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

Another week, another steady stream of e-book goodness here on MobileRead. Our authentic roundup of what's been going on:

E-Book General - Reading Recommendations

• Time Period Nominations & Vote • May 2017

12:46 AM by sun surfer in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs

Help us select what the MR Literary Club will read in May 2017!

The category for this month is:

Time Period
BCE-1500, as chosen by vote

We will begin with a one-day vote to determine the time period. As soon as the time period is determined nominations will commence. Nominations can be set in and published in any time period, but they should be written during that time period.

The time period vote will close exactly one day from this post; even if the final tally doesn't occur immediately after voting closes, no votes made after that time will count.

Time period votes will be made by post. You will have a number of votes to cast equal to the number of time periods minus one - i.e. TWO. You may give each time period one or two (or no) votes. You may vote all at once in one post or vote in separate posts at different times, so long as you have more votes remaining to cast. You may use any number of your possible votes up to the maximum. Any extraneous votes per person (past their maximum or more than two for one nominee) won't count. Votes cannot be changed once they are cast.

Once voting is complete, the count will be tallied and a winner declared. If there is a tie, first listed wins by default (i.e. the oldest).

Notes:

-The period of 2001-Present is its own category (Contemporary) and therefore not eligible for the Time Period poll.

Once the time period is determined:

-Nominations will run for three days.-

You may offer up to two nominations. All nominees (so long as they are within the category) will move forward to the vote with no need for support from others.

Once nominations are complete, voting will begin and also occur in this thread.

-Voting will then run for four days.-

I will make a post in this thread to open voting. The vote will close exactly four days from that post; even if the final tally doesn't occur immediately after voting closes, no votes made after that time will count.

Votes will be made by post. You will have a number of votes to cast equal to the number of nominees minus one, which will be specified when the vote begins. You may give each nominee one or two (or no) votes. You may vote all at once in one post or vote in separate posts at different times, so long as you have more votes remaining to cast. You may use any number of your possible votes up to the maximum. Any extraneous votes per person (past their maximum or more than two for one nominee) won't count. Votes cannot be changed once they are cast.

Once voting is complete, the count will be tallied and a winner declared. In the event of a tie, there will be a one-day run-off vote, also in this thread. If the run-off also ends in a tie, then the tie will be resolved in favour of the selection that was nominated first.

We hope that you will read the selection with the club and join in the discussion.

What is literature for the purposes of this club? A superior work of lasting merit that enriches the mind. Often it is important, challenging, critically acclaimed. It may be from ancient times to today; it may be from anywhere in the world; it may be obscure or famous, short or long; it may be a story, a novel, a play, a poem, an essay or another written form. If you are unsure if a work would be considered literature, just ask!

The floor is now open!

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Time period voting is closed. Final results:

• BCE-1500
  Votes- 4
• 1501-1800
  Votes- 4
• 1941-1960
  Votes- 3

Nominations are closed. Voting is closed. Final results-

• Epic of Gilgamesh, circa BCE 2700-1400
  Post / Goodreads / 175 Pages / Votes- 3

• Odyssey by Homer, circa BCE 800-600
  Post / Goodreads / 471 Pages / Votes- 1

• The Golden Ass by Apuleius, circa 150-170
  Post / Goodreads / 291 Pages / Votes- 3

• Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, 161-180
  Post / Goodreads / 191 Pages / Votes- 5

• Daphnis and Chloe by Longus, circa 100-200
  Post / Goodreads / 134 Pages / Votes- 5

• Agamemnon by Aeschylus, BCE 458
  Post / Goodreads / 111 Pages / Votes- 1

• One Thousand and One Nights, circa 800-1500
  Post / Goodreads / 599 Pages / Votes- 7

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

Here it is again, our weekly roundup! Enjoy!

E-Book General - Reading Recommendations

• May 2017 Book Club Nominations

12:01 AM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs

Help us select the book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for May, 2017.

The nominations will run through midnight EST April 26 or until 10 books have made the list. The poll will then be posted and will remain open for five days.

