First Post - I hope for Bookeen with Ubuntu

andavane · 02-03-2009, 11:57 AM

Greetings to members.

I moved away from Windows last year and am still discovering Ubuntu.

I love reading and think I'll go for the Bookeen Cybook 3 and would like to set out the situation here as I see it: I understand that:

I should be able to download my ebooks into ubuntu (but not read, easily at least, *.prc files); after that to connect bookeen and it should show up as a usb storage device; thereafter to copy and paste the books into the appropriate folder.

The reason I am asking is that I'm not entirely sure that it will be compatible with Ubuntu: It's not that I haven't read round the subject -- rather I have over-read around it and when I do that I end up thoroughly confused

A little reassurance that it's OK for me to proceed would be very welcome.

This looks like a great forum: I thoroughly enjoyed the thread about ordering the cheaper bookeen and was on tenterhooks waiting to see whether the member actually got it at the price he ordered. The thread reads almost like a novelette.

Regards

John

Reading: Dickens Bleak House in html format on my EeeePC 901 (running Xandros).

Machines available for me: sony laptop running Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)
An old IBM ThinkCentre dual booted with Windows XP/ Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid)
When the IBM 'dies' I'll be Window-less, but can access it from a mate's if need be.

pilotbob · 02-03-2009, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andavane

I should be able to download my ebooks into ubuntu (but not read, easily at least, *.prc files); after that to connect bookeen and it should show up as a usb storage device; thereafter to copy and paste the books into the appropriate folder.

A little reassurance that it's OK for me to proceed would be very welcome.

No problem at all. Go forth and purchase!

BOb

HarryT · 02-03-2009, 12:06 PM

The CyBook mounts as a standard USB mass storage device (two of them, in fact). If you can see, say, a USB memory stick, you'll be able to see the CyBook.

andavane · 02-03-2009, 01:39 PM

....thanks for the replies.
I'll certainly go ahead.

Much looking forward, chaps!

all the best,

John

PS: Also reading Bleak House in paper format but oh-boy! It sure is hard work on the hands (weighs in at 1,737 grammes ...

: )

kovidgoyal · 02-03-2009, 01:59 PM

The Cybook is fully supported under linux by calibre. You will have as good of an experience under linux as you would under windows.

desertgrandma · 02-03-2009, 04:05 PM

Welcome to MobileRead, andavane.

EowynCarter · 02-04-2009, 02:50 PM

Well, the cybook is mass storage device, didn't tried it, but should works fine.

But i coudn't get mobiboket's reader to work ok wine. book's list all screwed. Any advise ? Or maybe i need to update wine ?

pilotbob · 02-04-2009, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EowynCarter

But i coudn't get mobiboket's reader to work ok wine. book's list all screwed. Any advise ? Or maybe i need to update wine ?

I have no idea. Is there a reason you need to run the Mobipocket reader on your Linux machine?

BOb

EowynCarter · 02-05-2009, 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

I have no idea. Is there a reason you need to run the Mobipocket reader on your Linux machine?

BOb

Well i got my reader back, so i won't really need to read on my laptop anymore, but having a way to read prc files on linux properly would be nice.

HarryT · 02-05-2009, 03:53 AM

FBReader, which I believe is available for Linux, will display DRM-free MobiPocket files.

bwaldron · 02-05-2009, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

FBReader, which I believe is available for Linux, will display DRM-free MobiPocket files.

As will Calibre's built-in reader.

Andybaby · 02-06-2009, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

FBReader, which I believe is available for Linux, will display DRM-free MobiPocket files.

FBReader is awsome on linux. lots of cool functions that are not in most reader programs.

kovidgoyal · 02-06-2009, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andybaby

FBReader is awsome on linux. lots of cool functions that are not in most reader programs.

Interesting, I've always found FBReader rather a bear to use. But then the last itme I looked at it was aeons ago. What are some of these cool functions?

EowynCarter · 02-06-2009, 03:03 AM

I'll try FBReader.
My E-books are drm free anyway, i'll rather spend myself the mess of re-downloading all my book everytime i reinstall windows or linux / get a new pc/reader.

02-03-2009, 11:57 AM	#1
andavane Zealot Posts: 118 Karma: 20 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Device: Palm Treo 680, Cybook Gen3, Kindle 3	First Post - I hope for Bookeen with Ubuntu Greetings to members. I moved away from Windows last year and am still discovering Ubuntu. I love reading and think I'll go for the Bookeen Cybook 3 and would like to set out the situation here as I see it: I understand that: I should be able to download my ebooks into ubuntu (but not read, easily at least, *.prc files); after that to connect bookeen and it should show up as a usb storage device; thereafter to copy and paste the books into the appropriate folder. The reason I am asking is that I'm not entirely sure that it will be compatible with Ubuntu: It's not that I haven't read round the subject -- rather I have over-read around it and when I do that I end up thoroughly confused A little reassurance that it's OK for me to proceed would be very welcome. This looks like a great forum: I thoroughly enjoyed the thread about ordering the cheaper bookeen and was on tenterhooks waiting to see whether the member actually got it at the price he ordered. The thread reads almost like a novelette. Regards John Reading: Dickens Bleak House in html format on my EeeePC 901 (running Xandros). Machines available for me: sony laptop running Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) An old IBM ThinkCentre dual booted with Windows XP/ Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) When the IBM 'dies' I'll be Window-less, but can access it from a mate's if need be.

02-03-2009, 12:06 PM	#3
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,666 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	The CyBook mounts as a standard USB mass storage device (two of them, in fact). If you can see, say, a USB memory stick, you'll be able to see the CyBook. __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

02-03-2009, 01:59 PM	#5
kovidgoyal Creator of calibre Posts: 22,516 Karma: 2944574 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The Cybook is fully supported under linux by calibre. You will have as good of an experience under linux as you would under windows. __________________ Get calibre Notice to all: I can not provide assistance with DRM removal, for legal reasons, so please do not contact me about it.

02-03-2009, 04:05 PM	#6
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02-05-2009, 03:53 AM	#10
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,666 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	FBReader, which I believe is available for Linux, will display DRM-free MobiPocket files. __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

02-03-2009, 01:39 PM	#4
andavane Zealot Posts: 118 Karma: 20 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Device: Palm Treo 680, Cybook Gen3, Kindle 3	....thanks for the replies. I'll certainly go ahead. Much looking forward, chaps! all the best, John PS: Also reading Bleak House in paper format but oh-boy! It sure is hard work on the hands (weighs in at 1,737 grammes ... : )

02-04-2009, 02:50 PM	#7
EowynCarter Wizard Posts: 3,783 Karma: 1463030 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Paris Device: Cybooks; Sony PRS-T1	Well, the cybook is mass storage device, didn't tried it, but should works fine. But i coudn't get mobiboket's reader to work ok wine. book's list all screwed. Any advise ? Or maybe i need to update wine ?

02-06-2009, 03:03 AM	#14
EowynCarter Wizard Posts: 3,783 Karma: 1463030 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Paris Device: Cybooks; Sony PRS-T1	I'll try FBReader. My E-books are drm free anyway, i'll rather spend myself the mess of re-downloading all my book everytime i reinstall windows or linux / get a new pc/reader.

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