Fri March 04 2016
The Nook UK store is closing down |
04:12 AM by dfgdagsg in E-Book General | News Barnes & Noble are closing down the Nook UK store, and transferring customers to the Sainsbury's Digital Entertainment on Demand store, along with as many of their nook UK ebooks as possible. Nook UK customers should receive an email before the end of March telling them of the steps to take to transfer their account successfully. From 15th March nook UK will no longer sell ebooks in the UK. [original post] |
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Mon February 29 2016
Samhain Publishing is winding down and will close |
02:55 AM by Josieb1 in E-Book General | News I'm not sure where this post should go so mods please feel free to move it. Samhain Publishing has announced it is winding down its operations and will be closing. Apparently they will be having a 40% off sale on Monday. |
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Sat February 20 2016
MobileRead Week in Review: 02/13 - 02/20 |
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 E-Book General - Reading Recommendations |
March 2016 Book Club Nominations |
12:04 AM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs Help us select the book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for March, 2016. The nominations will run through midnight EST February 26 or until 10 books have made the list. The poll will then be posted and will remain open for five days. Book selection category for March is: Patricia Clarke Memorial Library. 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.
(X) The Crock of Gold by James Stephens (1) Starfish by Peter Watts Spoiler:
(2) Under the Red Robe by Stanley Weyman Spoiler:
(3) The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux Spoiler:
(4) The Night Life of the Gods by Thorne Smith Spoiler:
(5) A Drama in Muslin by George Moore Spoiler:
(6) Music of the Spheres by Wander Bonanno Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. |
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Thu February 18 2016
Copyright Office asking for opinions on DRM, Defective By Design replies |
09:35 AM by eschwartz in E-Book General | News https://www.defectivebydesign.org/dm...ention-comment
I can't say that I had even realized the Copyright Office was interested in caring. Possibly I wasn't the only one. You can sign the petition here: https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/profile/c...id=439&reset=1 |
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Sat January 30 2016
MobileRead Week in Review: 01/23 - 01/30 |
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 - Reading Recommendations |
Sat January 23 2016
February 2016 Book Club Vote |
10:52 AM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs February 2016 MobileRead Book Club Vote Help us choose a book as the February 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 February 20th. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: • The Case of the Velvet Claws by Erle Stanley Gardner [WT Sharpe, issybird, GA Russell] Spoiler:
• Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne [issybird, bfisher, DrChiper] Spoiler:
• The Blackhouse by Peter May [JSWolf, bfisher, treadlightly] Spoiler:
• Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippmann [obs20, Dazrin, JSWolf] Spoiler:
• Midnight Riot(US)/Rivers of London(UK) by Ben Aaronovitch [CRussel, bfisher, issybird] Spoiler:
• Deadly Appearances by Gail Bowen [HomeInMyShoes, CRussel, WT Sharpe] Spoiler:
• Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey [BenG, CRussel, Mims] Spoiler:
• The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb [DrChiper, WT Sharpe, sufue] Spoiler:
• Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler [BenG, Mims, Dazrin] Spoiler:
• Ovid by David Wishart [sufue, Dazrin, BenG] Spoiler:
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MobileRead Week in Review: 01/16 - 01/23 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review In case you've missed any MobileRead news from this week, here is our usual roundup: E-Book General - Reading Recommendations |