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dcalder · 12-07-2007, 11:41 AM

Can anyone confirm whether the Cybook will really work with the Overdrive Mobipocket ebook loans that are offered through public libraries? I know that a software "fix" in the form of a Mobipocket 6 beta was posted previously but that thread appears to have died without a confirmed resolution.

It should be possible, even without a clock, as the eAudiobook loans work on mp3 players that don't have onboard clocks (they just continue to work until the next time that the device is synched, whether that be one day or 100 days after they've "expired"). The eAudiobooks use PlaysForSure technology to do the initial validation; there's no reason that Mobipocket can't use the PID to do the initial validation. Yes, it would probably mean that ebooks would have to be transferred using the Mobipocket software, not drag-&-drop, but that's a very minor inconvenience.

If Cybook still doesn't work for Overdrive ebook loans, that pretty much shoots down one of my few lingering reasons to go with a Cybook over a Sony Reader. I'm afraid that I put very little stock in promises/vague statements regarding "future" capabilities; I'm only reassured by what's actually confirmed to work now.

12-07-2007, 11:41 AM	#1
dcalder Zealot Posts: 127 Karma: 9856 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Sony PRS-300/Kindle Keyboard/iPad Mini	Overdrive ebook loans & Cybook Gen3 Can anyone confirm whether the Cybook will really work with the Overdrive Mobipocket ebook loans that are offered through public libraries? I know that a software "fix" in the form of a Mobipocket 6 beta was posted previously but that thread appears to have died without a confirmed resolution. It should be possible, even without a clock, as the eAudiobook loans work on mp3 players that don't have onboard clocks (they just continue to work until the next time that the device is synched, whether that be one day or 100 days after they've "expired"). The eAudiobooks use PlaysForSure technology to do the initial validation; there's no reason that Mobipocket can't use the PID to do the initial validation. Yes, it would probably mean that ebooks would have to be transferred using the Mobipocket software, not drag-&-drop, but that's a very minor inconvenience. If Cybook still doesn't work for Overdrive ebook loans, that pretty much shoots down one of my few lingering reasons to go with a Cybook over a Sony Reader. I'm afraid that I put very little stock in promises/vague statements regarding "future" capabilities; I'm only reassured by what's actually confirmed to work now.