Wed April 27 2016
May 2016 Book Club Vote |
12:04 AM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs May 2016 MobileRead Book Club Vote Help us choose a book as the May 2016 eBook for the MobileRead Book Club. The poll will be open for 5 days. There will be no runoff vote unless the voting results a tie, in which case there will be a 3 day run-off poll. This is a visible poll: others can see how you voted. It is You may cast a vote for each book that appeals to you. We will start the discussion thread for this book on May 20th. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: • The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein Spoiler:
• 1632 by Eric Flint Spoiler:
• The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov Spoiler:
• The Giver by Lois Lowry Spoiler:
• The Door Into Summer by Robert A Heinlein Spoiler:
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Spoiler:
• The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Spoiler:
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Sat April 23 2016
MobileRead Week in Review: 04/16 - 04/23 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review We know, you're busy. You'd like nothing more than to keep up with the witty kids at MobileRead live and in real-time but, it's tough. We understand. Here is our weekly round-up: E-Book General - News E-Book General - Reading Recommendations Miscellaneous - Announcements |
Fri April 22 2016
Supreme Court won’t hear case against Google Books |
03:16 AM by avantman42 in E-Book General | News This has been rumbling on for as long as I can remember, but it appears to be finally at an end: http://thehill.com/policy/technology...t-google-books
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Wed April 20 2016
May 2016 Book Club Nominations |
12:03 AM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs Help us select the book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for May, 2016. 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. In order for a book to be included in the poll it needs THREE NOMINATIONS (original nomination, a second and a third). 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. Please comment if you discover a nomination is not available as an ebook in your area.
(1) The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein Spoiler:
(2) 1632 by Eric Flint Spoiler:
(3) The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov Spoiler:
(4) The Giver by Lois Lowry Spoiler:
(5) A Door Into Summer by Robert A Heinlein Spoiler:
(6) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Spoiler:
(7) The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Spoiler:
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Tue April 19 2016
MobileRead wiki turns 10 years old |
01:25 PM by DaleDe in Miscellaneous | Announcements The MobileRead wiki turns 10 years old this month. Our wiki is designed to supplement the forum and answer your questions about eBook Reader and eBook reading. You can read all about our wiki at Wiki Statistics. It has 1521 pages of information available for your use. Thanks to everyone who helped and continues to help make the wiki what it is today. Note that anyone can add pages or edit pages in our wiki. Check it out! There have been over 35 million page views. DaleDe |
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Sat April 16 2016
MobileRead Week in Review: 04/09 - 04/16 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Gosh we've talked a lot this week. Here's your weekly round up of MobileRead's events. E-Book General - News |
Wed April 13 2016
Amazon announces Kindle Oasis |
09:05 AM by pdurrant in E-Book General | News The press embargo is over! And it's a high price for the new Kindle - US$289.99/€289.99/£269.99/CA$399.99 Amazon press release:
Battery life given as 8 weeks (1/2 hour a day, light 10, wireless off). Voyage battery life is given as 6 weeks under the same conditions. Battery life of the Oasis without the case is given as two weeks. Capacities: 250 mAh for internal battery, 1290 mAh for cover battery.
Reviews and comments from The Verge, Fortune, CNBC Amazon US link Quick Start Guide pdf: Kindle Oasis User's Guide pdf: (the document name says WHISKEY !!!!) https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/c...de+-+en_US.pdf Note that the US price is "with special offers", the other prices are without special offers, which in the US is $20 more - $309.99. At today's exchange rates, $309.99 is €274.66, £218.16 and CA$396.82 So UK price (adding 20% VAT) and the Canadian price are about the same as the US price. The Euro price is a lot cheaper! |
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