Gen3 Broken gen 3 screen?

[Suffolk Punch]

The attached jpg shows my cybook gen3, after an accident in which the gen3's screen was subject to some localised pressure, but not a sharp blow. It was in a tightly packed travel case.

The gen3 now can't be turned off or on. And the screen permanently displays the jagged pattern shown in the jpg. The surface of the screen doesn't appear to be damaged at all, however.

Can anyone suggest if the symptoms are fixable?

If not, where's a good UK source for a second hand gen3?

Regards,

Martin

[pdurrant]

Clearly a broken screen (the glass substrate has cracked). Getting it fixed is possible through Bookeen, but last time I had a screen replaced (two years ago), it cost €135.10 plus shipping to Bookeen. You might want to contact them directly to see if the price has changed.

Alternatively, perhaps a refurbished wifi Kindle 3 would do you - £79.99.

[Conor]

Mine got broken earlier this evening.
I'd put it down on the (empty) bath, and it slid down. Seemingly gently, but there were horizontal lines at the bottom of the screen, which then spread rapidly.
I've got a Sony, but I think I'm going to miss having a Mobipocket one. I see that the Waterstones website has the Opus for £89.99.

[EowynCarter]

As pdurrant said, screen are costly to repair. You can to ask bookeen, but....
And readers prices went down, too. The gen 3 is quite old.
Are your books mobi ?

If so, the "easy" way, is to get a kindle, then just de-drm the books. No format shift needed. And access to amazon will makes it easier to find new books in the mobi format. The opus can read mobi too, but finding mobi books outside amazon is getting harder and harder. I would suggest going Amazon, or switching to ePub.
Else, you can de-drm and convert to ePub. Then get an opus, orizon, or the new sony.

[Conor]

I bought the last Opus from my local Waterstones this afternoon. £89.99 less about £5 on its loyalty card. Swapped the firmware to 1.6 and transferred all the non-DRM Mobipocket books to it.

[Suffolk Punch]

Many thanks for all the information and advice especially pdurrant for link to refurbished Kindle.
Really liked the old Cybook but the Kindle is a whole different species.
Thanks also for the advice about doc conversion. Much of my old stuff was Word docs converted to pdf for the Cybook but Kindle seems to have a mind of its own when reading pdfs. Will check over on the Kindle section about this.

Much appreciated

Martin

[EowynCarter]

Memory serves me right, kindlegen can use .doc files as input.

Mobipocket creator certainly do.
http://www.mobipocket.com/en/downloa...ilscreator.asp.

What kind of .doc are they ? just text ? Or is there table and other "complicated" stuff ? If that's the fist, mobi will be much better than pdf.

If it's some pdf you read, the sony might be better choice than the kindle. (I can't speak from experience having neither kindle and sony, but I've heard that pdf support was better on the sony).