Tue March 24 2015
April 2015 Book Club Vote |
01:34 PM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs April 2015 MobileRead Book Club Vote Help us choose a book as the April 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 April 20th. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: (1) For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway Spoiler:
(2) The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells Spoiler:
(3) Cannery Row by John Steinbeck Spoiler:
(4) Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Spoiler:
(5) Shōgun by James Clavell Spoiler:
(6) Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett Spoiler:
(7) The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Spoiler:
(8) Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos Spoiler:
(9) Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry Spoiler:
(10) Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Spoiler:
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Sat March 21 2015
MobileRead Week in Review: 03/14 - 03/21 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time for our weekly roundup of what's new and interesting in the world of e-books. E-Book General - News E-Book General - Reading Recommendations |
Fri March 20 2015
April 2015 Book Club Nominations |
12:05 AM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs MobileRead Book Club Help us select the book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for April, 2015. The nominations will run through midnight EST March 31 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 April is: Classics 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) For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway Spoiler:
(2) The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells Spoiler:
(3) Cannery Row by John Steinbeck Spoiler:
(4) Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Spoiler:
(5) Shōgun by James Clavell Spoiler:
(6) Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett Spoiler:
(7) The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Spoiler:
(8) Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos Spoiler:
(9) Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry Spoiler:
(10) Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Spoiler:
The nominations are now closed. |
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Thu March 19 2015
Rakuten Buys OverDrive |
09:29 AM by library addict in E-Book General | News
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Tue March 17 2015
New Zealand GST could soon be charged on ebooks |
07:19 AM by GeoffR in E-Book General | News Online shoppers could soon be hit with GST (New Zealand Herald)
Edit: New Zealand GST is 15%. |
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Sat March 14 2015
MobileRead Week in Review: 03/07 - 03/14 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Been so busy reading e-books that you haven't had time to keep up on the week's news? Here's some of what you've been missing: E-Book General - News |
Thu March 12 2015
Sir Terry Pratchett died today, age 66 |
11:17 AM by pdurrant in E-Book General | News The BBC has just announced that Sir Terry Pratchett has died today, age 66. A great loss. "Rest well, Terry Pratchett who died with his cats on his bed and his loved ones by his side. A great life, a brave death, inspirational man." - Tony Parsons (via Twitter) |
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Sun March 08 2015
ECJ Rules that Ebooks must have standard VAT rate |
01:48 PM by pdurrant in E-Book General | News Way back in 2012, Luxembourg and France dropped the VAT rate they charged on ebooks from the standard rate to the reduced rate (17% -> 3% in Luxembourg and 20% -> 5% in France). The European Comission ruled against them in 2013, but they appealed to the European Court of Justice. The European Court of Justice has now ruled that they are not allowed to charge the reduced, as ebooks must be classified as electronically supplied services, not as books, and so are ineligible for the reduced rate. This is unfortunate, but expected - the relevant laws are pretty clear. It is to be hoped that the relevant EU laws can be changed, but even if they are, it will take some time. Thanks to Ink, Bits & Pixels for the info that the judgement had been rendered. |
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