Finally! Cybook Firmware upgrade available for download! - Page 9

chlorine · 12-26-2009, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by YGG-

Yes, it's noticeably better.

(hello, Chlorine!)
[and, you guessed it, I'm sticking to good old MOBI so far...]

Hello YGG!

That's gooood news, I'm going to install the firmware this week-end then.

JSWolf · 12-26-2009, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by tompe

No, it is not. Even without the cover you get a shadow. It is most probably a bug in the ePub that have no top margin. Even without the shadow it looks dreadful from a typographical point of view with no top margin.

Also the top of the letters for certain fonts is aligned with the black border or even maybe cut-off.

I'll get a photo of no top margin for ePub on my 505 and you'll see it looks fine. Well it looks fine to me. If the shadow is there no matter what angle you hold the gen3, then it's a flaw with the design.

captaingeorges · 12-26-2009, 01:45 PM

Maybe a stupid question...

Just downloaded the new firmware. Works great! Now I want to organise my 200 books into 2 main classifications: Read and not read then by author.

Somebody knows an easy way to gets the filename from the title in fictionwise ???

I bought all my books from fictionwise. and in the description of the book in my "Bookshelf" you have the ISBN mobipocket number which does not necessarily match the filename.

So far the only way I have had is to download the book again and note the filename, make a list then organise my folder...

There must be an easier way ????

Regards,

Georges

tompe · 12-26-2009, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I'll get a photo of no top margin for ePub on my 505 and you'll see it looks fine. Well it looks fine to me. If the shadow is there no matter what angle you hold the gen3, then it's a flaw with the design.

It is not a flaw in the design since it is typographically wrong to place the letter so they align with the border. So when designing you assume that nobody does that and that is a perfectly reasonable assumption.

Crusader · 12-26-2009, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by captaingeorges

Maybe a stupid question...

Just downloaded the new firmware. Works great! Now I want to organise my 200 books into 2 main classifications: Read and not read then by author.

Somebody knows an easy way to gets the filename from the title in fictionwise ???

I bought all my books from fictionwise. and in the description of the book in my "Bookshelf" you have the ISBN mobipocket number which does not necessarily match the filename.

So far the only way I have had is to download the book again and note the filename, make a list then organise my folder...

There must be an easier way ????

I don't know of an easier way to get it from Fictionwise, but I guess it might be quite a bit faster to just open the files in ADE/Mobipocket and note the title page information. If the meta data was correctly entered then you could also use that.

If you don't use Calibre already you should definitely take a look at it. It makes organizing your ebooks much easier.

captaingeorges · 12-26-2009, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Crusader

I don't know of an easier way to get it from Fictionwise, but I guess it might be quite a bit faster to just open the files in ADE/Mobipocket and note the title page information. If the meta data was correctly entered then you could also use that.

If you don't use Calibre already you should definitely take a look at it. It makes organizing your ebooks much easier.

Unfortunately I am on a Mac so Mobipocket reader is out of question. I have a copy of all my ebooks on Calibre, but I put them on calibre once they were all Dedrm and converted in ePub as well. So I guess some major re-organizing lies ahead...

Thanks

Georges

delphidb96 · 12-26-2009, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

well , well, well .......

does this mean the
wingeing will stop ! ?

Yes, of course. Now the *WHINING* may well continue, but the wingeing will stop - as soon as we determine what 'wingeing' means.

Derek ( One of those who most loves to whine.

)

tompe · 12-26-2009, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by captaingeorges

Somebody knows an easy way to gets the filename from the title in fictionwise ???

There must be an easier way ????

MobiPerl contains the command mobils which do what you want. It list the title and author and filename for all files.

Manichean · 12-26-2009, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by tompe

Just enable the status bar and you will see this data.

I misspoke. What I meant to say was that in the library and on the status bar, no metadata is read, instead the Cybook prints the filename of the book as a title.

JSWolf · 12-26-2009, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tompe

It is not a flaw in the design since it is typographically wrong to place the letter so they align with the border. So when designing you assume that nobody does that and that is a perfectly reasonable assumption.

I still think it's wrong to assume how eBooks will be formatted. The design of the Gen3 should have been such that the top line would not have the shadow when you have no top margin.

pdurrant · 12-26-2009, 05:48 PM

If you're on a Mac, you need my QuickLook Plugin. That will let you see the covers of the books. I find that's the quickest way to confirm identity of Mobipocket books on Mac.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25603

Quote:

Originally Posted by captaingeorges

Unfortunately I am on a Mac so Mobipocket reader is out of question. I have a copy of all my ebooks on Calibre, but I put them on calibre once they were all Dedrm and converted in ePub as well. So I guess some major re-organizing lies ahead...

Thanks

Georges

tompe · 12-26-2009, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manichean

I misspoke. What I meant to say was that in the library and on the status bar, no metadata is read, instead the Cybook prints the filename of the book as a title.

I see what you mean. The filename of the book in the photo was the title of the book.

Veritaz · 12-26-2009, 08:20 PM

If you have problems formatting micro SD card using your computer for Cybook to download upgrade as recommended in the instructions at Bookeen, then try this. I kept getting a message saying windows couldn't format the card when I used an SD reader to connect the micro SD card directly to the computer. So instead, I put the micro SD card in the cybook and connected the cybook to the computer. Went to my computer and could view e:drive and cybook. Right clicked on e:drive and selected format. Took forever but the micro SD formatted and I was able to follow the download instructions to upgrade the cybook successfully. I googled this and found no online instructions for this work around. I'm posting this for other non-techie's like me so they won't be frustrated or buy another card thinking their card is defective.

Manichean · 12-27-2009, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by tompe

I see what you mean. The filename of the book in the photo was the title of the book.

Okay. Thanks.

brudigia · 12-27-2009, 04:38 AM

Did anybody answer this question ? I couldn't see a reply. I saw Halk on page 5 (#66) saying they went to 2.0 and then back to 1.5. I'm interested, before trying to switch to ePub.

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Originally Posted by T_Frain_K

Can anyone tell me this:

When you switch back and forth between firmwares, how does this affect
a) your Mobipocket PID?
b) your Adobe Digital Editions device authorisation?

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12-26-2009, 01:45 PM	#123
captaingeorges Zealot Posts: 125 Karma: 594 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Isle-aux-Grues, Qc, Canada Device: Cybook, Iphone32g, ipad, Kobo	Maybe a stupid question... Just downloaded the new firmware. Works great! Now I want to organise my 200 books into 2 main classifications: Read and not read then by author. Somebody knows an easy way to gets the filename from the title in fictionwise ??? I bought all my books from fictionwise. and in the description of the book in my "Bookshelf" you have the ISBN mobipocket number which does not necessarily match the filename. So far the only way I have had is to download the book again and note the filename, make a list then organise my folder... There must be an easier way ???? Regards, Georges

12-26-2009, 08:20 PM	#133
Veritaz Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: cybook opus	If you have problems formatting micro SD card using your computer for Cybook to download upgrade as recommended in the instructions at Bookeen, then try this. I kept getting a message saying windows couldn't format the card when I used an SD reader to connect the micro SD card directly to the computer. So instead, I put the micro SD card in the cybook and connected the cybook to the computer. Went to my computer and could view e:drive and cybook. Right clicked on e:drive and selected format. Took forever but the micro SD formatted and I was able to follow the download instructions to upgrade the cybook successfully. I googled this and found no online instructions for this work around. I'm posting this for other non-techie's like me so they won't be frustrated or buy another card thinking their card is defective.

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