Cybook Gen3 e-reader in September 2007 for $350 - Page 2

Lov2Read · 07-26-2007, 09:41 PM

After the run around I have gotten from Sony trying to get them to ship the reader, I can't wait to get a Cybook. Plus, I like the fact they support mobipocker and I LOVE this part:

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“On the Cybook, you don't need to convert your files to an exotic format or upload them to any proprietary web site. You simply transfer your files directly to the device and read them natively” said Laurent Picard, co-founder of Bookeen.

That is totally sweet!!

I am just going to cancel the order on my Reader and wait a few more months for the Cybook. I will pay $350 for it. Sony can eat my dust.

JSWolf · 07-26-2007, 09:47 PM

While all of you Cybook owners are using DRM based MobiPocket formatted books, I'll stick with my DRM free LRF books. Of course, if I had a device that uses MobiPocket, I'd also have DRM free books for that too.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 07-26-2007, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

Bookeen supports the reading of PDF, HTML, RTF, TXT and Mobipocket. Yes, that means all 50,000 ebook titles currently available from Mobi will be accessible to the Cybook Gen3.

OooOOOOooooo! (to quote Les Nesman.) That means that, since ePub is HTML-based, you can add ePub e-books to it in the future (with maybe a bit of conversion work). Nice!

JSWolf · 07-26-2007, 10:03 PM

Of course, you do know that Digital Editions books will be filled with this horrible thing called DRM. So good luck going DE to HTML.

JSWolf · 07-26-2007, 10:15 PM

if MobiPocket on the Cybook Gen3 has dictionary support, does that mean it will have hyphenation support as well?

Egghead · 07-26-2007, 11:02 PM

Quick question - Palm format? .pdb?

delphidb96 · 07-27-2007, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Egghead

Quick question - Palm format? .pdb?

Although I don't doubt that somewhere along the line, support for Palm .pdb and other formats will probably be worked in. I'd like to see FB2 format, and if it is *NOT* proprietary, I wonder if we can't somehow shoehorn in support for LRF. I'll have to ask.

Derek

rjnagle · 07-27-2007, 06:26 AM

First, of all, yippee! I plan to be one of the first buyers!

will it read .epub format out of the box?

Will it display images with the hirsc attribute? What about .jpegs?
http://www.mobipocket.com/dev/articl...ile=images.htm

How would it fare with pdf's formatted for the Sony Reader?

Steven Lyle Jordan · 07-27-2007, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Of course, you do know that Digital Editions books will be filled with this horrible thing called DRM. So good luck going DE to HTML.

They cracked .lit DRM. There's always hope that the industry at-large will give up on DRM, as many independents already have. But if Cybook will support ePub, that'll work too.

Nate the great · 07-27-2007, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

There's always hope that the industry at-large will give up on DRM, as many independents already have.

sea2stars · 07-27-2007, 07:58 AM

I wonder how many people are going to get hand-me-down Sony Readers once the Cybook Gen3 comes out? I'm still waiting for my $49 Reader to come in, but I'll probably pass that on to the wife, look at getting a Cybook, and sell my eb1150. The simple fact that it'll read many formats natively is sweet!

Lov2Read · 07-27-2007, 08:45 AM

This may have already been mentioned in this thread and I missed it, but from where will the Cybook be purchased? NAEB? Retailers? Online website? Or perhaps this hasn't been decided yet?

Can't wait to get my hands on one of these babies!!!

nekokami · 07-27-2007, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by wallcraft

I was thinking of support for the format, but you are correct that in addition there would need to be a way to select words.

They might be able to provide that by using the directional control. Put the unit in "word select mode", then navigate around until the word you want is the one selected. It shouldn't be too slow (other than the screen response time... that could be pretty bad, actually.)

Well, maybe not.

High 5 · 07-27-2007, 09:03 AM

This may be the wrong thread to ask but:
How fast startup time of this thing is going to be?
Anything on the real batterylife? I know Bokeen states 8000 pageturns but, well, we have had statements like that before...
Is there going to be a hibernate function?

The answers to these 3 question could well decide if this device is going to be an Iliad killer or not.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 07-27-2007, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

Yeah, yeah... but it's happening right now in the music industry, innit then?

07-27-2007, 06:26 AM	#23
rjnagle Zealot Posts: 126 Karma: 2167 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Device: ipad 1, Nook Simple Touch, Kindle 3, ebookwise 1150	reading .epub First, of all, yippee! I plan to be one of the first buyers! will it read .epub format out of the box? Will it display images with the hirsc attribute? What about .jpegs? http://www.mobipocket.com/dev/articl...ile=images.htm How would it fare with pdf's formatted for the Sony Reader? Last edited by rjnagle; 07-27-2007 at 06:34 AM.

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07-26-2007, 09:47 PM	#17
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,957 Karma: 128903250 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	While all of you Cybook owners are using DRM based MobiPocket formatted books, I'll stick with my DRM free LRF books. Of course, if I had a device that uses MobiPocket, I'd also have DRM free books for that too.

07-26-2007, 10:03 PM	#19
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,957 Karma: 128903250 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Of course, you do know that Digital Editions books will be filled with this horrible thing called DRM. So good luck going DE to HTML.

07-26-2007, 10:15 PM	#20
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,957 Karma: 128903250 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	if MobiPocket on the Cybook Gen3 has dictionary support, does that mean it will have hyphenation support as well?

07-26-2007, 11:02 PM	#21
Egghead Mentat Posts: 78 Karma: 77 Join Date: Jun 2006 Device: Bookeen Gen3 Cybook	Quick question - Palm format? .pdb?

07-27-2007, 07:58 AM	#26
sea2stars Zealot Posts: 104 Karma: 64 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: eb1150, Sony Reader	I wonder how many people are going to get hand-me-down Sony Readers once the Cybook Gen3 comes out? I'm still waiting for my $49 Reader to come in, but I'll probably pass that on to the wife, look at getting a Cybook, and sell my eb1150. The simple fact that it'll read many formats natively is sweet!

07-27-2007, 08:45 AM	#27
Lov2Read Book Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 53 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: U.S.A. Device: Sony Reader 505	This may have already been mentioned in this thread and I missed it, but from where will the Cybook be purchased? NAEB? Retailers? Online website? Or perhaps this hasn't been decided yet? Can't wait to get my hands on one of these babies!!!

07-27-2007, 09:03 AM	#29
High 5 _/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Posts: 152 Karma: 501 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Netherlands Device: Rocket ebook,Cybook, Hiebook, Iliad	This may be the wrong thread to ask but: How fast startup time of this thing is going to be? Anything on the real batterylife? I know Bokeen states 8000 pageturns but, well, we have had statements like that before... Is there going to be a hibernate function? The answers to these 3 question could well decide if this device is going to be an Iliad killer or not.

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