Original brown leather cover Bookeen

[momghoti]

Oh, about six months....

I was just playing with it...I think one of the top magnets is backwards! If I try push the corner closed, it shoves the other magnet away!! No wonder the cover never seemed to stay closed!!

[momghoti]

Yup. A dab of creative surgery and the cover snaps shut nicely.

[bwaldron]

My cover (puchased in March) only has one magnet (on top). Guess I got a defective one? It's not a huge issue, as the single magnet does a decent enough job for me.

[momghoti]

Actually, my biggest problem with the brown cover is not the magnet problem(since I didn't know there were supposed to be some) is that the pocket the book slides into is a bit too loose. I have grabbed it upside down and barely caught the cybook as it started to slip out. Scary! It's tightened up a bit since, but I'd still like a strap or something to hold it in. I'd rather that than it being hard to insert-one of my ipod cases is too snug to take it in or out easily(and you have to remove it to charge or sync) and I'm always afraid of breaking it.

[momghoti]

Oh--bwaldron, are you sure you only have one set of magnets? If one is reversed, like mine, it looks just like a slightly stiff hinge. I'd seen the faint round marks on the 'leather' where the magnets are but since they didn't act like magnets I assumed they were some sort of glue impression or something.

[TantricWarrior]

How is the cover for folding back for one-handed holding? Does it look like it'll crack or cause funny ridges on the outside, or just not recommended?

[Joerg_Mosthaf]

I seem to have the same problem: the magnet in the lower right part of my cover does not seem to be strong enough - it is the right way in (checked it with another magnet) just not strong enough to attach to the flap magnet.

My solution: get some thin super stron neodym magnets and stick them to the magnets in the flap - they stick very strongly to the magnets in the flap and have enough power to hold the flap closed no matter what.

I was thinking about glueing the magnet to the cover but they seem to stick good enough without it.

I got them here.

[momghoti]

I fold mine back all the time, and it doesn't seem the worse for wear. There is a bit of wrinkling at the edges, where the stitching is, but nothing major. That said, since I think we've established it's not leather it will probably eventually split if I keep doing it. I'm not worried enough about it to stop--ASSUMING I ever get my cybook working again

[momghoti]

Oh--good idea with the magnets. At least one set of mine was definitely backwards, though; I dropped the other one so I'm not sure if it was backwards or not. In any case after I took it out and put it back in again it works much better so I'm guessing it was. I took out the magnets from the back of the pocket for the cybook, so it doesn't show, and there was enough sticky left on the 'suede' lining that it covered the magnet up again.

[bwaldron]

Originally Posted by momghoti

Oh--bwaldron, are you sure you only have one set of magnets? If one is reversed, like mine, it looks just like a slightly stiff hinge. I'd seen the faint round marks on the 'leather' where the magnets are but since they didn't act like magnets I assumed they were some sort of glue impression or something.

Yep, after checking even more carefully than before, I can confidently say I am missing any magnets on the lower half of the case. Only have them up top.

[TantricWarrior]

Originally Posted by momghoti

I fold mine back all the time, and it doesn't seem the worse for wear. There is a bit of wrinkling at the edges, where the stitching is, but nothing major. That said, since I think we've established it's not leather it will probably eventually split if I keep doing it. I'm not worried enough about it to stop--ASSUMING I ever get my cybook working again

Thanks, sorry to hear about your dead(?) CyB, I finally came across some pics in the clip-on light threads with the cover folded back (only usually see open-like-a-book pics).

Not to but maybe the vinyl outer cover is for protection from the elements or scratches? My leather folios etc. always seem to get stained and scratched so easily, although, I would imagine vinyl to crack more readily than leather... hmmmm

[momghoti]

I don't think the vinyl is worse than leather, really; I guess it's just the misinformation that's annoying. Although in general, leather is more durable even if it's dirty. Once vinyl splits it keeps going.
As far as cleanliness, have you tried a leather wax on leather folios? That should keep it clean.

[TantricWarrior]

Originally Posted by momghoti

I don't think the vinyl is worse than leather, really; I guess it's just the misinformation that's annoying. Although in general, leather is more durable even if it's dirty. Once vinyl splits it keeps going.
As far as cleanliness, have you tried a leather wax on leather folios? That should keep it clean.

True, I'd be pissed if I was promised & was expecting "genuine cowhide leather" and got vinyl.
Oh, I've used Saddle Soap, Mink Oil, and various things, all work to one extent or another (depending on the type of damage). You're totally right about the splitting thing... which is why I originally asked if it was cool to bend it all the way back... wouldn't want splitting!

[momghoti]

Thanks for the sympathy; I really miss the thing--I love being able to get new books whenever I feel like it, and being able to read more than one at a time--all in my purse.
I think I'm actually going to take the rings out of an old zippered organizer I found laying around that just happens to fit the cybook perfectly and use some velcro, like on another thread. I like carrying the cybook in my purse and I'm afraid it will get damaged if stuff gets in the cracks, or if a coin or nail file( or rock or shell or some other treasure that absolutely *must* be deposited in my purse to preserved in perpetuity)slips in the case. Just the grit that seems to accumulate in my purse(for some reason) is probably not good for it. In any case, I find it easier to turn the pages when the cybook is nekkid.

[momghoti]

Originally Posted by bwaldron

Yep, after checking even more carefully than before, I can confidently say I am missing any magnets on the lower half of the case. Only have them up top.

Huh. I wonder if all the new ones only have one set. Aside from the labor it's probably the most expensive bit in the thing. Glad that one seems to work, though.