The book selection category for May is: Science Fiction.

For a book to be included in the poll it needs THREE NOMINATIONS (original nomination, a second and a third).

How Does This Work?

The Mobile Read Book Club (MRBC) is an informal club that requires nothing of you. Each month a book is selected by polling. On the last week of that month a discussion thread is started for the book. If you want to participate feel free. There is no need to "join" or sign up. All are welcome.

How Does a Book Get Selected?

Each book that is nominated will be listed in a poll at the end of the nomination period. The book that polls the most votes will be the official selection.

How Many Nominations Can I Make?

Each participant has 3 nominations. You can nominate a new book for consideration or nominate (second, third) one that has already been nominated by another person.

How Do I Nominate a Book?

Please just post a message with your nomination. If you are the FIRST to nominate a book, please try to provide an abstract to the book so others may consider their level of interest.

How Do I Know What Has Been Nominated?

Just follow the thread. This message will be updated with the status of the nominations as often as I can. If one is missed, please just post a message with a multi-quote of the 3 nominations and it will be added to the list ASAP.

When is the Poll?

The poll thread will open at the end of the nomination period, or once there have been 10 books with 3 nominations each. At that time a link to the initial poll thread will be posted here and this thread will be closed.

The floor is open to nominations. Please comment if you discover a nomination is not available as an ebook in your area.

Official choices with three nominations each:

(1) In Times Like These: A Time Travel Adventure by Nathan van Coops
Goodreads | Amazon US / Barnes & Noble / Kobo US
Print Length: 384 pages

(2) Balance of Trade (Liaden Universe #3) by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Goodreads | Amazon US / Audible / Baen
Print Length:464 pages

(3) Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Goodreads | Wikipedia
Print Length: 145 pages

(4) The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency #1) by John Scalzi
Goodreads | Overdrive
Print Length: 334 pages

(5) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Goodreads
Print Length: 194 pages

(6) Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick
Goodreads
Print Length: 306 pages

Nominations are now closed.

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

Missed some of our big stories this week? Time to catch up:

E-Book General - News

• Rakuten Kobo acquires Shelfie

E-Book General - Reading Recommendations

• bfisher Vote • April 2017

04:04 AM by MGlitch in E-Book General | News

http://m.news.kobo.com/press/release...fie-technology

Nice to see Shelfie get a new home at Kobo. Also looking forward to the integration of their services with Kobo

09:36 PM by sun surfer in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs

Help us select what the MR Literary Club will read in April 2017!

The options this month are courtesy of our rotating nominator, bfisher.

Voting will run for four days. The vote will close exactly four days from this post; even if the final tally doesn't occur immediately after voting closes, no votes made after that time will count.

Votes will be made by post. Each person has SIX votes to use.

You may give each nominee one or two (or no) votes. You may vote all at once in one post or vote in separate posts at different times, so long as you have more votes remaining to cast. You may use any number of your possible votes up to the maximum. Any extraneous votes per person (past their maximum or more than two for one nominee) won't count. Votes cannot be changed once they are cast.

The rotating nominator may not vote. Once voting is complete, the count will be tallied and a winner declared. In the event of a tie, there will be a one-day run-off vote, also in this thread. If the run-off also ends in a tie, then the tie will be resolved by the nominator.

We hope that you will read the selection with the club and join in the discussion.

The floor is now open!

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Voting is closed. Final results-

• Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
  Post / Goodreads / 213 Pages / Votes- 4

• The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
  Post / Goodreads / 300 Pages / Votes- 7

• Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
  Post / Goodreads / 236 Pages / Votes- 5

• In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
  Post / Goodreads / 254 Pages / Votes- 1

• Burmese Days by George Orwell
  Post / Goodreads / 291 Pages / Votes- 9

• And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyne Saucier
  Post / Goodreads / 166 Pages / Votes- 5

• The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth
  Post / Goodreads / 344 Pages / Votes- 7

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

Feast your eyes on some of the discussions from this week at MobileRead...

E-Book General - Reading Recommendations

• April 2017 Book Club Nominations