Fri May 01 2015
Free ebooks for poor low income kids |
05:07 AM by fjtorres in E-Book General | News From NBCNEWS:
No mention if it's 10,000 titles or total copies. Of course, kids with the necessary hardware already have access to a lot more than 10,000 titles. |
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Wed April 29 2015
Publisher behaving badly |
09:06 AM by fjtorres in E-Book General | News From the Guardian:
Most, interestingly, the book has sold 500,000 print copies and 700,000 ebook copies since 2012. (Interesting ratio) No royalties received since 2012. The author and agent only recently noticed it.
Hugo Gernsback would be proud of these guys:
Those boys didn't just rip-off a bunch of naive authors (check the source for further details and quotes) but a giant multinational. That takes guts. Of course, it *is* Hachette, not the Randy Penguin, but still. They should sell their movie rights to Mel Brooks if they get away with it. |
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Tue April 28 2015
NoteSlate is back! (Or is it?) |
08:29 PM by Jmirko in E-Book Readers | Alternative Devices Nate at Ink, Bits and Pixels wrote earlier this week about the return of the NoteSlate: http://the-digital-reader.com/2015/0...will-cost-199/ The updated website is here: The question is: should we believe them this time? These Czech guys already pranked us in 2011... If anyone pre-ordered, let us know your experience! Once they take your money, it gets a bit more serious... |
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Sat April 25 2015
MobileRead Week in Review: 04/18 - 04/25 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Bite-sized MobileRead for your weekend pleasure: E-Book General - Reading Recommendations |
Thu April 23 2015
May 2015 Book Club Vote |
08:13 PM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs May 2015 MobileRead Book Club Vote Help us choose a book as the May 2015 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 Case of the Silent Partner by Erle Stanley Gardner Spoiler:
• Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood Spoiler:
• In the Woods by Tana French Spoiler:
• The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers Spoiler:
• The Liquidator by John Gardner Spoiler:
• Vanishing Act by Thomas Perry Spoiler:
• A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane Spoiler:
• The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie Spoiler:
• Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene Spoiler:
• The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall Spoiler:
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Mon April 20 2015
May 2015 Book Club Nominations |
01:31 PM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs MobileRead Book Club Help us select the book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for May, 2015. 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. Book selection category for May is: Mystery/Thriller 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 Case of the Silent Partner by Erle Stanley Gardner Spoiler:
(2) Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood Spoiler:
(3) In the Woods by Tana French Spoiler:
(4) The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers Spoiler:
(5) The Liquidator by John Gardner Spoiler:
(6) Vanishing Act by Thomas Perry Spoiler:
(7) A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane Spoiler:
(8) The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie Spoiler:
(9) Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene Spoiler:
(10) The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall Spoiler:
Nominations are now closed. |
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Sat April 18 2015
Apple E-book Monitor Reports 'Setbacks' |
11:24 AM by AnemicOak in E-Book General | News I don't know if anyone even cares about news dealing with this anymore, but I just saw this and thought I'd pass it along... Apple E-book Monitor Reports 'Setbacks'
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MobileRead Week in Review: 04/11 - 04/18 |
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 - News |