can scarcely believe it ourselves, but this week we've past the 4,000 uploads mark in our e-book section! Big thanks to everyone out there who has been involved in the project and who has been so meticulously converting, formatting and sharing with us some of the most outstanding literary works of human history. My utmost respect! Feb 19, 2008: 4,000 uploads Jan 08, 2008: 3,000 uploads Nov 02, 2007: 2,000 uploads Sep 04, 2007: 1,000 uploads

02-19-2008, 05:28 PM	#4
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Move over Sony and Amazon! Okay, not quite yet. But see the attached plot of total MR uploads over time since the first was posted on Nov. 12, 2006. Thank you all. I note that our five stars (Patricia, RWood, Madam Broshkina, HarryT, and Dr. Drib) are personally responsible for 3085 of them (over 76%). Attached Thumbnails

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Oh, Why Not? Groupie Posts: 176 Karma: 13065 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Galaxy Note 2; KindleFireHDX	I keep getting more impressed with this site. However, I'm starting to be a little frustrated with so many titles--I know what a good many of them are as far as caregory; but so many I don't. Is it time to start thinking in terms of adding a column to the Downloads/Uploads the gives a category or categories? Maybe tags of some sort? Say, up to three per book: Science Fiction, Mystery. Literature, Classic, Greek. I wouldn't know how this could be done, or even if anyone else thinks this is important. But--4K books, and just getting started. Wow.

02-20-2008, 04:13 PM	#10
lhdz12@sbcglobal Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Sony ebook 505	Thanks for everyone's hard work on the uploads....I would love to upload most of my books unfortunately they are converted .lit books to .lrf which are still in copyright...I have a lot of John Grisham and James Patterson books I would love to share.... is there anyway we could sardine all 4,000 books onto a 4 gb card.....just kidding...

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Oh, Why Not? Groupie Posts: 176 Karma: 13065 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Galaxy Note 2; KindleFireHDX	Thank you vivaldirules. As usual I miss the important stuff.

02-21-2008, 10:02 AM	#15
Oh, Why Not? Groupie Posts: 176 Karma: 13065 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Galaxy Note 2; KindleFireHDX	Great!

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