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Elsi · 03-21-2009, 11:46 AM

Ah now! Since you've finally introduced yourself, we can give you a great big "Welcome". If you're interested in newspapers, you can use Calibre to generate a "paper" for you from various RSS feeds and produce a Mobipocket file you can load onto your Cybook.

I played with a friend's Cybook 3 a while back, and it's got some nice features. I own both a Kindle (K1) and Sony (505) and am going to stick with those for a while longer. I really can't see a big difference in the sales model between Amazon and Sony -- at least in the USA, both lock you into their own stores if you want to purchase current release (and thus DRM-encoded) books. Given that Amazon was in front with a push to sell DRM-free music, I have to believe that *someone* at Amazon is at least working internally to try to get publishers to come around to a similar position.

I'm thinking I might look seriously at the next generation of readers, but for now I have technology that is appropriate to the type of reading that I do.

Now that you've poked your head up and said "hello", please join in other discussions around the place. Tell us about what type of fiction you're reading on your Cybook.

03-21-2009, 11:46 AM	#5
Elsi Wizard Posts: 2,366 Karma: 12000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas, USA Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C	Ah now! Since you've finally introduced yourself, we can give you a great big "Welcome". If you're interested in newspapers, you can use Calibre to generate a "paper" for you from various RSS feeds and produce a Mobipocket file you can load onto your Cybook. I played with a friend's Cybook 3 a while back, and it's got some nice features. I own both a Kindle (K1) and Sony (505) and am going to stick with those for a while longer. I really can't see a big difference in the sales model between Amazon and Sony -- at least in the USA, both lock you into their own stores if you want to purchase current release (and thus DRM-encoded) books. Given that Amazon was in front with a push to sell DRM-free music, I have to believe that someone at Amazon is at least working internally to try to get publishers to come around to a similar position. I'm thinking I might look seriously at the next generation of readers, but for now I have technology that is appropriate to the type of reading that I do. Now that you've poked your head up and said "hello", please join in other discussions around the place. Tell us about what type of fiction you're reading on your Cybook.