There has been an interesting development for UK Kindle fans, user TadW
on MobileRead forums stumbled upon an article in the London Evening Standard which reviewed the Kindle, whilst the review offers nothing new in terms of information, there was a glimmer of hope for a UK autumn release date.
I found these instructions
on MobileRead Wiki page:
Also, here's a post
on mobileread about some cheap St. Martin's Press ebooks, including Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99048
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on the MobileRead link to see the picture.
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on the MobileRead link to see... more >
Candi, according to a post
on MobileRead forum, looks like you can use the Sony ereader with wall charger and not the USB charger.
Judging from what I've read over
on MobileRead and what Freethinker above posted I think I'll just wait.
As a poster
on mobileread said in a friendly manner: «I suggest that you say to yourself three times before brushing your teeth «ebooks are not print books»»
That is where the «Quote» button is
on the MobileRead forum, so I press it automatically.
In the meantime, here's a couple of unboxing photos of the IQ and 602 that the folks from PocketBook US posted
on the MobileRead forums yesterday.
a customer from Texas using the name Elsi wrote in a Kindle forum
on the MobileRead community site.
Over
on the MobileRead forums at http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213372, a well - regarded fellow with the pseudonym of Toxaris has a Word add - in called (imaginatively enough) «ePUB Tools» that allows you to export to and import from EPUB files.
According to some reports
on the MobileRead forum, users were also unable to download Kindle titles that they'd already bought and titles that they'd added to their wishlists disappeared.
Nate call
himself on mobileread as «nate the great» Reviews of Ereader is Nate's big weakness.
As far as I can tell, the overwhelming majority of people
on the MobileRead forums would prefer they made it an option, even if they actually like having it there.
«Although we never hosted this tool (contrary to their claim), nor believe that this tool is used to remove technological measures (contrary to their claim), we decided, due to the vagueness of the DMCA law and our intention to remain in good relation with Amazon, to voluntarily follow their request and remove links and detailed instructions related to it,» wrote Alexander Turcic, a forum moderator,
on MobileRead.
As many people commenting
on the MobileRead post note, kindlepid.py is still widely available on many Web sites.
«At the above - mentioned URLs, there is computer code and instructions that purportedly allow removal of technological protections that prevent copyright infringement,» the letter reads, after listing several links to pages
on MobileRead.
Michael: Considering the interest
on the MobileRead Forum, you couid probably sell it on without a loss — provided the review is positive The bigger problem could be actually buying one.
You can get it from here: http://calibre-ebook.com/ Be sure to check out the support forums
on MobileRead here: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=166 if you need extra help setting it up.
«I'm not really comfortable with letting these faults with the screen slide,» wrote one user
on mobileread, «but I absolutely love the weight, the form factor, the asymmetry, and the size....
Aside: Here's a comprehensive E-Book Reader Matrix
on the MobileRead Wiki.
Anyone interested in this app should check out the Bluefire thread
on MobileRead forum.
It took a week, and a couple posts / about a half dozen PMs
on the MobileRead forum for me to get this device working.
Well, I'm in Canada.I have known that store reputation for a long time by others» shopping experiences, and based on that, I did order.I can not guarantee for 100 % because this is the first time I have ordered an ereader from that store.The ereader is promised to be sent in mid of April.The problem is not the store, but the manufacture.That store has a very long time good reputation, but that depends mostly on manufacturer supplies.I hope it helps.You can follow
it on mobileread forum.Nathan has an allergic symptom to that store, because he asked samples for reviewing which was promised first, but then denied.
We have been talking about BlueFire Reader App heavily
on MobileRead Forums under the Apple iPad threads.
The first Kobo e-reader came out in March 2010 and by September their lead programming team had established
themselves on the MobileRead forums.
On Mobileread Forums, there is a whole topic dedicated to PDFs.
There is a huge list of readers here
on the MobileRead wiki, so if any of the ones I've listed above don't suit you, you can probably find something there.
now i know i may have stumbled on some vocal minority threads
on mobileread.
i lurked a bit
on the mobileread forums and saw a lot of negative feedback.
Over
on the MobileRead Forums, one poster has claimed that he has been able to use a BlueTooth Logitech K480 keyboard with the Onyx Max without any problems.
Someone
on MobileRead did.
Lucky, I saw a poll
on mobilereads.
I know of one user
on the MobileReads forum who was given today as their delivery date (tracking number), but the item didn't show up.
Not exact matches
I have also read of others at
mobileread forums having a similar experience and seen many being sold
on ebay for parts because of a broken display.
I don't know what is going
on with the dude at
MobileReads.
Likely, many people will switch to the Kindle Boards or
MobileRead or participate in discussions
on Kindle related issues
on Good e-Reader.
There's this Android
on Kobo Tips and Apps thread at
MobileRead.
Taking a look at the
MobileRead Wiki
on ebook stores, I see that majority of ebook stores they list (and they list a lot) are noted as having PDFs available and several are listed as having PDF only.
In the meantime, you can visit the Kobo Help Section, petition them
on Twitter or check out
Mobileread, where most of the CSR's and development team lurk.
Jersyman from
Mobileread said «I was going to run down to B&N and get the HD +, but now I will wait to see what this announcement is
on Monday.
The best thing to do would be to ask enthusiasts
on online communities like the
Mobileread forum.
Thousands of people have been discussing the new Oasis
on popular forums such as ycombinator and
Mobileread.
A user over at
mobileread mentioned random pages
on PDFs were uncentered and off the screen.
Recently I came across a discussion at
Mobileread about which font people like to use
on the Kindle Paperwhite.
If you read some of the posts and
MobileRead and
on the Barnes and Noble Nook forums, you'll notice conversations about the slight loss in contrast
on the Nook Glow's screen compared to the original Nook Touch.
A number of custom patches and mods can be installed
on Kobo ereaders, thanks to the development community at
MobileRead, even alternate reading apps like KOReader can be installed.
However, the best source for information
on eBook reading — software, hardware, you - name - it — is
MobileRead.
Screen quality is the number - one complaint about the Oasis
on e-reader fan sites such as
mobileread and kboards, where disappointment in the new device is palpable.