MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - so you've got Augen's The Book ... now what?

kilohertz53 · 01-02-2011, 12:56 PM

I still use "The Book" for reading in bed, for DRM'ed public library pdfs, and for other non-DRM'ed formats that my Sony Reader can't handle.

It's not a bad reader after the two updates, and I appreciate that Augen provided the entire executable Linux OS before abandoning it, in case I ever need to reflash the whole thing. Still, I always suspected that with a few software tweaks, it could have been a whole lot better.

I've checked out your "Opening The Book" website, Chris. Lots of good information there. Thank you. I hope you do find the time and the inclination to create some alternate firmware. Now that I know that the .upg images are (modified) cramfs, I might be able to look through some of the .conf files at least.

01-02-2011, 12:56 PM	#6
kilohertz53 Zealot Posts: 141 Karma: 671 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Harwichport, MA Device: Sony PRS-500, Sony PRS-350, Augen "The Book"	I still use "The Book" for reading in bed, for DRM'ed public library pdfs, and for other non-DRM'ed formats that my Sony Reader can't handle. It's not a bad reader after the two updates, and I appreciate that Augen provided the entire executable Linux OS before abandoning it, in case I ever need to reflash the whole thing. Still, I always suspected that with a few software tweaks, it could have been a whole lot better. I've checked out your "Opening The Book" website, Chris. Lots of good information there. Thank you. I hope you do find the time and the inclination to create some alternate firmware. Now that I know that the .upg images are (modified) cramfs, I might be able to look through some of the .conf files at least.