Opus Opus and Mobipocket .. any idea WHEN?

Loopy65 · 08-20-2009, 07:28 PM

ok .. of course I sent an email to Bookeen and have heard nothing back

I'm wondering if any one of you lovely people have been given any hint of an idea when the Opus may be available with the mobipocket access rather than the EPub? .. It's just that I already have my Gen3 and a gazillion books from fictionwise (by far the cheapest place to get the books I want!) in Mobipocket format so need/want to continue with it ..

Thanks so much

loopy

delphidb96 · 08-20-2009, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Loopy65

ok .. of course I sent an email to Bookeen and have heard nothing back

I'm wondering if any one of you lovely people have been given any hint of an idea when the Opus may be available with the mobipocket access rather than the EPub? .. It's just that I already have my Gen3 and a gazillion books from fictionwise (by far the cheapest place to get the books I want!) in Mobipocket format so need/want to continue with it ..

Thanks so much

loopy

If I understand what I've heard/read correctly, ummmmm... never.

Derek

Nate the great · 08-20-2009, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

If I understand what I've heard/read correctly, ummmmm... never.

Derek

No. Bookeen is indeed working on it. I'm waiting on that firmware. When it's ready I'm getting an Opus.

emellaich · 08-20-2009, 09:39 PM

My opinion, and its only an opinion, is that both Derek and Nate are correct!

I think that Bookeen's stated plan is to deliver two different firmwares. I believe that they are working now on getting out a new firmware with epub. I do believe that they will eventually make the epub software available and it will work on at least the most recent generation of Gen 3's. However, I'm less convinced that they will ever get around to delivering mobi support. By the time they get around to it, and by the time they are able to deliver it, I suspect they will have other priorities.

Now that you have my opinion, you should know that my accuracy rate is 50/50 at best on these sort of things. So, who knows. However, I think Nate is taking the correct approach of waiting for delivery if its important because I don't think you can count on it being available.

Idoine · 08-20-2009, 09:45 PM

As for reading your Mobi eBooks on your Opus, you can convert them in between...

HarryT · 08-21-2009, 02:44 AM

FWIW, I queried this with Bookeen when I first got my Opus, and was told that the Mobi firmware would be released "during August". They didn't actually say August 2009, however...

EowynCarter · 08-21-2009, 03:06 AM

Oh, please, don't start it again !

We KNOW you want the update. Reapeating it all over again won't makes things go faster.

HarryT · 08-21-2009, 03:08 AM

Sorry, Eowyn, was that aimed at me? I don't particularly want a Mobi update for my Opus; I'm quite happy with ePub.

EowynCarter · 08-21-2009, 04:16 AM

Nope, it was not aimed at you. More a general note.

Krystian Galaj · 08-21-2009, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by EowynCarter

Reapeating it all over again won't makes things go faster.

It does have a merit of warning newcomers to the forum about Bookeen though.

EowynCarter · 08-21-2009, 06:11 AM

What is there to warn about ?

There is only thing bookeen HAVE to do, is the bugfix for the opus. Because there are bugs. if ePub or folders or whatever is important to you, you should have bought a reader that support these.

tompe · 08-21-2009, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by EowynCarter

What is there to warn about ?

That you cannot trust promises from Bookeen.

Quote:

There is only thing bookeen HAVE to do, is the bugfix for the opus. Because there are bugs. if ePub or folders or whatever is important to you, you should have bought a reader that support these.

Well. since they have not fixed important bugs in the Gen 3 do not count on any bug fixes for the Opus.

EowynCarter · 08-21-2009, 07:32 AM

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Well. since they have not fixed important bugs in the Gen 3 do not count on any bug fixes for the Opus.

I've rarely seen the Gen3 crash. Only with some weirdo pdf. The opus crashes to the point of annoyance.

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That you cannot trust promises from Bookeen.

I doubt bookeen did promise you anything at all. I certainly don't remember them promising anything to me. And no company would be as stupid as to promise anything.

mjmcleod · 08-21-2009, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by EowynCarter

I doubt bookeen did promise you anything at all. I certainly don't remember them promising anything to me. And no company would be as stupid as to promise anything.

There's certainly an implication that a Mobipocket-supporting firmware will be made available for the Opus. Now, admittedly if one chooses to very carefully parse what they say, they don't say that they will supply such a firmware, only that it "can be available".

Personally I bought my Opus on the understanding that it does what it does right now, and that there should be bug fixes if necessary -- which they are, and which Bookeen support have told me they're working on in response to a bug report -- but not on the basis of any additional functionality that wasn't included in the original firmware.

Even though there's that implication of Mobipocket support.

gerraldo · 08-21-2009, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by EowynCarter

I doubt bookeen did promise you anything at all. I certainly don't remember them promising anything to me. And no company would be as stupid as to promise anything.

Quote from Bookeens offical Blog:

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Adobe PDF and EPUB will be present in Bookeen products

Bookeen has signed an agreement with Adobe to license the Adobe Reader Mobile SDK for its products.
The new software engine delivers support for reflowable PDF technology, Adobe’s content protection technology, as well as the EPUB file format, an XML-based eBook standard with broad support from the publishing industry.
The Bookeen products will be compatible with Adobe Digital Edition Desktop application (compatible both on PCs and Macs) enabling users to acquire and download their content from a variety of sources.
Both the PDF and EPUB support will become available through a software release scheduled in quarter 1 2009, more details will follow later.

Tags are: Bookeen Cybook Gen3 new products Adobe epub firmware pdf reflow

http://bookeen.blogspot.com/

08-20-2009, 07:28 PM	#1
Loopy65 Groupie Posts: 172 Karma: 360 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Wales, UK Device: Kindle 3; iPad & iPhone 4	Opus and Mobipocket .. any idea WHEN? ok .. of course I sent an email to Bookeen and have heard nothing back I'm wondering if any one of you lovely people have been given any hint of an idea when the Opus may be available with the mobipocket access rather than the EPub? .. It's just that I already have my Gen3 and a gazillion books from fictionwise (by far the cheapest place to get the books I want!) in Mobipocket format so need/want to continue with it .. Thanks so much loopy

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	FWIW, I queried this with Bookeen when I first got my Opus, and was told that the Mobi firmware would be released "during August". They didn't actually say August 2009, however...

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EowynCarter Wizard Posts: 4,332 Karma: 4000000 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Paris Device: Cybooks; Sony PRS-T1	Oh, please, don't start it again ! We KNOW you want the update. Reapeating it all over again won't makes things go faster.

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EowynCarter Wizard Posts: 4,332 Karma: 4000000 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Paris Device: Cybooks; Sony PRS-T1	Nope, it was not aimed at you. More a general note.

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EowynCarter Wizard Posts: 4,332 Karma: 4000000 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Paris Device: Cybooks; Sony PRS-T1	What is there to warn about ? There is only thing bookeen HAVE to do, is the bugfix for the opus. Because there are bugs. if ePub or folders or whatever is important to you, you should have bought a reader that support these.

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