Cybook questions - Page 2

delphidb96 · 10-29-2007, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by jbenny

That brings up a related question. Does the Cybook support TXT and HTML files that are in a Zip archive? This is widely supported by other reading software as a way to keep separate files for one book together, as well as saving space. If not supported, it would be a good feature to add. It would also be needed for epub support, so would be doubley smart.

As of firmware v0.99, no.

Derek

solodoc · 10-29-2007, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by solodoc

Hi there

Just wondering I've got a couple of chm files that mobipocket won't import.

Would decompliing them to html make them readable on the cybook?

I mean I could just save the html file to a sd card...etc.

I would like to know as that's how I'd be using my cybook if ordered one along with my pdf ebooks.

Does it read chm decompiled to html though?

solodoc · 10-29-2007, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by solodoc

Does it read chm decompiled to html though?

andym · 10-29-2007, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Let's be clear on this. It is NOT a "ported" version of any other version of the MobiPocket reader. It's new software that's been written by Bookeen which reads MobiPocket files.

[Genuine question]. I'm curious as to your source on this. It seems to me to be a little unlikely that Mobipocket would have licensed the DRM to Bookeen and then not licensed any of the code for the reader. And you'd have thought that Mobipocket would be keen to work on a 'nux version of the reader that they could license to other device manufacturers. The integration with the Mobipocket desktop reader suggests that there has been a lot of collaboration. (And the fact that it's been almost impossible to get a response on the Mobipocket support forums for the last month or so may or may not have been connected with an imminent Bookeen launch). It's difficult to believe there isn't some sort of commonality.

solodoc - yes probably assuming the html is valid and all the links are OK etc.

solodoc · 10-29-2007, 06:06 PM

Thanks andy

I guess you mean do the links work ...well yes.

About the html file being valid.....you've lost me

andym · 10-29-2007, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by solodoc

Thanks andy

I guess you mean do the links work ...well yes.

About the html file being valid.....you've lost me

If there are no mistakes or missing bits in the file. Can you read the decompiled html in a web browser for example?

solodoc · 10-29-2007, 06:19 PM

Yes Andy..thats how I'm reading it now...it works fine on the laptop with either FFox or IE....no problem....

Mobipocket won't import it though.

They are chm that I've decompiled to html...infact the html looks better than the chm in FF.

I guess you're saying it works on the Cybook....that is if html works on FF or IE

solodoc · 10-30-2007, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by solodoc

Yes Andy..thats how I'm reading it now...it works fine on the laptop with either FFox or IE....no problem....

Mobipocket won't import it though.

They are chm that I've decompiled to html...infact the html looks better than the chm in FF.

I guess you're saying it works on the Cybook....that is if html works on FF or IE

Any answers?

andym · 10-30-2007, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by solodoc

Any answers?

solodoc -

(I'm assuming you are trying to read on a PC or PDA while you wait for a delivery of a Bookeen?)

In my experience Mobipocket can get cranky about some html files for no apparent reason (or at least no reason I've had time to work out). It gives messages about being unable to open and having insufficient memory.

One option might be to create a .prc file using mobicreator (free download from the mobipocket website - .prc is in effect the Mobipocket equivalent of .chm). Another option that has worked for me is to replace the 'head' (ie the 'Doctype' and the parts of the document between the 'head' tags with the header from an html file that I know will open.

Sorry, but that's as much as I can think of I'm afraid. Unfortunately it could be that the problem comes from an error in the html - it might be that IE and Firefox ignore the error while it causes Mobipocket to choke.

solodoc · 10-30-2007, 11:42 AM

Thanks andy

Much appreciated

recordsmith · 10-30-2007, 10:00 PM

Just wondering if it will support pdfs better then the sony 505. I tried out the sony today and loaded a pdf file it really was not impossible to read and in Landscape was very easy to read. One problem was that when I loaded a dissertation from proquest it freaked the sony out, the dissertation was just scanned images and about 300 pages. I am looking into a unit for reading research and don't want to spend the money for an iRex.

i guess I am just waiting for a review comparing the sony 505 and cybook.

Hadrien · 10-30-2007, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by recordsmith

Just wondering if it will support pdfs better then the sony 505. I tried out the sony today and loaded a pdf file it really was not impossible to read and in Landscape was very easy to read. One problem was that when I loaded a dissertation from proquest it freaked the sony out, the dissertation was just scanned images and about 300 pages. I am looking into a unit for reading research and don't want to spend the money for an iRex.

i guess I am just waiting for a review comparing the sony 505 and cybook.

PDF support seems much better on the Cybook. First of all, you've got a real zoom that makes it possible to read A4 PDFs. The fonts and images looked sharper, and the background is more white than on the PRS-500/505.

HarryT · 10-31-2007, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by andym

[Genuine question]. I'm curious as to your source on this. It seems to me to be a little unlikely that Mobipocket would have licensed the DRM to Bookeen and then not licensed any of the code for the reader. And you'd have thought that Mobipocket would be keen to work on a 'nux version of the reader that they could license to other device manufacturers. The integration with the Mobipocket desktop reader suggests that there has been a lot of collaboration. (And the fact that it's been almost impossible to get a response on the Mobipocket support forums for the last month or so may or may not have been connected with an imminent Bookeen launch). It's difficult to believe there isn't some sort of commonality.

solodoc - yes probably assuming the html is valid and all the links are OK etc.

I'm certain that MobiPocket provided Bookeen with source code and technical assistance, but sources "in the know" have said that the CyBook's Mobipocket Reader is not the portable Java version that was written for the iLiad, but a completely new development. As you say, the fact that it will integrate with the Desktop Reader clearly shows that the two companies must have worked closely together.

solodoc · 10-31-2007, 08:25 AM

Got this from bookeen

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Dear X ,

Unfortunately the Cybook does not read yet CHM neither HTML files decompiled from CHM.

CHM is among the next formats which will be supported by the Cybook in next software upgrades.

It is in fourth or fifth position in our todo list after RTF, full HTML and zipped packages.

Bets regards,

Bookeen team

Which means I may be buying one......

tompe · 10-31-2007, 08:31 AM

Very nice. Does that mean that plucker files will be supported? Is a plucker file just a packed chm file?

10-29-2007, 06:19 PM	#22
solodoc Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 19 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: CybookG3...	Yes Andy..thats how I'm reading it now...it works fine on the laptop with either FFox or IE....no problem.... Mobipocket won't import it though. They are chm that I've decompiled to html...infact the html looks better than the chm in FF. I guess you're saying it works on the Cybook....that is if html works on FF or IE Last edited by solodoc; 10-29-2007 at 06:32 PM.

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solodoc Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 19 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: CybookG3...	Thanks andy I guess you mean do the links work ...well yes. About the html file being valid.....you've lost me

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recordsmith Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Blackberry Curve	Just wondering if it will support pdfs better then the sony 505. I tried out the sony today and loaded a pdf file it really was not impossible to read and in Landscape was very easy to read. One problem was that when I loaded a dissertation from proquest it freaked the sony out, the dissertation was just scanned images and about 300 pages. I am looking into a unit for reading research and don't want to spend the money for an iRex. i guess I am just waiting for a review comparing the sony 505 and cybook.

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tompe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,452 Karma: 7185064 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Linköpng, Sweden Device: Kindle Voyage, Nexus 5, Kindle PW	Very nice. Does that mean that plucker files will be supported? Is a plucker file just a packed chm file?

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