Sat September 13 2014
MobileRead Week in Review: 09/06 - 09/13 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review What was going on this week at MobileRead? Here's your chance to catch-up if you missed something! E-Book General - News |
Fri September 12 2014
Pew Report on Younger Americans and Public Libraries |
07:00 AM by ElspethB in E-Book General | News An overview of a recent Pew report. Some interesting findings here, including the fact that 88% of American adults under age 30 read at least one book in the past year versus 79% of those age 30 and older. Also, the use of e-books among young adults has increased. |
[ 26 replies ] |
Charting Nook's Decline |
07:00 AM by charmian in E-Book General | News http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2014...nooks-decline/ Nook's revenues have been decreasing, but lately they have also decreased their losses. |
[ 25 replies ] |
Sat September 06 2014
MobileRead Week in Review: 08/30 - 09/06 |
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 Miscellaneous - Announcements |
Fri September 05 2014
A Change in the "Deals, Freebies, and Resources (No Self-Promotion)" Stickies |
10:10 AM by WT Sharpe in Miscellaneous | Announcements In the interest of making things easier for everyone, there has been a change in the way the book deal stickies for the various genres work in the Deals, Freebies, and Resources (No Self-Promotion) forum. Whereas before they all remained active for only one month, now each sticky will have a one year time limit. You will notice the change in the titles of the threads immediately. That means all of you who have been creating new threads each month and asking for them to be made stickies will now only have to do that one a year on the first of January. |
[ 5 replies ] |
Joan Rivers Book Sales Spike 70,750 Percent |
08:57 AM by Froide in E-Book General | News Lewis, Andy. (09/04/2014 11:53 PM PST). "Joan Rivers Book Sales Spike 70,750 Percent (Yes, you read that number correctly)." The Hollywood Reporter Familiar story, in most areas of arts and entertainment. For example:
About the image: |
[ 1 reply ] |
Mon September 01 2014
Terms of Use prohibiting reselling of ebooks are legal German Court rules |
11:50 AM by mandy314 in E-Book General | News A german consumer rights group lost a court case against a digital content (ebooks/downloadable audiobooks) retailer contending Terms of Use (Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen) prohibiting the reselling of bought items. German news site: I'm really not happy with all this "Terms of Use" castration of consumer rights. With all digital content you seem not to buy a product but only a service. Even for digital gadgets you almost give more rights away than you get to use the "damned thing" as you like. |
[ 51 replies ] |
Sat August 30 2014
Listen Up - We've got a brand new audiobook forum |
06:14 PM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Announcements Dear fellow MobileReaders, You asked for it, we delivered. Entrenching our community just a little deeper in the wide world of multimedia, there's a new main forum at MobileRead: Everything Audiobooks, where you can discuss your favorite audiobooks, rate their readers, and discuss the hardware, software, and technical issues that are unique to audiobooks. So, without further ado, we invite all of you too-busy-to-read bibliophiles to join our audiobook forums and participate in any way you wish. And of course, if you find anything amiss, please drop us a note. Links: |
[ 11 replies ] |